Before (end of 1998) (78 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 54 · Conservative 23 · Other 1 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 1999) (78 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 45 · Conservative 27 · Liberal Democrats 3 · Other 3
Ward results
Brunswick & Adelaide3 seats · turnout 27.9%
| P. Elgood | Liberal Democrats | 887 ✓ |
| Derek Davidson | Liberal Democrats | 866 ✓ |
| D. Watkins | Liberal Democrats | 840 ✓ |
| C. Davies | Labour | 783 |
| F. Hunt | Labour | 755 |
| P Trainer | Labour | 746 |
| S. Hunter | Conservative | 448 |
| C Boustead | Conservative | 444 |
| P Lilley | Conservative | 431 |
| M Jester | Green | 228 |
| K Nightingale | Green | 148 |
| Molly Taylor | Green | 136 |
| N Furness | Ind Con | 80 |
| V. Hogan | Ind Con | 48 |
Goldsmid3 seats · turnout 31.0%
| J. Langston | Conservative | 1,346 ✓ |
| S. Langston | Conservative | 1,276 ✓ |
| J. Bennett | Conservative | 1,235 ✓ |
| A. Jones | Labour | 904 |
| R Collins | Labour | 878 |
| S Neiman | Labour | 871 |
| S. Hayes | Green | 280 |
| G. Hudson | Green | 181 |
| E. Rowlands | Green | 139 |
Hangleton3 seats · turnout 40.9%
| P Willows | Conservative | 1,269 ✓ |
| G. Kielty | Labour | 1,170 ✓ |
| M Barnard | Conservative | 1,169 ✓ |
| K. Ross | Conservative | 1,163 |
| D. Curtis | Labour | 1,086 |
| J Thompson | Labour | 1,042 |
| D. Newland | Ind Lab | 524 |
| C. Robertson | Green | 175 |
| C Sellers | Green | 142 |
| D Stent | Green | 111 |
Hanover3 seats · turnout 30.6%
| J. Edmond-Smith | Labour | 1,671 ✓ |
| Joanne Harding | Labour | 1,651 ✓ |
| C Morley | Labour | 1,343 ✓ |
| H. Miller | Green | 804 |
| Lloyd Jones A | Green | 592 |
| J. Hodd | Green | 582 |
| R. Bowden | Liberal Democrats | 351 |
| Patricia Smith | Conservative | 329 |
| D. Moorhouse | Conservative | 328 |
| C. Pacifico | Conservative | 276 |
Hollingbury3 seats · turnout 30.9%
| J. Lepper | Labour | 1,599 ✓ |
| B. Fitch | Labour | 1,450 ✓ |
| Colin Simpson | Labour | 1,393 ✓ |
| G Brooker | Conservative | 459 |
| Carole Franklin | Conservative | 422 |
| K. Norman | Conservative | 405 |
| R Maddicks | Green | 334 |
| C Timson | Green | 229 |
| E Cotton | Liberal Democrats | 226 |
| D Lamb | Liberal Democrats | 203 |
| Dave Turner | Green | 192 |
| I Fyvie | SOC LAB | 91 |
| J. McLeod | SOC LAB | 63 |
King’s Cliff3 seats · turnout 31.0%
| I. Duncan | Labour | 1,366 ✓ |
| Gary Mitchell | Labour | 1,268 ✓ |
| B. Brewer | Labour | 1,264 ✓ |
| C. Burns | Conservative | 599 |
| D. Radford | Conservative | 570 |
| H. Lawrence | Conservative | 551 |
| A Hyde-Park | Green | 365 |
| N Jones | Green | 269 |
| E. Lyddon | Green | 233 |
| Elizabeth Mary O'Keefe Robinson | Liberal Democrats | 212 |
Marine3 seats · turnout 29.9%
| M. Marsh | Labour | 1,376 ✓ |
| K. Allen | Labour | 1,331 ✓ |
| C. Shelly | Labour | 1,301 ✓ |
| Mary Mears | Conservative | 1,061 |
| C Dean | Conservative | 951 |
| M. Williams | Conservative | 949 |
| M. Lindsay-Hills | Liberal Democrats | 167 |
| I. Abrahams | Green | 161 |
| D Howarth | Green | 115 |
| A. Sims | Green | 97 |
Moulsecoomb3 seats · turnout 24.6%
| A. Meadows | Labour | 1,184 ✓ |
| F. Tonks | Labour | 1,171 ✓ |
| J Hazelgrove | Labour | 1,163 ✓ |
| N. Maskell | Conservative | 502 |
| M. Middleton | Conservative | 483 |
| E. Woolley | Liberal Democrats | 157 |
| A. Mills | Green | 121 |
| B Mills | Green | 95 |
| J. Vecpuisis | Green | 67 |
