Before (end of 1997) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 28 · Labour 11 · Conservative 5 · Other 1
After (end of 1998) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 26 · Labour 11 · Conservative 7 · Other 1
Ward results
Alsager East1 seat
| Lynne Short | Liberal Democrats | 679 ✓ |
| D Clegg | Conservative | 270 |
| E O'Kane | Labour | 207 |
Alsager West1 seat
| P. Heritage | Liberal Democrats | 915 ✓ |
| A. Large | Conservative | 704 |
Congleton Central1 seat
| C Thomson | Liberal Democrats | 322 ✓ |
| G Smart | Labour | 309 |
| C. Nield | Conservative | 182 |
Congleton North1 seat
| Judith Thwaite | Liberal Democrats | 619 ✓ |
| C McCarthy | Labour | 510 |
| J. Pollard | Conservative | 145 |
Congleton West1 seat
| G. Jackson | Liberal Democrats | 594 ✓ |
| R. Domleo | Conservative | 574 |
| W. Lawson | Labour | 355 |
Dane1 seat
| W Owen | Liberal Democrats | 817 ✓ |
| I. Mackenzie | Conservative | 613 |
| J Willett | Labour | 63 |
Holmes Chapel1 seat
| M Hayes | Conservative | 803 ✓ |
| T. Howkins | Liberal Democrats | 802 |
| P. Barry | Labour | 168 |
Middlewich Kinderton1 seat
| A. Kidd | Labour | 566 ✓ |
| Jacqueline Cox | Liberal Democrats | 505 |
| W White | Conservative | 362 |
Odd Rode1 seat
| P. Barnett | Liberal Democrats | 499 ✓ |
| F Fox | Conservative | 362 |
| A Brooke-Smith | Labour | 323 |
Sandbach West1 seat
| B Edwards | Liberal Democrats | 603 ✓ |
| Mary Taylor | Conservative | 323 |
| L. Parkes | Labour | 233 |