Before (end of 1998) (53 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 30 · Conservative 15 · Labour 5 · Other 3
After (end of 1999) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 23 · Conservative 21 · Labour 5 · Other 5
Ward results
Bishop's Hull2 seats · turnout 53.2%
| Debenham A. | Green | 566 ✓ |
| J Farbus | Liberal Democrats | 340 ✓ |
| W Stuart | Liberal Democrats | 325 |
| S. Ravenhill | Labour | 278 |
| M. Lacy-Smith | Conservative | 265 |
| G Power | Conservative | 263 |
Bishops Lydeard2 seats · turnout 34.1%
| Joanna Jane Lewin-Harris | Conservative | 578 ✓ |
| M Watson | Conservative | 447 ✓ |
| D Neal | Liberal Democrats | 264 |
| V. Gerrard | Liberal Democrats | 211 |
Blackdown1 seat · turnout 44.3%
| H Dawson | Conservative | 472 ✓ |
| S. Wakefield | Liberal Democrats | 272 |
Bradford-on-Tone1 seat · turnout 47.8%
| Carly Lorraine Bishop | Conservative | 619 ✓ |
| N Gerrard | Liberal Democrats | 200 |
Comeytrowe3 seats · turnout 36.5%
| A Floyd | Liberal Democrats | 902 ✓ |
| A. Paul | Liberal Democrats | 889 ✓ |
| J. Parrish | Liberal Democrats | 803 ✓ |
| H Jefferson | Conservative | 769 |
| J Lane | Conservative | 730 |
| R Ryan | Conservative | 691 |
Milverton and North Deane2 seats · turnout 46.7%
| A Vail | Conservative | 824 ✓ |
| R James | Conservative | 812 ✓ |
| M. Lawrence | Liberal Democrats | 360 |
| P O’Shea | Labour | 298 |
Monument1 seat · turnout 36.5%
| L. Lane | Conservative | 402 ✓ |
| G Henley | Liberal Democrats | 151 |
| L. Micklem | Labour | 58 |
Neroche1 seat · turnout 39.5%
| J. Williams | Conservative | 531 ✓ |
| M. Applegate | Liberal Democrats | 152 |
Norton Fitzwarren1 seat · turnout 33.1%
| P. Partington | Liberal Democrats | 323 ✓ |
| A Mitford-Slade | Conservative | 182 |
Ruishton and Creech2 seats · turnout 46.6%
| R Bulgin | Liberal Democrats | 716 ✓ |
| R. Squier | Liberal Democrats | 694 ✓ |
| A Covey | Conservative | 626 |
| T Carter | Conservative | 597 |
| M Marshall | Independent | 364 |
Staplegrove2 seats · turnout 36.2%
| D. Bradley | Conservative | 742 ✓ |
| C. Guerrier | Conservative | 692 ✓ |
| S. Pinfold | Liberal Democrats | 294 |
| F Eaton | Liberal Democrats | 271 |
| K Boobyer | Labour | 152 |
Stoke St Gregory1 seat · turnout 53.9%
| D House | Independent | 359 ✓ |
| B. Withams | Liberal Democrats | 258 |
Taunton Blackbrook and Holway3 seats · turnout 20.1%
| A Prior-Sankey | Liberal Democrats | 652 ✓ |
| B. Lippiatt | Liberal Democrats | 644 ✓ |
| G. Tremethick | Liberal Democrats | 575 ✓ |
| S. Curwen | Labour | 274 |
| R Atterbury | Conservative | 268 |
| S Ledger | Conservative | 267 |
| J Robb | Conservative | 249 |
Taunton Eastgate2 seats · turnout 28.2%
| R Lees | Liberal Democrats | 449 ✓ |
| D Hunt | Liberal Democrats | 437 ✓ |
| R Betts | Conservative | 244 |
| R. House | Labour | 232 |
| L Scribbins | Conservative | 226 |
| Ravenhill M. | Labour | 164 |
Taunton Fairwater3 seats · turnout 29.5%
