Before (end of 1997) (66 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 65 · Conservative 1 · Other 0 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 1998) (66 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 65 · Conservative 1 · Liberal Democrats 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Anston & Woodsetts1 seat
| S Bluff | Conservative | 566 |
Anston and Woodsetts1 seat
| I. St John | Labour | 1,173 ✓ |
| S Bluff | Conservative | 566 |
Aston Orgreave & Ulley1 seat
| Smith G. | Labour | 1,372 ✓ |
| Doris Hunter | Conservative | 386 |
| P Marshall | SOC | 266 |
| J. Lynch | Labour | 1,756 ✓ |
| C. Middleton | Conservative | 1,193 |
| P. Hill | Labour | 1,152 ✓ |
| D. Tiptaft | Conservative | 333 |
| F. Wright | Labour | 1,374 ✓ |
| V Church | Independent | 251 |
| D. Hetherington | Conservative | 206 |
Herringthorpe1 seat
| M. Edgell | Labour | 1,251 ✓ |
| Daniel Nuttall | Conservative | 151 |
Maltby1 seat
| J. Wright | Labour | 1,902 ✓ |
| A. Mannion | Conservative | 526 |
St. Johns1 seat
| J. Wardle | Labour | 1,164 ✓ |
| D. Johnson | Conservative | 437 |
Swinton2 seats
| Wyatt K. | Labour | 1,669 ✓ |
| J. Doyle | Labour | 1,101 ✓ |
| B. Taylor | Conservative | 391 |
| Jennifer Tiptaft | Conservative | 370 |
Thurcroft & Whiston1 seat
| R. Pearson | Labour | 1,066 ✓ |
| K. Hunter | Conservative | 416 |