Before (end of 1997) (4 seats, our estimate)
Labour 4
After (end of 1998) (99 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 80 · Conservative 9 · Liberal Democrats 9 · Other 1
Ward results
Aireborough1 seat · turnout 31.1%
| M. Dunn | Labour | 2,862 ✓ |
| G. Latty | Conservative | 2,240 |
| J. Brown | Liberal Democrats | 1,033 |
Armley1 seat · turnout 18.6%
| Alison Natalie Kay Lowe | Labour | 1,830 ✓ |
| A. Davies | Liberal Democrats | 491 |
| S. Welsh | Conservative | 469 |
| K Rushworth | Independent | 132 |
Barwick & Kippax1 seat · turnout 28.0%
| J. Parker | Labour | 3,103 ✓ |
| J Stott | Conservative | 1,303 |
| D Lindley | Liberal Democrats | 624 |
Beeston1 seat · turnout 19.7%
| Angela Gabriel | Labour | 1,362 ✓ |
| W Birch | Conservative | 490 |
| S Dolan | Liberal Democrats | 475 |
| K Pattison | SOC | 91 |
| J. Pritchard | Green | 49 |
Bramley1 seat · turnout 16.3%
| A. Atkinson | Labour | 1,863 ✓ |
| D Revett | Liberal Democrats | 416 |
| M. Best | Conservative | 409 |
Burmantofts1 seat · turnout 19.5%
| M Hardy | Labour | 1,820 ✓ |
| M. Betteridge | Liberal Democrats | 603 |
| D. Schofield | Conservative | 211 |
Chapel Allerton1 seat · turnout 21.0%
| N. Taggart | Labour | 2,204 ✓ |
| Val Kendall | Conservative | 563 |
| Brenda Lancaster | Liberal Democrats | 432 |
City & Holbeck1 seat · turnout 17.2%
| C. Myers | Labour | 1,788 ✓ |
| D. Boynton | Conservative | 339 |
| D Pratt | Liberal Democrats | 272 |
| D Jones | SOC | 197 |
| T. Jackson | Green | 100 |
Cookridge1 seat · turnout 30.9%
| Jonathan Carter | Conservative | 2,848 ✓ |
| John Garvani | Labour | 1,503 |
| Janet Bates | Liberal Democrats | 822 |
Garforth & Swillington1 seat · turnout 26.0%
| K. Groves | Labour | 3,105 ✓ |
| Arthur Lamb | Conservative | 1,109 |
| Ian Dowling | Liberal Democrats | 691 |
Halton1 seat
| L Benson | Labour | 2,100 ✓ |
| W. Hyde | Conservative | 1,826 |
| D. Hollingsworth | Liberal Democrats | 605 |
Harehills1 seat · turnout 20.0%
| A. Malik | Labour | 1,787 ✓ |
| A. Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 674 |
| D Townsley | Conservative | 274 |
| T Wray | Ind Lab | 209 |
Headingley1 seat · turnout 12.5%
| DOREEN VALERIE Illingworth | Labour | 1,223 ✓ |
| D. Finlay | Liberal Democrats | 599 |
| P Mowbray | Conservative | 414 |
| L. Jeffries | Green | 277 |
Horsforth1 seat · turnout 31.7%
| C. Townsley | Liberal Democrats | 2,539 ✓ |
| L. Clapham | Conservative | 1,513 |
| B. Selby | Labour | 1,254 |
| E. Holmes | Green | 105 |
| G Williamson | Ind Con | 90 |
Hunslet1 seat · turnout 17.3%
| M Davies | Labour | 1,564 ✓ |
| A. Larvin | Conservative | 188 |
| P. Bardon | Liberal Democrats | 170 |
| S. Brierley | Green | 79 |
Kirkstall1 seat · turnout 18.7%
| B. Atha | Labour | 1,993 ✓ |
| D Higgott | Conservative | 433 |
| BARBARA HANDLEY Thompson | Liberal Democrats | 322 |
