Before (end of 1998) (57 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 30 · Conservative 13 · Liberal Democrats 13 · Other 1
After (end of 1999) (57 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 28 · Liberal Democrats 14 · Conservative 13 · Other 2
Ward results
Avenham1 seat · turnout 25.1%
| M. Jiwa | Labour | 794 ✓ |
| M. Marshall | Liberal Democrats | 207 |
| P Hammond | Conservative | 202 |
Brookfield1 seat · turnout 22.1%
| Jonathan Saksena | Labour | 638 ✓ |
| K Sedgwick | Conservative | 243 |
| Mavis Cooper | Liberal Democrats | 131 |
Cadley1 seat · turnout 43.1%
| M. Onyon | Liberal Democrats | 1,300 ✓ |
| Balshaw P. | Conservative | 658 |
| M Carruthers | Labour | 132 |
Central1 seat · turnout 17.7%
| L Crompton | Labour | 790 ✓ |
| S Moore | Liberal Democrats | 190 |
| J Seddon | Conservative | 178 |
Deepdale1 seat · turnout 38.7%
| Joyce Cartwright | Independent | 984 ✓ |
| H. Heaps | Labour | 543 |
| A. Hammond | Conservative | 196 |
| B. Jones | Liberal Democrats | 157 |
Fishwick1 seat · turnout 24.1%
| I. Hall | Labour | 615 ✓ |
| D. Hammond | Conservative | 214 |
| W. Gavin | Liberal Democrats | 152 |
Greyfriars1 seat · turnout 52.0%
| G. Driver | Conservative | 1,354 ✓ |
| R. Askew | Liberal Democrats | 1,069 |
| T Mattison | Labour | 126 |
Ingol1 seat · turnout 26.0%
| A. Green | Liberal Democrats | 899 ✓ |
| J. Humphrey | Labour | 239 |
| Sheila Heys | Conservative | 202 |
Larches1 seat · turnout 30.1%
| J Fitzgerald | Liberal Democrats | 652 ✓ |
| J. Swindells | Labour | 516 |
| J. Milne | Conservative | 116 |
Moor Park1 seat · turnout 32.2%
| Franceso De Molfetta | Labour | 860 ✓ |
| J Monk | Liberal Democrats | 430 |
| Rowena Ann Edmondson | Conservative | 373 |
Preston Rural East1 seat · turnout 35.5%
| G Gates | Conservative | 1,464 ✓ |
| E. Rowland | Liberal Democrats | 202 |
| J Williams | Labour | 170 |
Preston Rural West1 seat · turnout 34.6%
| C. Abram | Liberal Democrats | 1,112 ✓ |
| G. Wilkins | Conservative | 1,060 |
| J. Collins | Labour | 250 |
Ribbleton1 seat · turnout 17.5%
| G. Cioccio | Labour | 432 ✓ |
| R Yates | Independent | 156 |
| L. Balshaw | Conservative | 132 |
| H. Drury | Liberal Democrats | 85 |
Riversway1 seat · turnout 29.5%
| M. Johnson | Labour | 734 ✓ |
| A. Valentine | Liberal Democrats | 702 |
| S. Brown | Conservative | 132 |
Sharoe Green1 seat · turnout 35.2%
| E. Fazackerley | Conservative | 1,083 ✓ |
| M. Turner | Liberal Democrats | 511 |
| P. Sanderson | Labour | 215 |
Sherwood2 seats · turnout 43.3%
| Marie Milne | Conservative | 1,291 ✓ |
| S. Greenhalgh | Conservative | 1,288 ✓ |
| J. Campbell | Labour | 489 ✓ |
| P. Dean | Labour | 432 ✓ |
| A. Milne-Picken | Labour | 403 |
| J. Houghton | Labour | 388 |
| M. Maritan | Liberal Democrats | 349 |
| J Smith | Liberal Democrats | 324 |
| N Williams | Conservative | 239 |
| F. Selby | Liberal Democrats | 230 |
St. Matthews1 seat · turnout 23.6%
| R. Kinsella | Labour | 696 ✓ |
| E. Pugh | Conservative | 185 |
| P Malliband | Independent | 137 |
| A. Riedel | Liberal Democrats | 136 |
Tulketh1 seat · turnout 32.7%
| J. Al-Serraj | Labour | 787 ✓ |
| S Baines | Conservative | 711 |
| J MacGreggor | Liberal Democrats | 170 |