| K. Phippen | Liberal Democrats | 782 ✓ |
| J. Horsley | Liberal Democrats | 781 ✓ |
| P Escott | Liberal Democrats | 731 ✓ |
| R Dickinson | Conservative | 480 |
| C. Smeaton | Conservative | 436 |
| T Marlow | Conservative | 430 |
| J Wilson | Labour | 292 |
Taunton Killams and Mountfield2 seats · turnout 35.4%
| B. Denington | Conservative | 583 ✓ |
| D Cudlipp | Conservative | 546 ✓ |
| H. Prior-Sankey | Liberal Democrats | 264 |
| P Lippiatt | Liberal Democrats | 258 |
| Anne Bradshaw | Labour | 133 |
Taunton Lyngford3 seats · turnout 31.4%
| E. Lisgo | Labour | 602 ✓ |
| D. Eckhart | Labour | 579 ✓ |
| C Croad | Labour | 536 ✓ |
| C. Gordon | Liberal Democrats | 490 |
| M. Oxley | Liberal Democrats | 489 |
| F Wedderkopp | Liberal Democrats | 404 |
| E. Harvey | Conservative | 212 |
| C Kirton | Conservative | 204 |
| R Tooth | Conservative | 187 |
Taunton Manor and Wilton3 seats · turnout 41.1%
| J. Meikle | Conservative | 1,147 ✓ |
| Jean Allgrove | Conservative | 1,137 ✓ |
| Hall T. | Conservative | 1,112 ✓ |
| J. Paul | Liberal Democrats | 627 |
| A. Frise | Liberal Democrats | 591 |
| C. Hellstrom | Liberal Democrats | 514 |
| D Rees | Labour | 259 |
Taunton Pyrland and Rowbarton3 seats · turnout 27.9%
| S. Miller | Liberal Democrats | 699 ✓ |
| Marcia Hill | Liberal Democrats | 637 ✓ |
| J. Parrish | Liberal Democrats | 581 ✓ |
| M Brandon | Labour | 444 |
| S. Burbach | Labour | 442 |
| Sarah Thompson | Conservative | 329 |
| K Knowles | Conservative | 294 |
| M Boyle | Conservative | 292 |
Trull1 seat · turnout 45.5%
| M Edwards | Conservative | 436 ✓ |
| L. Pinkney | Liberal Democrats | 213 |
Wellington East2 seats · turnout 36.1%
| Ross Henley | Liberal Democrats | 490 ✓ |
| S. Angus | Conservative | 441 ✓ |
| C. Tolchard | Conservative | 432 |
| P. Watkin | Liberal Democrats | 416 |
| E Kirkby | Labour | 172 |
Wellington North2 seats · turnout 31.4%
| Andy Govier | Labour | 647 ✓ |
| C. Biscoe | Labour | 442 ✓ |
| M. Jennings | Liberal Democrats | 434 |
| J Angus | Conservative | 236 |
| E. Waymouth | Conservative | 169 |
Wellington Rockwell Green and West3 seats · turnout 30.1%
| E. Warren | Independent | 485 ✓ |
| P Lee | Conservative | 442 ✓ |
| D Gill | Conservative | 401 ✓ |
| R Bowrah | Conservative | 396 |
| D. Christmas | Liberal Democrats | 337 |
| P Hines | Liberal Democrats | 320 |
| Annika Osborne | Liberal Democrats | 282 |
| Jill Mitton | Labour | 255 |
| M Halden | Labour | 247 |
| D. Stephenson | Green | 153 |
West Monkton2 seats · turnout 42.0%
| Norman Cavill | Conservative | 569 ✓ |
| R Phelps | Conservative | 522 ✓ |
| K. Hunt | Liberal Democrats | 242 |
| R Bryant | Liberal Democrats | 238 |
| P Youd | Labour | 157 |
Wiveliscombe and West Deane2 seats · turnout 36.1%
| M. Whitmarsh | Independent | 682 ✓ |
| J Bone | Independent | 552 ✓ |
| R Gay | Conservative | 409 |
| M Wren | Liberal Democrats | 243 |
| D. Rogers | Labour | 144 |
