Before (end of 1998) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 28 · Conservative 13 · Liberal Democrats 12 · Other 1
After (end of 1999) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 20 · Conservative 19 · Liberal Democrats 14 · Other 1
Ward results
Brighouse1 seat · turnout 26.2%
| D. Anderson | Labour | 1,156 ✓ |
| T Krishnapillai | Conservative | 924 |
Calder Valley1 seat · turnout 34.4%
| M. Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 1,440 ✓ |
| M Talbot | Labour | 1,001 |
| J Fuke | Conservative | 372 |
| G Yelland | Green | 333 |
Greetland & Stainland1 seat · turnout 31.2%
| D. Shutt | LIB | 1,953 ✓ |
| K Smith | Conservative | 676 |
| Shaukat Ali | Labour | 266 |
Hipperholme and Lightcliffe1 seat · turnout 32.7%
| G. Hall | Conservative | 1,680 ✓ |
| K Butterick | Labour | 839 |
Illingworth1 seat · turnout 22.3%
| P. Abrahams | Labour | 664 ✓ |
| G Wallace | Conservative | 607 |
| J. Sherrard-Smith | Liberal Democrats | 202 |
| R Mulhall | BNP | 103 |
Luddendenfoot1 seat · turnout 28.6%
| C. Bampton Smith | Liberal Democrats | 1,184 ✓ |
| F. Davis | Labour | 643 |
| C. Smith | Conservative | 464 |
| M Hill | Green | 169 |
Mixenden1 seat · turnout 20.3%
| Ric Metcalfe | Labour | 813 ✓ |
| Sally McCartney | Conservative | 491 |
| P Coe | Green | 63 |
| Loftus S. | Independent | 61 |
| S Hall | BNP | 59 |
Northowram and Shelf1 seat · turnout 29.9%
| W. Carpenter | Conservative | 1,720 ✓ |
| K Lucas | Labour | 573 |
| P. Hirst | Liberal Democrats | 290 |
Ovenden1 seat · turnout 18.9%
| L. Riordan | Labour | 898 ✓ |
| M. Constantino | Conservative | 399 |
| R. Clarke | BNP | 86 |
Rastrick1 seat · turnout 27.7%
| J. Williamson | Conservative | 1,268 ✓ |
| G Richardson | Labour | 963 |
Ryburn1 seat · turnout 28.6%
| R Booth | Conservative | 1,228 ✓ |
| Judy Gannon | Labour | 803 |
| M. White | Liberal Democrats | 611 |
Skircoat1 seat · turnout 31.8%
| G Horsfall | Conservative | 1,693 ✓ |
| E. Smith | Labour | 578 |
| J. Harrison | Liberal Democrats | 345 |
| H Smith | Green | 134 |
Sowerby Bridge1 seat · turnout 29.6%
| A Feather | Conservative | 1,060 ✓ |
| R Ward | Labour | 874 |
| N. Edwards | Liberal Democrats | 358 |
St. Johns1 seat
| M. Najib | Labour | 1,493 ✓ |
| Z Iqbal-Din | Conservative | 1,093 |
| W Harrison | Liberal Democrats | 601 |
| A Marsden | BNP | 213 |
Todmorden1 seat · turnout 35.2%
| J Jeffrey | Liberal Democrats | 1,187 ✓ |
| P Ehrhardt | Labour | 1,043 |
| P Brown | Conservative | 352 |
| C. Gate | Green | 137 |
| C Jackson | BNP | 78 |
Town1 seat · turnout 30.5%
| O'Connor A. | Conservative | 1,121 ✓ |
| D. Neal | Labour | 920 |
| J Durkin | Liberal Democrats | 453 |
| G. Greenwood | Independent | 193 |
Warley1 seat · turnout 36.0%
| K. Young | Conservative | 1,335 ✓ |
| P Wyatt | Labour | 1,118 |
| R. Pearson | Liberal Democrats | 385 |