Before (end of 1998) (31 seats, our estimate)
Labour 19 · Conservative 12
After (end of 1999) (31 seats, our estimate)
Labour 16 · Conservative 15
Ward results
Audley1 seat
| S. Kiani | Labour | 1,219 ✓ |
| L. Marsden | Liberal Democrats | 411 |
| A Olaiya | Conservative | 406 |
Bastwell1 seat
| Lorraine Chesterton | Conservative | 1,006 ✓ |
| Mo Hussain | Labour | 914 |
Beardwood With Lammack1 seat
| J Hirst | Conservative | 1,289 ✓ |
| A Piracha | Labour | 257 |
Corporation Park1 seat
| P Awan | Conservative | 734 ✓ |
| S Afzal | Labour | 498 |
| D’ Arcy D | Liberal Democrats | 376 |
| K McIver | Green | 74 |
East Rural1 seat
| F Slater | Conservative | 372 ✓ |
| N Nuttall | Labour | 126 |
| R. Morgan | Liberal Democrats | 116 |
| Y. Jan-Virmani | Labour | 871 ✓ |
| Derek Hardman | Conservative | 711 |
| R Smith | Liberal Democrats | 158 |
Livesey With Pleasington1 seat
| Williams J. | Conservative | 1,185 ✓ |
| A Thompson | Labour | 534 |
Meadowhead1 seat
| A Jones | Conservative | 525 ✓ |
| W Pickup | Labour | 480 |
| G Conway | Liberal Democrats | 166 |
Roe Lee1 seat
| M Law-Riding | Conservative | 834 ✓ |
| A Donnachie | Labour | 409 |
| M. Dean | Liberal Democrats | 160 |
Shear Brow1 seat
| A. Bhikha | Conservative | 799 ✓ |
| A. Patel | Labour | 701 |
| B. Dunning | Liberal Democrats | 169 |
Wensley Fold1 seat
| M Khan | Labour | 1,143 ✓ |
| J Doyle | Conservative | 481 |
| G Wilson | Liberal Democrats | 93 |
| R Field | Green | 18 |