| M Pedlar | Green | 218 |
Middleton1 seat · turnout 18.4%
| L. Middleton | Labour | 1,940 ✓ |
| D. Schofield | Conservative | 359 |
| ANN CARMELL Norman | Liberal Democrats | 315 |
Moortown1 seat · turnout 31.7%
| W. Winlow | Liberal Democrats | 2,394 ✓ |
| S. Saunders | Labour | 1,676 |
| E. Dibble | Conservative | 906 |
Morley North1 seat · turnout 23.1%
| F. Jones | Labour | 2,327 ✓ |
| R Tesseyman | Conservative | 1,298 |
| Q Brown | Liberal Democrats | 411 |
| P Walsh | Independent | 292 |
Morley South1 seat · turnout 18.4%
| Sherry Bradley | Labour | 2,368 ✓ |
| S. Kearns | Conservative | 949 |
| D Brayshaw | Liberal Democrats | 582 |
North1 seat · turnout 32.9%
| R. Feldman | Conservative | 2,122 ✓ |
| J. Abramson | Liberal Democrats | 1,950 |
| A Bell | Labour | 1,494 |
Otley & Wharfedale1 seat · turnout 34.6%
| P Coyne | Labour | 2,251 ✓ |
| C. Smith | Conservative | 2,182 |
| B. Jennings | Liberal Democrats | 2,058 |
Pudsey North1 seat · turnout 32.4%
| F. Robinson | Conservative | 2,661 ✓ |
| Janet Harper | Labour | 2,501 |
| D Marsay-Smith | Liberal Democrats | 600 |
Pudsey South1 seat · turnout 24.3%
| R. Lewis | Labour | 2,262 ✓ |
| S. Jackson | Conservative | 1,040 |
| N Amor | Liberal Democrats | 716 |
| G Illingworth | Green | 90 |
Richmond Hill1 seat · turnout 16.1%
| E. McGee | Labour | 1,658 ✓ |
| Norman K. | Liberal Democrats | 300 |
| A Rhodes | Conservative | 184 |
Rothwell1 seat · turnout 22.3%
| A. Hudson | Labour | 2,105 ✓ |
| Cowling J. | Conservative | 712 |
| M Galdas | Liberal Democrats | 682 |
Roundhay1 seat · turnout 31.5%
| P. Harrand | Conservative | 2,299 ✓ |
| M Iqbal | Labour | 1,940 |
| A. Skinner | Liberal Democrats | 1,031 |
Seacroft1 seat · turnout 21.4%
| A. Vollans | Labour | 1,983 ✓ |
| Patricia Hyde | Conservative | 272 |
| S. Fisher | Liberal Democrats | 194 |
| R Northgreaves | Independent | 128 |
| M Bolton | Green | 54 |
University1 seat · turnout 12.9%
| B. Dale | Labour | 1,327 ✓ |
| S. Broadbent | Liberal Democrats | 289 |
| R. Winfield | Conservative | 217 |
| C Hill | SOC | 145 |
| P Eade | Green | 130 |
Weetwood1 seat · turnout 34.1%
| B. Golton | Liberal Democrats | 2,200 ✓ |
| E. Moxon | Labour | 1,954 |
| Ann Castle | Conservative | 1,155 |
| D. Webb | Green | 171 |
Wetherby1 seat · turnout 30.8%
| J. Proctor | Conservative | 3,960 ✓ |
| R. Steel | Labour | 1,807 |
| S. May | Liberal Democrats | 605 |
Whinmoor1 seat · turnout 20.7%
| M. Hemingway | Labour | 1,644 ✓ |
| R. Williams | Conservative | 854 |
| Gareth Roberts | Liberal Democrats | 333 |
Wortley2 seats · turnout 21.2%
| M. Bedford | Labour | 1,860 ✓ |
| D. Blackburn | Green | 1,724 ✓ |
| D. Riley | Labour | 1,423 |
| C. Nash | Green | 1,106 |
| G. Broadbent | Conservative | 504 |
| R. Patel | Conservative | 324 |
| M Daly | Liberal Democrats | 295 |