Nevill3 seats · turnout 36.2%
| P. Lewis | Conservative | 1,292 ✓ |
| M. Worgan | Conservative | 1,273 ✓ |
| S Wade | Conservative | 1,232 ✓ |
| P. Gill | Labour | 950 |
| V. Meegan | Labour | 899 |
| H Rosen | Labour | 791 |
| R. Alldred | Liberal Democrats | 212 |
| L Forrest | Green | 179 |
| B. Coyne | Green | 107 |
| P Gardner | Green | 95 |
Patcham3 seats · turnout 49.0%
| G. Theobald | Conservative | 2,076 ✓ |
| Carol Theobald | Conservative | 2,071 ✓ |
| J. Sheldon | Conservative | 2,038 ✓ |
| D. Betts | Labour | 1,141 |
| F Spicer | Labour | 1,044 |
| E. Stewart | Labour | 979 |
| Daphne Latimer | Liberal Democrats | 309 |
| D. Latimer | Liberal Democrats | 294 |
| J Gaventa | Green | 208 |
| Lynn Mackenzie | Green | 135 |
| G. Kennan | Green | 129 |
Portslade North3 seats · turnout 33.0%
| R. Carden | Labour | 1,676 ✓ |
| H. Steer | Labour | 1,615 ✓ |
| D Turner | Labour | 1,552 ✓ |
| Britton J. | Conservative | 753 |
| D Bonwick | Conservative | 734 |
| D Pett | Conservative | 704 |
| A Ackroyd | Green | 161 |
| J. Stringer | Green | 111 |
| T Doust | Green | 102 |
Portslade South3 seats · turnout 31.7%
| L. Hamilton | Labour | 1,549 ✓ |
| S. Collier | Labour | 1,540 ✓ |
| Sue John | Labour | 1,385 ✓ |
| D Newberry-Martin | Conservative | 495 |
| H. Newberry-Martin | Conservative | 450 |
| Averil Older | Conservative | 400 |
| N Donovan | Liberal Democrats | 273 |
| J Freeman | Liberal Democrats | 197 |
| S Andrews | Green | 141 |
| K Gray | Green | 132 |
| H. Morgan | Green | 124 |
Preston3 seats
| J. Macaffery | Labour | 1,562 ✓ |
| L. Austin | Labour | 1,551 ✓ |
| J. Spray | Labour | 1,464 ✓ |
| Mike Mendoza | Conservative | 1,304 |
| C Day | Conservative | 1,298 |
| L. Parker | Conservative | 1,287 |
| L. Littman | Green | 472 |
| T. Marsh | Green | 351 |
| S. Potts | Liberal Democrats | 344 |
| T Hunter | Liberal Democrats | 339 |
| J. Ware | Green | 303 |
| E Schelwald | Liberal Democrats | 281 |
Queen's Park3 seats · turnout 29.6%
| J. Lythell | Labour | 1,223 ✓ |
| K. Bodfish | Labour | 1,221 ✓ |
| S Charleton | Labour | 1,132 ✓ |
| S. Vivian | Conservative | 468 |
| M. Grinsted | Conservative | 429 |
| Sally Wells | Conservative | 406 |
| D Burgess | Green | 354 |
| C. Fox | Green | 257 |
| J. Blease | Liberal Democrats | 218 |
| D Holden | Green | 194 |
Regency3 seats · turnout 25.0%
| S. Joy | Labour | 1,077 ✓ |
| R. Pennington | Labour | 999 ✓ |
| J. Warmington | Labour | 949 ✓ |
| A McLellan | Green | 484 |
| M. Bezencon | Conservative | 454 |
| C. Ramsden | Conservative | 441 |
| Anne Catherine Smith | Conservative | 404 |
| S Plocki | Green | 297 |
| T Freeman | Liberal Democrats | 294 |
| Kai Taylor | Green | 241 |
| T Wing | Independent | 165 |
Rottingdean3 seats · turnout 40.0%
| B Hunt | Conservative | 2,232 ✓ |
| Lynda Christine Hyde | Conservative | 2,129 ✓ |
| D. Smith | Conservative | 2,090 ✓ |
| M Bunting | Labour | 697 |
| J Moriarty | Labour | 670 |
| A Avis | Labour | 611 |
| M. Hampton | Liberal Democrats | 535 |
| V. Kelley | Green | 245 |
| Anita Gilson | Green | 177 |
| N. Tart | Green | 137 |
Seven Dials3 seats · turnout 27.0%
| L. Gwyn-Jones | Labour | 1,222 ✓ |
| A. Hermititge | Labour | 1,145 ✓ |
| M. Middleton | Labour | 1,103 ✓ |
| J Berrington | Green | 619 |
| B. Holmes | Green | 440 |
| J. Gowans | Conservative | 435 |
| P. Bowes | Conservative | 428 |
| R. Larkin | Conservative | 402 |
