Before (end of 1998) (47 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 33 · Liberal Democrats 8 · Conservative 5 · Other 1
After (end of 1999) (47 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 30 · Liberal Democrats 10 · Conservative 6 · Other 1
Ward results
Dyke House1 seat
| Jane Shaw | Labour | 463 ✓ |
| R. Atkinson | Liberal Democrats | 444 |
Fens1 seat
| A. Preece | Liberal Democrats | 842 ✓ |
| G. English | Labour | 363 |
| D Holmes | Conservative | 89 |
Grange1 seat
| F. Rogers | Conservative | 704 ✓ |
| A Coverdale | Labour | 465 |
| Samantha Bruce | Liberal Democrats | 185 |
Greatham1 seat
| Maureen Goosey | Labour | 277 ✓ |
| Patricia Rayner | Liberal Democrats | 203 |
| D. Morris | Conservative | 114 |
Owton1 seat
| Mary Watson | Labour | 433 ✓ |
| R McPartlin | Liberal Democrats | 210 |
Park3 seats
| H. Wilson | RATE | 819 ✓ |
| Patricia Fieldhouse | Conservative | 790 ✓ |
| W. Coward | Conservative | 710 ✓ |
| J McLaren | Conservative | 699 ✓ |
| Alison Lilley | Labour | 646 |
| T. Armer | Liberal Democrats | 364 |
| N Wareing | Labour | 336 |
| T Snowdon | Liberal Democrats | 191 |
Rift House1 seat
| K. Clark | Labour | 591 ✓ |
| R. Herbert | Liberal Democrats | 331 |
| J. Reay | Conservative | 325 |
Seaton2 seats
| Catherine Hill | Independent | 546 ✓ |
| M. Turner | Labour | 522 ✓ |
| G Hartley | Conservative | 457 |
| S Fortune | Conservative | 347 |
| M. Cain | Liberal Democrats | 298 |
| D Youngson | Liberal Democrats | 268 |
St Hilda1 seat
| J. Marshall | Liberal Democrats | 813 ✓ |
| Alice Savage | Labour | 560 |
| Mary Power | Independent | 102 |
Stranton1 seat
| Lilian Sutheran | Labour | 469 ✓ |
| C Snowdon | Liberal Democrats | 237 |
| J. Young | Conservative | 82 |
| G Parker | Independent | 65 |
Throston1 seat
| H. Clouth | Labour | 551 ✓ |
| S. Reay | Conservative | 248 |
| P. Whitham | Liberal Democrats | 167 |
| E. Powell | Independent | 99 |
