Before (end of 1998) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 23 · Conservative 13 · Labour 0 · Other 0
After (end of 1999) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 26 · Liberal Democrats 9 · Other 1 · Labour 0
Ward results
Ameysford1 seat · turnout 40.6%
| Pauline Reynolds | Conservative | 414 ✓ |
| M Barron | Liberal Democrats | 253 |
| M. Power | Independent | 116 |
| Holloway M. | Labour | 78 |
Colehill3 seats
| Janet Dover | Liberal Democrats | 926 ✓ |
| Donald Wallace | Liberal Democrats | 886 ✓ |
| D Packer | Conservative | 881 ✓ |
| Kathryn Anne Johnson | Conservative | 879 |
| C. Messer | Conservative | 865 |
| H Jackson | Liberal Democrats | 757 |
| K. Parish | Labour | 199 |
| E Matthews | Labour | 186 |
| W. Wyllie | Labour | 183 |
Corfe Mullen Central2 seats · turnout 27.1%
| J. Holland | Liberal Democrats | 588 ✓ |
| B. Kimber | Liberal Democrats | 539 ✓ |
| R. Faulkner | Conservative | 433 |
| A Russell | Conservative | 412 |
Corfe Mullen North1 seat · turnout 35.6%
| A. Holland | Liberal Democrats | 436 ✓ |
| J. Perry | Independent | 270 |
Corfe Mullen South1 seat · turnout 32.5%
| S. Hearn | Liberal Democrats | 479 ✓ |
| J. Perry | Independent | 285 |
Crane1 seat · turnout 35.5%
| T. Palmer | Conservative | 627 ✓ |
| D. Mills | Liberal Democrats | 381 |
| M. Sheriden | Labour | 126 |
Ferndown Central2 seats · turnout 42.0%
| Q. Comfort | Conservative | 611 ✓ |
| D. Burt | Conservative | 603 ✓ |
| M. Angus | Liberal Democrats | 360 |
| R. Briggs | Liberal Democrats | 339 |
Golf Links1 seat · turnout 32.4%
| R. Knapper | Conservative | 548 ✓ |
| G. Beck | Liberal Democrats | 129 |
Holt1 seat · turnout 40.8%
| S Flower | Conservative | 564 ✓ |
| P. Sylvester | Liberal Democrats | 289 |
Sixpenny Handley1 seat · turnout 40.1%
| A. Humphries | Independent | 449 ✓ |
| A. Lane | Labour | 84 |
St Leonards and St Ives East2 seats · turnout 36.6%
| Ann Warman | Conservative | 990 ✓ |
| F Hutchings | Conservative | 864 ✓ |
| N. Hindmarch | RES | 204 |
| A. Dedden | Liberal Democrats | 149 |
| B. Dyer | Labour | 118 |
St Leonards and St Ives West1 seat · turnout 48.7%
| R. Dudman | Conservative | 703 ✓ |
| S. Castle | RES | 216 |
| W. Morgan | Labour | 83 |
St. Leonards & St. Ives South1 seat · turnout 43.9%
| M. Dyer | Conservative | 165 ✓ |
| M. Biggin | Liberal Democrats | 128 |
| C Hampton | Labour | 36 |
Stapehill1 seat · turnout 39.1%
| G. Russell | Conservative | 527 ✓ |
| S. Damon | Liberal Democrats | 92 |
Sturminister Marshall1 seat · turnout 29.0%
| E. Guinn | Liberal Democrats | 257 ✓ |
| R. Cooper | Conservative | 195 |
Tricketts Cross2 seats
| P. Gutteridge | Conservative | 1,046 ✓ |
| M. Godfrey | Conservative | 1,014 ✓ |
| S. Bond | Liberal Democrats | 313 |
| D. Knight | Labour | 210 |
| D Finch | Labour | 201 |
Vale Of Allen1 seat · turnout 35.8%
| S. Laird | Conservative | 232 ✓ |
| H. Bartlett | Liberal Democrats | 207 |
Verwood3 seats · turnout 36.8%
| E. Burt | Conservative | 2,213 ✓ |
| G. Humphrey | Conservative | 2,122 ✓ |
| T. Coombs | Conservative | 2,105 ✓ |
| A. Bussey | Liberal Democrats | 1,475 |
| Lindsey Dedden | Liberal Democrats | 1,255 |
| R Slade | Liberal Democrats | 1,208 |
| H. Rees | Labour | 310 |
| D Crisp | Independent | 145 |
West Moors North2 seats
| A Clark | Conservative | 897 ✓ |
| P. Gaussen | Conservative | 891 ✓ |
| T. Senter | Liberal Democrats | 336 |
| R. Beckett | Labour | 209 |
| V. Bell | Labour | 142 |
West Moors South2 seats
| D. Durely | Conservative | 541 ✓ |
| J. Price | Conservative | 522 ✓ |
| D Shortell | Liberal Democrats | 387 |
| R. Barsby | Liberal Democrats | 372 |
| Michael Shine | Labour | 120 |
| D. Lock | Labour | 117 |
West Parley2 seats
| Barbara Manuel | Conservative | 752 ✓ |
| R Daw | Conservative | 734 ✓ |
| E. Coakes | Liberal Democrats | 211 |
| M. Bury | Labour | 121 |
| M. Lock | Labour | 108 |
