Before (end of 1997) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 25 · Conservative 11 · Other 0 · Labour 0
After (end of 1998) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 21 · Conservative 15 · Labour 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Broadwater1 seat · turnout 22.7%
| E Mardell | Liberal Democrats | 780 ✓ |
| B. Bettelley | Conservative | 462 |
| J. Gardiner | Labour | 215 |
Castle1 seat · turnout 33.4%
| J Howcroft-Stemp | Conservative | 827 ✓ |
| M Woolley | Labour | 591 |
| J Rose | Liberal Democrats | 567 |
Central1 seat · turnout 26.3%
| A. Stuart | Liberal Democrats | 821 ✓ |
| P. Smith | Conservative | 482 |
| A. Bignell | Labour | 185 |
| C Maltby | nat dem | 24 |
Durrington1 seat · turnout 30.3%
| Sargent M. | Liberal Democrats | 1,131 ✓ |
| Cartwright D. | Conservative | 987 |
| K. Hammond | Labour | 223 |
Gaisford1 seat · turnout 26.3%
| R Bell | Conservative | 789 ✓ |
| J Winson | Liberal Democrats | 659 |
| J. Hurcombe | Labour | 240 |
Goring1 seat · turnout 37.8%
| P. Farrell | Conservative | 1,899 ✓ |
| J. McGurn Stewart | Liberal Democrats | 412 |
| M Roper | Labour | 245 |
Heene1 seat · turnout 26.7%
| J Livermore | Conservative | 1,056 ✓ |
| C. Selby | Liberal Democrats | 434 |
| P Balderstone | Labour | 213 |
Marine1 seat · turnout 31.6%
| R. Orridge | Conservative | 1,174 ✓ |
| D Parker | Liberal Democrats | 521 |
| J. Balderstone | Labour | 216 |
| L. Colkett | Green | 76 |
Offington1 seat · turnout 35.7%
| S Craghill | Conservative | 1,405 ✓ |
| J. Featherstone | Liberal Democrats | 646 |
| Arnold Saunders | Labour | 177 |
Salvington1 seat · turnout 32.7%
| V. Sutton | Conservative | 1,117 ✓ |
| G Harbinson | Liberal Democrats | 827 |
| S. Page | Labour | 188 |
| Results | — | 0 |
Selden1 seat · turnout 28.9%
| D Chapman | Liberal Democrats | 955 ✓ |
| Ross Stephen Lock | Conservative | 468 |
| J. Turley | Labour | 319 |
Tarring1 seat · turnout 28.4%
| G Hart | Liberal Democrats | 1,125 ✓ |
| Tony Jackson | Conservative | 553 |
| J Parr | Labour | 167 |