Before (end of 1998) (47 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 21 · Other 19 · Labour 4 · Liberal Democrats 3
After (end of 1999) (47 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 35 · Other 6 · Liberal Democrats 4 · Labour 2
Ward results
Appleton Wiske1 seat
| Stephen Dickins | Conservative | 570 ✓ |
| E Merrit | Labour | 104 |
Bedale2 seats · turnout 24.9%
| J Weighell | Independent | 776 |
| C. Les | Conservative | 593 |
| A. Benn | Labour | 262 |
Brompton1 seat · turnout 46.5%
| H. Langthorne | Conservative | 479 |
| J. Kirk | Labour | 285 |
Broughton and Greenhow1 seat · turnout 49.3%
| Margaret Skilbeck | Conservative | 725 |
| N. Land | Liberal Democrats | 193 |
Carlton Miniott1 seat
| A. Skipsey | Conservative | 462 ✓ |
| O. Andrla | Labour | 124 |
| P. Greenslade | Liberal Democrats | 100 |
Crayke1 seat
| P. Featherstone | Conservative | 466 ✓ |
| E Denton | Liberal Democrats | 97 |
Easingwold2 seats
| G. Ellis | Conservative | 771 ✓ |
| C Cranfield | Conservative | 728 ✓ |
| J Clare | Labour | 398 |
| V. Lancaster | Labour | 365 |
Great Ayton3 seats · turnout 47.2%
| J. Imeson | Conservative | 1,182 ✓ |
| James Alexander Fletcher | Conservative | 1,080 ✓ |
| L. Groves | Conservative | 1,063 ✓ |
| P. Bell | Liberal Democrats | 635 |
| L. Groves | Conservative | 635 |
| Richard Thomas Short | Liberal Democrats | 476 |
| J Mansfield | Labour | 453 |
Helperby1 seat
| P. Sowray | Conservative | 390 ✓ |
| Jimmy Snowdon | Labour | 152 |
Huby and Sutton1 seat
| R. Horner | Independent | 0 |
Leeming Bar1 seat
| S. Latter | Conservative | 494 ✓ |
| N. Kaye | Labour | 117 |
Morton-on-Swale1 seat
| R Phillips | Conservative | 504 ✓ |
| A Earnes | Labour | 145 |
Northallerton North East2 seats · turnout 24.7%
| M. Prest | Conservative | 412 |
| R. Andrew | Conservative | 399 |
| J. Dobson | Labour | 275 |
Northallerton South East2 seats · turnout 21.7%
| J. Coulson | Independent | 542 |
| A. Hall | Conservative | 261 |
| P Stamper | Labour | 254 |
| Sally Anne Anderson | Labour | 233 |
Northallerton West2 seats
| D. Blades | Conservative | 411 ✓ |
| S. Merrit | Labour | 282 ✓ |
| A. Hutchings | Labour | 237 |
Osmotherly1 seat · turnout 44.8%
| D. Dennnis | Conservative | 346 |
| J Southwell | Labour | 111 |
Romanby2 seats · turnout 39.0%
| P Brown | Conservative | 587 |
| J. Smith | Conservative | 562 |
| A. Allison | Labour | 463 |
| C Hutchings | Labour | 354 |
| Hillyard D. | Independent | 348 |
Romanby Broomfield1 seat · turnout 38.1%
| E. Nash | Conservative | 499 |
| N. Fox | Labour | 228 |
Rudby2 seats · turnout 35.3%
| I. Grieve | Conservative | 570 |
| S. Whitfield | Liberal Democrats | 567 |
| B. Walkington | Liberal Democrats | 515 |
Sowerby2 seats · turnout 31.0%
| M. Robson | Conservative | 647 |
| D Murkett | Conservative | 416 |
| S. Hoyland | Labour | 290 |
| Roberts F. | Independent | 275 |
| S. Wilson | Liberal Democrats | 205 |
Stillington1 seat · turnout 53.5%
| C. Cookman | Conservative | 410 |
| P. Johnston | Liberal Democrats | 192 |
Stokesley3 seats · turnout 35.8%
| C. Seymour | Liberal Democrats | 1,361 |
| M. Richardson | Conservative | 1,091 |
| J. Griffiths | Liberal Democrats | 991 |
| T Bainbridge | Conservative | 922 |
| J Cundy | Labour | 296 |
Tanfield1 seat
| David Webster | Conservative | 0 |
The Cowtons1 seat · turnout 33.7%
| W. Milligan | Independent | 385 ✓ |
| J. Stephenson | Labour | 56 |
The Thorntons1 seat
| R. Baker | Conservative | 283 ✓ |
| P. Pybus | Independent | 234 |
| S. Wilson | Liberal Democrats | 57 |
Thirsk2 seats
| J. Marshall | Labour | 561 ✓ |
| A. Robinson | Independent | 403 ✓ |
| G Murray | Labour | 372 |
| D. Adamson | Independent | 273 |
| C. Pack | Liberal Democrats | 171 |
Topcliffe1 seat · turnout 35.5%
| N. Huxtable | Conservative | 380 |
| R. Adamson | Liberal Democrats | 147 |
