Before (end of 1998) (47 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 37 · Liberal Democrats 10 · Conservative 0 · Other 0
After (end of 1999) (47 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 28 · Liberal Democrats 19 · Conservative 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Barrow Hill & Hollingwood2 seats
| M. Bagshaw | Liberal Democrats | 492 ✓ |
| J. Bradbury | Liberal Democrats | 460 ✓ |
| M. Tighe | Labour | 304 |
| S. Flint | Labour | 278 |
| M Bates | Independent | 42 |
Brimington North2 seats
| T. Gilby | Labour | 690 ✓ |
| J. Burrows | Labour | 688 ✓ |
| Julie Anne Morris | Liberal Democrats | 255 |
| M Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 212 |
Brimington South2 seats
| M. Middleton | Liberal Democrats | 959 ✓ |
| S. Barkley | Labour | 931 ✓ |
| M. Fanshawe | Labour | 895 |
| S Pearson | Liberal Democrats | 893 |
Brockwell3 seats
| June Beckingham | Liberal Democrats | 1,410 ✓ |
| A. Qazi | Liberal Democrats | 1,369 ✓ |
| R. Russell | Liberal Democrats | 1,354 ✓ |
| L. Mathews | Labour | 431 |
| M Mathews | Labour | 416 |
| I. Sutherland | Labour | 413 |
Dunston3 seats
| M. Leverton | Labour | 950 ✓ |
| G. Simmons | Labour | 862 ✓ |
| G. Speed | Labour | 812 ✓ |
| R. Smith | Liberal Democrats | 372 |
| J Stone | Liberal Democrats | 351 |
| D Tagg | Liberal Democrats | 300 |
Hasland3 seats
| M. Brady | Labour | 1,050 ✓ |
| A. Westray | Labour | 1,013 ✓ |
| D. Bond | Labour | 967 ✓ |
| Bridget Dunks | Liberal Democrats | 354 |
| R Davenport | Liberal Democrats | 285 |
| M Carding | Liberal Democrats | 280 |
| N. Rogers | Conservative | 219 |
| C. Longstaff | Conservative | 167 |
| S. Siddall | Conservative | 147 |
Inkersall2 seats
| T. Kendellen | Labour | 548 ✓ |
| J Williams | Labour | 528 ✓ |
| A Fidler | Liberal Democrats | 519 |
| P Gill | Liberal Democrats | 468 |
Lowgates & Woodthorpe2 seats
| H. Machin | Liberal Democrats | 257 |
| C. Broadbent | Liberal Democrats | 217 |
| A. Herbert | Independent | 85 |
Lowgates and Woodthorpe2 seats
| Victoria Lang | Labour | 658 ✓ |
| P. Rose | Labour | 636 ✓ |
| H. Machin | Liberal Democrats | 257 |
| C. Broadbent | Liberal Democrats | 217 |
| A. Herbert | Independent | 85 |
Markham1 seat
| J. McManus | Labour | 286 ✓ |
| J Rimmington | Liberal Democrats | 140 |
Middlecroft2 seats
| D. Boden | Labour | 556 ✓ |
| Christine Rose | Labour | 523 ✓ |
| P. Martin | Liberal Democrats | 298 |
| M Francis | Liberal Democrats | 270 |
Moor2 seats
| M. Staniforth | Labour | 600 ✓ |
| P. Johnson | Labour | 586 ✓ |
| J. Frangos | Liberal Democrats | 563 |
| Y. Marsden | Liberal Democrats | 559 |
New Whittington2 seats
| D. Stone | Liberal Democrats | 1,018 ✓ |
| F. Stone | Liberal Democrats | 891 ✓ |
| M. Higgins | Labour | 588 |
| J Yeates | Labour | 475 |
| I Jerram | Conservative | 45 |
Old Whittington2 seats
| W. Flanagan | Labour | 590 ✓ |
| Valerie Graham | Labour | 579 ✓ |
| T Wilton | Liberal Democrats | 328 |
| B. Smith | Liberal Democrats | 279 |
Walton3 seats
| Brown J.Ms | Liberal Democrats | 1,754 ✓ |
| K. Morgan | Liberal Democrats | 1,752 ✓ |
| P Holmes | Liberal Democrats | 1,653 ✓ |
| M Thacker | Conservative | 557 |
| G Howells | Conservative | 508 |
| Josephine Spencer | Conservative | 494 |
| A. Slack | Labour | 403 |
| J. Lismore | Labour | 398 |
| B. Dyke | Labour | 391 |
West2 seats
| G Mulcaster | Liberal Democrats | 919 |
| T Barlow | Conservative | 465 |
| W Sylvester | Conservative | 430 |
| Brian Cole | Labour | 247 |
| S Cramp | Labour | 222 |
