Before (end of 1998) (37 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 18 · Other 10 · Labour 5 · Conservative 4
After (end of 1999) (37 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 16 · Conservative 10 · Other 8 · Labour 3
Ward results
Bardney1 seat · turnout 52.9%
| I. Fleetwood | Conservative | 484 |
| J. Turner | Liberal Democrats | 332 |
Caistor2 seats
| D Mortimer | Conservative | 0 |
| A. Caine | Independent | 0 |
Cherry Willingham2 seats
| I. Parrott | Conservative | 566 ✓ |
| C. George | Independent | 551 ✓ |
| S. Miller | Liberal Democrats | 339 |
| I. Miller | Liberal Democrats | 309 |
Dunholme1 seat · turnout 40.0%
| S Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 324 |
| Susan Rawlins | Conservative | 308 |
Fiskerton1 seat · turnout 27.3%
| M. Greenaway | Independent | 269 |
| J. Clairmont-Brook | Liberal Democrats | 127 |
GAINSBOROUGH EAST3 seats
| R. Rainsforth | Liberal Democrats | 630 ✓ |
| M. Starkey | Liberal Democrats | 551 ✓ |
| Michael Tinker | Liberal Democrats | 549 ✓ |
| B Linda | Labour | 273 |
| C. Parrott | Labour | 263 |
Gainsborough North3 seats
| D. Lomas | Liberal Democrats | 525 ✓ |
| P Baldwin | Labour | 450 ✓ |
| T Brown | Liberal Democrats | 399 ✓ |
| P. Banyard | Liberal Democrats | 398 |
| P Ryan | Labour | 374 |
| B. Mills | Labour | 316 |
| S. Jupp | Conservative | 258 |
| J. Parry | Conservative | 248 |
GAINSBOROUGH SOUTH WEST2 seats
| L. Rainsforth | Liberal Democrats | 566 ✓ |
| T Young | Liberal Democrats | 529 ✓ |
| I Mills | Labour | 213 |
| William Michael Lawrence | Labour | 167 |
| Alan Beverley | Conservative | 104 |
| J Otter | Conservative | 95 |
Kelsey1 seat · turnout 42.3%
| C Strange | Conservative | 541 |
| I. Watson-Smith | Independent | 139 |
| M. Tierney | Labour | 109 |
Market Rasen2 seats
| Neil Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 652 ✓ |
| G. Fenwick | Liberal Democrats | 616 ✓ |
| J. Gibbons | Conservative | 560 |
| C. Bullen | Independent | 299 |
Middle Rasen1 seat · turnout 35.7%
| A. Rosser | Liberal Democrats | 492 |
| O. Bierley | Conservative | 181 |
Nettleham2 seats · turnout 38.6%
| A. Frith | Independent | 821 |
| R Sellars | Liberal Democrats | 705 |
| M. Leaning | Liberal Democrats | 632 |
| Meg Davidson | Conservative | 523 |
Saxilby2 seats
| C Dobson | Labour | 469 ✓ |
| Delyse Silverstone | Conservative | 435 ✓ |
| G Wainwright | Labour | 389 |
| D Braund | Liberal Democrats | 389 |
Scampton1 seat · turnout 34.5%
| P. Heath | Liberal Democrats | 434 |
| M. Macpherson | Conservative | 181 |
Scotter2 seats
| Christopher Underwood-Frost | Conservative | 596 ✓ |
| William Parry | Conservative | 587 ✓ |
| M. Rainsforth | Liberal Democrats | 504 |
| M. Gabbott | Liberal Democrats | 443 |
STOW1 seat · turnout 42.7%
| R. Shore | Liberal Democrats | 458 |
| Greenland B. | Conservative | 249 |
Torksey1 seat
| S. Haywood | Independent | 0 |
Waddingham and Spital1 seat · turnout 39.1%
| E Green | Conservative | 409 |
| A. Heathorn | Liberal Democrats | 249 |
Welton2 seats · turnout 31.3%
| M Parish | Independent | 715 |
| C Ireland | Conservative | 586 |
| R Hiscox | Liberal Democrats | 568 |
| R Renshaw | Labour | 191 |
| S. Scott | Labour | 150 |
Wold View1 seat · turnout 35.3%
| B. Theobold | Conservative | 261 |
| J. Connolly | Liberal Democrats | 248 |
| J. Tolliday | Labour | 122 |
Yarborough1 seat
| John Indian | Labour | 375 ✓ |
| J Burt | Conservative | 350 |
