Before (end of 1998) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 14 · Liberal Democrats 14 · Labour 8 · Other 6
After (end of 1999) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 16 · Liberal Democrats 11 · Labour 8 · Other 7
Ward results
Battins1 seat
| June Hanan | Labour | 486 ✓ |
| L Saunders | Liberal Democrats | 269 |
| T. Wilson | Conservative | 139 |
| R Landser | LIB | 58 |
BONDFIELDS1 seat
| L. Powell | Labour | 676 ✓ |
| J Coslett | Liberal Democrats | 133 |
| Mary Brown | Conservative | 131 |
Cowplain1 seat
| J Carruthers | Independent | 1,049 ✓ |
| Rodney Crawford | Liberal Democrats | 395 |
| D. Adams | Conservative | 221 |
| E. Johnston | Labour | 183 |
Hart Plain1 seat · turnout 20.4%
| S. Troke | Liberal Democrats | 775 ✓ |
| G Ashman | Conservative | 357 |
| R. Dixon | Labour | 239 |
Hayling East1 seat
| D. Collins | Conservative | 1,203 ✓ |
| G. Thompson | Labour | 403 |
| P. Cutts | Liberal Democrats | 200 |
| F. Gibson | Green | 85 |
Hayling West1 seat
| F. Pearce | Conservative | 1,383 ✓ |
| R. Conder | Labour | 306 |
| D. Austen | Liberal Democrats | 200 |
Purbrook1 seat · turnout 27.7%
| D Farrow | Conservative | 1,214 ✓ |
| N. Potts | Labour | 495 |
| B. Mauger | Liberal Democrats | 300 |
St. Faiths1 seat · turnout 36.7%
| G. Fulcher | Conservative | 1,452 ✓ |
| L Hutchings | Liberal Democrats | 1,064 |
| David Smith | Labour | 302 |
Stakes1 seat
| M. O'Brien | Independent | 664 ✓ |
| M. Patterson | Conservative | 441 |
| V. Steel | Labour | 386 |
| C. Pylee | Liberal Democrats | 155 |
| M. Atwell | Ind Lab | 80 |
Warren Park1 seat · turnout 21.8%
| B. Francis | Labour | 464 ✓ |
| C. Race | LIB | 273 |
| G. White | Liberal Democrats | 238 |
| S. Bartlett | Ind Lab | 35 |
Waterloo1 seat
| D. Foster | Conservative | 1,498 ✓ |
| I. Jones-Parry | Labour | 419 |
| A. Bazely | Liberal Democrats | 362 |