Before (end of 1998) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 21 · Liberal Democrats 10 · Conservative 8 · Other 0
After (end of 1999) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 20 · Conservative 10 · Liberal Democrats 9 · Other 0
Ward results
Charles Dickens1 seat
| J McIntyre | Labour | 1,084 ✓ |
| J. Hancock | Liberal Democrats | 966 |
| I. Strange | Conservative | 271 |
Copnor1 seat
| M. Park | Conservative | 1,684 ✓ |
| D. Abrahart | Labour | 1,637 |
| J. Tierney | Liberal Democrats | 330 |
Drayton & Farlington1 seat
| F. Warner | Conservative | 2,050 |
| B. Uden | Labour | 953 |
| T. Lloyd | Liberal Democrats | 385 |
Fratton1 seat · turnout 20.9%
| P Hawkesworth | Liberal Democrats | 1,266 |
| C. Clark | Labour | 575 |
| J. Baker | Conservative | 421 |
| C. Owen | Independent | 28 |
Havelock1 seat · turnout 31.0%
| P. Guthrie | Labour | 1,367 |
| L. Hunt | Conservative | 1,257 |
| C. Cole | Liberal Democrats | 718 |
| T. Mitchell | Green | 113 |
Highland1 seat · turnout 26.5%
| V. Bye | Liberal Democrats | 1,381 |
| N. Lacey | Conservative | 895 |
| D. Witcher | Labour | 758 |
Hilsea1 seat · turnout 24.6%
| T Blair | Labour | 1,622 |
| R. Sparshatt | Conservative | 1,119 |
| H. Mason | Liberal Democrats | 284 |
Milton1 seat · turnout 29.3%
| R. Cole | Liberal Democrats | 1,257 |
| J. Goble | Conservative | 972 |
| Matthew Tiller | Labour | 749 |
| S. Coote | Green | 92 |
Nelson1 seat · turnout 18.5%
| J Fazackarley | Labour | 1,218 |
| D Plater | Conservative | 499 |
| E Couldwell | Liberal Democrats | 329 |
Paulsgrove1 seat · turnout 17.8%
| A. Silvester | Labour | 984 |
| Langford A. | Conservative | 510 |
| B. Bundy | Ind Lab | 192 |
| Munro Price | Liberal Democrats | 167 |