Before (end of 1997) (72 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 60 · Conservative 8 · Liberal Democrats 4 · Other 0
After (end of 1998) (72 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 58 · Liberal Democrats 7 · Conservative 7 · Other 0
Ward results
Amblecote1 seat · turnout 18.8%
| J. Foster | Labour | 1,331 ✓ |
| P. Bradbury | Conservative | 1,014 |
| A. Cook | Liberal Democrats | 373 |
Belle Vale and Hasbury1 seat · turnout 26.6%
| R. Lloyd | Labour | 1,319 ✓ |
| J. Woodall | Conservative | 995 |
| S. Ratcliff | Liberal Democrats | 275 |
Brierley Hill1 seat · turnout 19.3%
| T. Sunter | Labour | 1,092 ✓ |
| P Molland | Conservative | 227 |
| R Kirby | Liberal Democrats | 143 |
Brockmoor and Pensnett1 seat · turnout 16.3%
| D. Jones | Labour | 1,191 ✓ |
| M Gibbs | Conservative | 379 |
| J. Flavell | Liberal Democrats | 149 |
Castle and Priory1 seat · turnout 15.8%
| Fletcher A. | Labour | 1,002 ✓ |
| J Ryder | Conservative | 321 |
Coseley East1 seat · turnout 23.6%
| Wilson J. | Labour | 1,575 ✓ |
| Steven Pritchard | Conservative | 539 |
Coseley West1 seat · turnout 23.6%
| J. Walters | Labour | 1,151 ✓ |
| A. Griffiths | Conservative | 1,049 |
Gornal1 seat · turnout 25.7%
| J. Jewkes | Labour | 1,841 ✓ |
| C Fraser-Macnamara | Conservative | 1,511 |
Halesowen North1 seat · turnout 29.2%
| J. Jacobs | Labour | 1,550 ✓ |
| P. Coleman | Conservative | 911 |
| D Hiscocks | Liberal Democrats | 314 |
Halesowen South1 seat · turnout 33.1%
| Karl Johnson | Conservative | 1,678 ✓ |
| N Hodgetts | Labour | 1,217 |
| R Jenns | Liberal Democrats | 391 |
Hayley Green1 seat · turnout 29.8%
| P Morris | Labour | 1,241 ✓ |
| A. Burston | Conservative | 1,138 |
| F Depper | Liberal Democrats | 323 |
Kingswinford North & Wall Heath1 seat · turnout 32.8%
| Eunice Patrick | Liberal Democrats | 1,388 ✓ |
| W. Cody | Labour | 1,163 |
| J. Corns | Conservative | 852 |
Kingswinford South1 seat · turnout 34.8%
| L. Burt | Liberal Democrats | 1,595 ✓ |
| R. Harris | Labour | 1,012 |
| P. Miller | Conservative | 921 |
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Lye and Wollescote1 seat · turnout 27.8%
| F. Hunt | Labour | 1,370 ✓ |
| R Body | Liberal Democrats | 577 |
| A Qadus | Conservative | 576 |
Netherton and Woodside1 seat · turnout 19.6%
| Lynda Coulter | Labour | 919 ✓ |
| S Ridley | Conservative | 338 |
| G Robertson | Liberal Democrats | 112 |
Norton1 seat · turnout 37.3%
| Dave Sheppard | Liberal Democrats | 1,657 ✓ |
| J Gidman | Conservative | 1,286 |
| J. Cooper | Labour | 705 |
Pedmore & Stourbridge East1 seat · turnout 32.5%
| I. Kettle | Conservative | 1,929 ✓ |
| F Whitehouse | Labour | 990 |
| Vera Johnson | Liberal Democrats | 421 |
Quarry Bank and Cradley1 seat · turnout 21.9%
| D. Sparks | Labour | 1,413 ✓ |
| M. Wood | Conservative | 603 |
| K Powis | Independent | 379 |
| M Roebuck | Liberal Democrats | 183 |
Sedgley1 seat · turnout 31.0%
| D. Caunt | Conservative | 1,738 ✓ |
| M. Bowkley | Labour | 1,189 |
| D Cox | Liberal Democrats | 204 |
St Andrews1 seat · turnout 18.6%
| C Male | Labour | 1,141 ✓ |
| Susan Ridley | Conservative | 535 |
| T O'Mara | Liberal Democrats | 89 |
St. James1 seat · turnout 18.2%
| M. Hussain | Labour | 818 ✓ |
| G Lewis | Liberal Democrats | 586 |
| A Razzaq | Conservative | 304 |
| W Robinson | NF | 84 |
St. Thomas1 seat · turnout 23.2%
| C. Woodall | Labour | 1,512 ✓ |
| E. Bullen | Conservative | 541 |
| P Davis | Liberal Democrats | 171 |
Wollaston and Stourbridge West1 seat · turnout 38.1%
| Lois Bramall | Liberal Democrats | 1,722 ✓ |
| C Ellison | Labour | 1,073 |
| J. Collins | Conservative | 941 |
Wordsley1 seat · turnout 23.4%
| J. Simmonds | Labour | 1,253 ✓ |
| Harley P. | Conservative | 905 |
| D Winterborn | Liberal Democrats | 601 |