Before (end of 1998) (51 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 33 · Conservative 14 · Liberal Democrats 3 · Other 1
After (end of 1999) (52 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 28 · Labour 16 · Liberal Democrats 6 · Other 2
Ward results
Belah3 seats
| A. Toole | Conservative | 1,082 ✓ |
| Sandra Fisher | Conservative | 1,052 ✓ |
| D. Morton | Conservative | 1,029 ✓ |
| E. Harrison | Labour | 642 |
| G Walker | Labour | 540 |
| K. Rutherford | Labour | 496 |
| A. Thompson | Liberal Democrats | 281 |
Botcherby3 seats
| G. Ellis | Conservative | 611 ✓ |
| Teresa Cartner | Conservative | 609 ✓ |
| C Dobson | Conservative | 576 ✓ |
| Gilmore I.Ms. | Labour | 575 |
| J. Gilmore | Labour | 557 |
| Cathy Watson | Labour | 549 |
Castle3 seats
| T. Hodgson | Liberal Democrats | 695 ✓ |
| J. Guest | Liberal Democrats | 669 ✓ |
| S. Irwin | Liberal Democrats | 657 ✓ |
| J. Bradley | Labour | 362 |
| P Bradley | Labour | 341 |
| A. Brumwell | Labour | 340 |
| Claudia Fisher | Conservative | 224 |
| Lishman N. | Conservative | 218 |
| K. Smith | Conservative | 215 |
Currock3 seats
| J King | Independent | 882 ✓ |
| Heather Bradley | Labour | 692 ✓ |
| C. Glover | Labour | 567 ✓ |
| R. Horne | Labour | 548 |
| J. Barnes | Independent | 454 |
| P. Finlayson | Conservative | 325 |
Dalston3 seats
| J. Robinson | Conservative | 996 |
| B Hall | Labour | 315 |
| A Rushton | Labour | 304 |
| M Richardson | Labour | 282 |
Denton Holme3 seats
| H. McDevitt | Labour | 823 ✓ |
| Paul Atkinson | Labour | 791 ✓ |
| Joan Southward | Labour | 751 ✓ |
| R Finlayson | Conservative | 295 |
| J. Smith | Conservative | 287 |
| D. Stubner | Conservative | 239 |
| A. Stevenson | Independent | 225 |
| H Story | Liberal Democrats | 212 |
Longtown & Rockcliffe2 seats
| J Jefferson | Conservative | 713 |
| R Bloxham | Conservative | 558 |
| K. Aitken | Labour | 251 |
Morton3 seats
| R. Aldersley | Liberal Democrats | 1,259 ✓ |
| J. Farmer | Liberal Democrats | 1,153 ✓ |
| D. McMillan | Liberal Democrats | 1,064 ✓ |
| L. Eilbeck | Labour | 829 |
| I. Stockdale | Labour | 744 |
| T. Johnson | Labour | 722 |
| P. Vasey | Conservative | 168 |
| J. Jardine | Conservative | 158 |
| M. Joscelyne | Conservative | 155 |
Stanwix Rural2 seats
| Marilyn Louise Bowman | Conservative | 760 |
| P Furneaux | Labour | 197 |
| F. Quan | Labour | 161 |
Stanwix Urban3 seats
| Jacquelyne Geddes | Conservative | 1,158 ✓ |
| Elizabeth Mallinson | Conservative | 1,077 ✓ |
| A. Stevenson | Conservative | 923 ✓ |
| J Taylor | Independent | 794 |
| P. Aitken | Labour | 553 |
| J Dorman | Labour | 467 |
| R. Weber | Labour | 420 |
Yewdale3 seats
| K Hodgson | Conservative | 791 ✓ |
| Elizabeth Blackadder | Conservative | 765 ✓ |
| Judith Prest | Conservative | 687 ✓ |
| J Thorburn | Labour | 685 |
| M. Boaden | Labour | 632 |
| K Hoban | Labour | 630 |
| A. Story | Liberal Democrats | 235 |