Before (end of 1998) (49 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 19 · Liberal Democrats 14 · Labour 13 · Other 3
After (end of 1999) (49 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 24 · Labour 11 · Liberal Democrats 10 · Other 4
Ward results
Ashford Bockhanger1 seat
| S. Storer | Labour | 465 |
| P. Grugeon | Conservative | 248 |
Ashford Brookfield1 seat
| L. Lawrie | Labour | 242 |
| S. Dove | Liberal Democrats | 58 |
Ashford Bybrock1 seat
| Marion Martin | Conservative | 225 |
| A. Picking | Labour | 151 |
| Richards R. | Liberal Democrats | 147 |
Ashford Central2 seats
| M. Claughton | Conservative | 710 |
| S. Cochrane | Conservative | 512 |
| W. Davies | Labour | 339 |
| Doreen Topley | Labour | 327 |
| R. Packham | Liberal Democrats | 252 |
| G Thorogood | Liberal Democrats | 126 |
Ashford Eastmead1 seat
| Barbara Simmons | Liberal Democrats | 321 |
| M. Sykes | Labour | 170 |
Ashford Hampden1 seat
| M Hayes | Labour | 156 ✓ |
| L Brown | Liberal Democrats | 86 |
Ashford Henwood1 seat
| F. Winslade | Liberal Democrats | 252 ✓ |
| B Smith | Conservative | 61 |
Ashford Kennington Lees1 seat
| J Kemp | Conservative | 327 ✓ |
| R Bradford | Labour | 143 |
| M Butcher | Liberal Democrats | 111 |
Ashford Musgrove1 seat
| D. Madgett | Labour | 0 |
Ashford Queens1 seat
| M. Beavis-Schiller | Labour | 229 |
| S. Smith | Liberal Democrats | 137 |
| C. Findlay | Conservative | 135 |
Ashford Singleton2 seats
| A. Allcock | Labour | 411 |
| S. Williams | Labour | 355 |
| J. Rymer-Jones | Conservative | 131 |
| R. Smith | Liberal Democrats | 123 |
| A. Hardwick | Liberal Democrats | 101 |
| M. Eke | Independent | 234 |
| M. Wiggins | Labour | 163 |
| R. Cowley | Liberal Democrats | 158 |
Ashford Spearpoint1 seat
| N. Ayres | Conservative | 375 |
| R. Graham | Liberal Democrats | 172 |
| R. Kilkie | Labour | 140 |
Ashford Twelve Acres1 seat
| R. Norris | Liberal Democrats | 287 |
| M. Kirk | Labour | 141 |
| Carter G. | Conservative | 36 |
Ashford Victoria Park1 seat
| Brendan Naughton | Labour | 217 ✓ |
| M. Elliff | Liberal Democrats | 78 |
| B Lewis | Conservative | 44 |
Ashford Warren1 seat
| M. Hubert | Labour | 245 |
| P. Goddard | Conservative | 212 |
| Julie Smith | Liberal Democrats | 199 |
Ashford Waterside1 seat
| S. Koowaree | Liberal Democrats | 386 |
| C. Reese | Conservative | 43 |
Ashford Windmill1 seat
| R. Davidson | Liberal Democrats | 392 |
| E. Green | Conservative | 93 |
Ashford Woolreeds1 seat
| Anne Wells | Labour | 226 |
| C. Vavasour | Conservative | 48 |
| Patricia Margaret Packham | Liberal Democrats | 26 |
Bethersden1 seat
| K Brannan | Independent | 215 |
| R. Oliver | Conservative | 188 |
| J. Moriarty | Labour | 99 |
Boughton Aluph1 seat
| R. Hawes | Liberal Democrats | 467 |
| G. Clarkson | Conservative | 171 |
Charing2 seats
| S. Butler-Gallie | Conservative | 537 |
| D. Gillard | Conservative | 487 |
| R. Rawlings | Liberal Democrats | 371 |
| L. Micklewright | Liberal Democrats | 355 |
Chilham1 seat
| Jane Marriott | Conservative | 682 |
| J. Hawes | Liberal Democrats | 179 |
Great Chart1 seat
| A. Maltby | Ind Con | 0 |
Hamstreet1 seat
| P. Davison | Conservative | 466 |
| V. Wheatley | Labour | 156 |
| Rosemary Davies | Liberal Democrats | 98 |
High Halden1 seat
| H. Apps | Conservative | 344 |
| B. Pearce | Liberal Democrats | 111 |
Hothfield1 seat
| L. Parsons | Conservative | 227 ✓ |
| David Hilliger | Liberal Democrats | 110 |
| J Hallwood | Labour | 88 |
Kingsnorth1 seat
| R. Harrington | Independent | 855 |
| C. Rosson | Conservative | 468 |
Mersham1 seat
| P. Bartlett | Conservative | 516 |
| C. Hardwick | Liberal Democrats | 174 |
Pluckley1 seat
| E. English | Liberal Democrats | 330 |
| J. Grebby | Conservative | 209 |
Rolvenden1 seat
| A. Hoad | Conservative | 456 |
| J. Knight | Labour | 105 |
| Marion Murray | Liberal Democrats | 74 |
Smarden1 seat
| G English | Liberal Democrats | 469 |
| A. Pritchard | Conservative | 460 |
Stanhope2 seats
| P. Laughton | Labour | 327 |
| V. Macdonald | Labour | 299 |
| J. Holland | Independent | 119 |
| S. Bates | Conservative | 60 |
Tenterden East1 seat
| Paul Clokie | Conservative | 509 ✓ |
| John Moriarty | Labour | 140 |
Tenterden South East1 seat
| J Hutchinson | Conservative | 302 ✓ |
| D Johnson | Labour | 181 |
| B Tranter | Liberal Democrats | 82 |
Tenterden St. Michaels1 seat · turnout 41.9%
| J. Link | Conservative | 578 |
| B. Wright | Liberal Democrats | 222 |
Tenterden West1 seat
| Josephine Masters | Conservative | 334 ✓ |
| S Pearce | Labour | 69 |
Wittersham1 seat
| Burgess M. | Conservative | 416 |
| Patricia Rickwood | Liberal Democrats | 105 |
Woodchurch1 seat
| G. Weller | Conservative | 541 |
| P. Collins | Liberal Democrats | 150 |
Wye1 seat
| J. Coey | Conservative | 438 ✓ |
| S Vokes | Labour | 187 |
| Nicholas Fawcett | Liberal Democrats | 114 |
