Before (end of 1998) (40 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 18 · Labour 12 · Conservative 6 · Other 4
After (end of 1999) (40 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 13 · Labour 12 · Conservative 11 · Other 4
Ward results
Ashingdon1 seat · turnout 29.6%
| T Cutmore | Conservative | 294 ✓ |
| C. Hall | Liberal Democrats | 289 |
| L. Bain | Labour | 128 |
Barling and Sutton1 seat · turnout 35.1%
| R Allen | Independent | 217 ✓ |
| A. Waite | Conservative | 174 |
| K Salt | Labour | 77 |
| M. Smith | Liberal Democrats | 14 |
Canewdon1 seat · turnout 34.7%
| A Hosking | Liberal Democrats | 333 ✓ |
| R. Bailey | Conservative | 234 |
| K Attridge | Labour | 85 |
Foulness & Great Wakering East1 seat · turnout 33.2%
| R. Pearson | Conservative | 363 ✓ |
| A. Fox | Labour | 176 |
| M. Hunnable | Liberal Democrats | 23 |
Grange & Rawreth1 seat · turnout 28.7%
| G Mockford | Conservative | 582 ✓ |
| E Francis | Liberal Democrats | 461 |
| D Rossi | Labour | 413 |
Great Wakering Central1 seat · turnout 38.1%
| P Stebbing | Labour | 230 ✓ |
| J. Shelley | Conservative | 190 |
| H. Allen | Independent | 81 |
| M. Beckers | Liberal Democrats | 20 |
Great Wakering West1 seat · turnout 31.7%
| G Fox | Labour | 207 ✓ |
| B. Wilkins | Conservative | 166 |
| D. Giles | Liberal Democrats | 19 |
Hawkwell East1 seat · turnout 23.8%
| V Leach | Liberal Democrats | 607 ✓ |
| J Spillane | Conservative | 474 |
| D. Thompson | Labour | 281 |
Hawkwell West1 seat · turnout 33.3%
| Myra Anne Weir | Labour | 430 ✓ |
| J Mason | Independent | 275 |
| P. Capon | Conservative | 269 |
| M Pearson | Liberal Democrats | 43 |
Lodge1 seat · turnout 24.1%
| T Livings | Conservative | 537 ✓ |
| V Howlett | Liberal Democrats | 416 |
| S. Walton | Labour | 156 |
Trinity1 seat · turnout 30.1%
| J Grey | Conservative | 436 ✓ |
| P. Pearse | Liberal Democrats | 316 |
| J Fielding | Labour | 121 |
Wheatley1 seat · turnout 39.5%
| C Langlands | Conservative | 444 ✓ |
| P Lock | Liberal Democrats | 401 |
| D. Randall | Labour | 80 |
Whitehouse1 seat · turnout 38.1%
| Joyce Giles | Liberal Democrats | 503 ✓ |
| V. Keenan | Conservative | 429 |
| A Popplewell | Labour | 105 |
