Before (end of 1998) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 37 · Labour 10 · Liberal Democrats 10 · Other 3
After (end of 1999) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 37 · Liberal Democrats 13 · Labour 7 · Other 3
Ward results
Alderley Edge2 seats
| F Keegan | Conservative | 939 ✓ |
| J Parkinson | Conservative | 905 ✓ |
| J. Clayton | Liberal Democrats | 312 |
| F. Smith | Liberal Democrats | 217 |
| L. Edwards | Labour | 204 |
Bollington Central1 seat
| Sylvia Roberts | Liberal Democrats | 330 ✓ |
| A. Thurman | Labour | 239 |
| S. Cutler | Conservative | 215 |
Chelford1 seat
| C. Andrew | Conservative | 587 ✓ |
| R. Pickford | Labour | 109 |
Disley & Lyme Handley2 seats
| F. Flynn | Liberal Democrats | 977 ✓ |
| Margaret Duddy | Conservative | 867 ✓ |
| H. Davenport | Conservative | 571 |
| A Berry | Liberal Democrats | 541 |
| Catherine Birchall | Labour | 171 |
| G Sutton | Labour | 146 |
Handforth3 seats
| T. Scanlon | RATE | 1,259 ✓ |
| B. Burkhill | RATE | 1,254 ✓ |
| J. Jackson | RATE | 1,227 ✓ |
| M. Bell | Labour | 742 |
| P Bracken | Labour | 617 |
| C O'Connor | Labour | 567 |
Henbury1 seat
| D. Millett | Conservative | 543 ✓ |
| J. Scott | Liberal Democrats | 171 |
High Legh1 seat
| Mary Taylor | Conservative | 484 ✓ |
| D. Jones | Liberal Democrats | 82 |
| T Douglas | Labour | 80 |
Hough2 seats
| P. Breland | Conservative | 955 ✓ |
| R Fitzgerald | Conservative | 928 ✓ |
| P. Fearnley | Liberal Democrats | 351 |
| C Shepard | Liberal Democrats | 271 |
| S. Stedman | Labour | 168 |
Knutsford Nether1 seat
| H Grange | Conservative | 473 ✓ |
| Barbara Austin | Liberal Democrats | 174 |
| N Bird | Labour | 129 |
Macclesfield Bollingbrook2 seats
| W. Arnold | Liberal Democrats | 649 ✓ |
| R Durham | Liberal Democrats | 624 ✓ |
| D. Littler | Conservative | 446 |
| W Livesley | Conservative | 418 |
| K. Whittle | Labour | 93 |
Macclesfield Broken Cross2 seats
| Muriel Clampett | Liberal Democrats | 869 ✓ |
| J. Goddard | Liberal Democrats | 824 ✓ |
| B Rogers | Conservative | 311 |
| G. Russell | Conservative | 271 |
| Alift Iris Eugenie Harewood | Labour | 204 |
Macclesfield Central2 seats
| Jennifer Jackson | Labour | 569 ✓ |
| J. Lea | Labour | 462 ✓ |
| I. Binner-Murphy | Conservative | 335 |
| A Graves | Liberal Democrats | 167 |
| G Rhodes | Liberal Democrats | 118 |
Macclesfield East2 seats
| Sheila Greenwood | Liberal Democrats | 804 ✓ |
| Lesley Roberts | Liberal Democrats | 703 ✓ |
| N Kerrigan | Labour | 327 |
| A. Saunders | Conservative | 266 |
| Belinda Brett | Green | 215 |
Macclesfield Hurdsfield2 seats
| E. Davies | Liberal Democrats | 621 ✓ |
| D Cannell | Liberal Democrats | 522 ✓ |
| Marion Mason | Labour | 387 |
| C. Ward | Conservative | 140 |
| S Webber | Conservative | 97 |
Macclesfield South2 seats
| K Thompson | Labour | 519 ✓ |
| S. Carter | Labour | 506 ✓ |
| Damon Dennis | Conservative | 260 |
| A. Clark | Liberal Democrats | 177 |
| A Russell | Liberal Democrats | 132 |
Macclesfield Tytherington2 seats
| N. Edwards | Conservative | 958 ✓ |
| Murphy B. | Conservative | 877 ✓ |
| D Hayes | Liberal Democrats | 436 |
| J Farrand | Liberal Democrats | 357 |
| Susan Dale | Labour | 187 |
| J. Coussmaker | Labour | 161 |
Macclesfield West2 seats
| A. Claro | Labour | 555 ✓ |
| E. Perrin | Labour | 555 ✓ |
| R May | Conservative | 192 |
| B Ashcroft | Liberal Democrats | 136 |
| F Grundy | Liberal Democrats | 98 |
| C Dean | Green | 54 |
Mobberley1 seat
| T Greaves | Conservative | 366 ✓ |
| G. Trafford | Green | 171 |
| B. Daulby | Labour | 91 |
Morley & Styal2 seats
| M. Graf | Liberal Democrats | 859 ✓ |
| A Thomas | Liberal Democrats | 719 ✓ |
| I. Grimson | Conservative | 647 |
| A Leech | Conservative | 641 |
| A Thorne | Labour | 104 |
Prestbury2 seats
| Thelma Jackson | Conservative | 1,304 ✓ |
| P Burns | Conservative | 1,274 ✓ |
| G Penney | Liberal Democrats | 144 |
| A Kerrod | Liberal Democrats | 138 |
| B Jeuda | Labour | 88 |
Sutton1 seat
| Hilda Gaddum | Conservative | 669 |
| Anne Williams | Liberal Democrats | 120 |
| D. Machin | Labour | 103 |