| B Huggins | Liberal Democrats | 324 |
| I Needham | Green | 312 |
St Peter’s3 seats · turnout 39.8%
| P. West | Green | 1,715 ✓ |
| R Child | Green | 1,498 ✓ |
| Kai Taylor | Green | 1,488 ✓ |
| D. Newman | Labour | 1,302 |
| S. Prentice | Labour | 1,258 |
| H. Spillman | Labour | 1,250 |
| R Cripps | Conservative | 271 |
| E. Maclean | Conservative | 262 |
| I Maclean | Conservative | 237 |
| W. Parker | Liberal Democrats | 190 |
Stanford3 seats · turnout 35.8%
| Vanessa Brown | Conservative | 1,680 ✓ |
| D Bennet | Conservative | 1,626 ✓ |
| B. Rowe | Conservative | 1,161 ✓ |
| D Jackson | Labour | 782 |
| A Walshe | Labour | 724 |
| R Jenkins | Labour | 687 |
| J. La Masurier | Green | 225 |
| G Richardson | Green | 225 |
| P Stone | Green | 91 |
Stanmer3 seats · turnout 33.0%
| T. Framoze | Labour | 1,372 ✓ |
| P. Hawkes | Labour | 1,328 ✓ |
| G. Beishon | Labour | 1,270 ✓ |
| D Careless | Conservative | 1,099 |
| R Macabe | Conservative | 1,029 |
| B. Pidgeon | Conservative | 1,018 |
| L. Clayden | Green | 260 |
| J. Rimmington | Liberal Democrats | 238 |
| K Lench | Green | 157 |
| P Tofts | Green | 117 |
Tenantry3 seats · turnout 27.8%
| S. Bassam | Labour | 1,423 ✓ |
| J. Ballance | Labour | 1,326 ✓ |
| A. Durr | Labour | 1,260 ✓ |
| B Dando | Conservative | 441 |
| Kate Chapman | Green | 436 |
| I. Middleton | Conservative | 423 |
| D Read | Conservative | 397 |
| P Mulligan | Green | 323 |
| H. Rawlinson | Green | 254 |
| P Weller | Liberal Democrats | 239 |
Vallance3 seats · turnout 30.8%
| S. Battle | Labour | 1,066 ✓ |
| B. Walshe | Labour | 1,018 ✓ |
| Frieda Warman-Brown | Labour | 966 ✓ |
| J Frankland | Conservative | 889 |
| A Milward | Conservative | 889 |
| Jane Caroline Young | Conservative | 858 |
| P. Denyer | Liberal Democrats | 396 |
| M Abrahams | Green | 329 |
| M Mueller | Green | 199 |
| J. Porter | Green | 171 |
| D Biggs | Independent | 114 |
Westbourne3 seats · turnout 35.5%
| B. Oxley | Conservative | 1,305 ✓ |
| Denise Lorraine Cobb | Conservative | 1,270 ✓ |
| E. Kemble | Conservative | 1,242 ✓ |
| V Vizor | Labour | 1,091 |
| M. Fisher | Labour | 1,043 |
| J Newington | Labour | 1,002 |
| Josephine Lake | Liberal Democrats | 299 |
| N Baker | Green | 292 |
| Jacqueline Da Costa | Green | 201 |
Westdene3 seats · turnout 41.1%
| J. Drake | Conservative | 1,845 ✓ |
| Patricia Drake | Conservative | 1,821 ✓ |
| Ann Norman | Conservative | 1,775 ✓ |
| S. Kidd | Labour | 972 |
| K Martin | Labour | 842 |
| J Patterson | Labour | 811 |
| E Huckle | Green | 377 |
| J. Lovatt | Liberal Democrats | 336 |
| D. McBeth | Liberal Democrats | 310 |
| P Poole | Green | 206 |
| S Sorrell | Green | 178 |
Wish3 seats · turnout 43.9%
| Heather James | Labour | 1,393 ✓ |
| G Peltz-Dunn | Conservative | 1,366 ✓ |
| P. Murphy | Labour | 1,356 ✓ |
| S. Conway | Conservative | 1,347 |
| R Balchin | Conservative | 1,340 |
| A. Pratt | Labour | 1,299 |
| S. Dickens | Green | 281 |
| B. Murray | Liberal Democrats | 260 |
| J. Henton | Green | 171 |
| K. Rowe | Green | 138 |
Woodingdean3 seats · turnout 49.4%
| G. Wells | Conservative | 2,045 ✓ |
| Pamela Stiles | Conservative | 1,900 ✓ |
| Deirdre Simson | Conservative | 1,857 ✓ |
| J. Moorhouse | Labour | 1,670 |
| R. Blackwood | Labour | 1,431 |
| L Barraclough | Labour | 1,381 |
| P Edwards | Liberal Democrats | 267 |
| J Cummings | Green | 223 |
| Sarah Field | Green | 155 |
| E. Humphries | Green | 127 |