Before (end of 1998) (49 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 45 · Other 4 · Conservative 0 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 1999) (49 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 43 · Other 4 · Liberal Democrats 2 · Conservative 0
Ward results
Bishop Middleham1 seat
| M. Smith | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Broom3 seats
| D Newell | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| G. Chaplin | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| G. Morgan | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Byerley2 seats · turnout 31.2%
| J Huntington | Liberal Democrats | 646 ✓ |
| V Chapman | Labour | 571 ✓ |
| J. Smith | Labour | 398 |
Cornforth2 seats
| C. Warbis | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| A. Hodgson | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Low Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grange3 seats · turnout 27.4%
| A Gray | Labour | 732 ✓ |
| A Smith | Labour | 717 ✓ |
| F. Walker | Labour | 701 ✓ |
| M. Gordan | Liberal Democrats | 284 |
| M. Jones | Liberal Democrats | 281 |
Middlestone3 seats · turnout 21.5%
| J. Everson | Labour | 766 ✓ |
| W. Waters | Labour | 761 ✓ |
| Hawkes A. | Labour | 659 ✓ |
| J. Hackett | Liberal Democrats | 333 |
Middridge2 seats · turnout 27.8%
| T Moore | Independent | 666 ✓ |
| M Locklin | Labour | 590 ✓ |
| B Hall | Independent | 379 |
| J Tomlinson | Labour | 268 |
Neville2 seats
| W Blenkinsopp | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| J Moran | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| L. Hovvels | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Old Trimdon2 seats
| J. Burton | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| T. Ward | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Sedgefield3 seats
| G. Wills | Labour | 628 ✓ |
| J Wayman | Independent | 621 |
| D. Brown | Conservative | 449 |
| Margaret Bell | Conservative | 379 |
Sedgefield3 seats
| J Robinson | Labour | 882 ✓ |
| L. Byrne | Labour | 704 ✓ |
Simpasture1 seat
| J Piggott | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Spennymoor3 seats · turnout 20.3%
| B. Ord | Liberal Democrats | 865 ✓ |
| A. Mumford | Labour | 768 ✓ |
| Johar Khan | Labour | 706 ✓ |
| P Moore | Labour | 678 |
Sunnydale2 seats · turnout 32.6%
| I Smith | Independent | 413 ✓ |
| L. Smith | Independent | 407 ✓ |
| A Walker | Labour | 401 |
| A Bowman | Labour | 343 |
Thickley3 seats
| J. Sedgwick | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| F. Timmiss | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| Barry Stephens | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Tudhoe2 seats
| T. Armstrong | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| B. Graham | Labour | 0 ✓ |
