Before (end of 1998) (27 seats, our estimate)
Conservative 12 · Labour 10 · Liberal Democrats 4 · Independent 1
After (end of 1999) (15 seats, our estimate)
Conservative 11 · Labour 3 · Independent 1
Ward results
Burgh1 seat
| J. Collier | Conservative | 432 ✓ |
| R. Pearson | Labour | 192 |
Dalston3 seats
| B. Telfer | Conservative | 1,055 ✓ |
| L. Crookdale | Conservative | 999 ✓ |
| J. Robinson | Conservative | 996 ✓ |
| B Hall | Labour | 315 |
| A Rushton | Labour | 304 |
| M Richardson | Labour | 282 |
Great Corby & Geltsdale1 seat
| D. Parsons | Conservative | 395 ✓ |
| Helen Horne | Labour | 178 |
Harraby3 seats
| Weber C. | Labour | 752 ✓ |
| J. Weedall | Labour | 692 ✓ |
| Carole Rutherford | Labour | 690 ✓ |
| P. Smith | Conservative | 335 |
| E Jardine | Conservative | 329 |
| Wilkinson G. | Conservative | 315 |
Hayton1 seat
| W. Graham | Independent | 649 ✓ |
| Janet Watson | Conservative | 161 |
Irthing1 seat
| J. Knapton | Conservative | 448 ✓ |
| G Kenyon | Labour | 146 |
Longtown & Rockcliffe2 seats
| J Jefferson | Conservative | 713 ✓ |
| R Bloxham | Conservative | 558 ✓ |
| R. Dodds | Labour | 402 |
| K. Aitken | Labour | 251 |
Stanwix Rural2 seats
| E. Firth | Conservative | 760 ✓ |
| Marilyn Louise Bowman | Conservative | 760 ✓ |
| P Furneaux | Labour | 197 |
| F. Quan | Labour | 161 |