Before (end of 1998) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 21 · Conservative 15 · Labour 0 · Other 0
After (end of 1999) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 20 · Liberal Democrats 16 · Labour 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Broadwater1 seat · turnout 24.9%
| A. Clare | Liberal Democrats | 903 ✓ |
| J Nicholas | Conservative | 469 |
| Arnold Saunders | Labour | 230 |
Castle1 seat
| A Garrett | Conservative | 930 ✓ |
| M Woolley | Labour | 698 |
| R Smytherman | Liberal Democrats | 520 |
| A Nicolson | SNP | 197 ✓ |
| C. MacMillan | Labour | 146 |
| M O’Connor | Independent | 79 |
Central1 seat · turnout 25.6%
| P. Bennett | Liberal Democrats | 794 ✓ |
| M Cinch | Conservative | 443 |
| A. Bignell | Labour | 156 |
| T Blackman | Green | 75 |
Durrington1 seat · turnout 30.6%
| C Sargent | Liberal Democrats | 1,137 ✓ |
| J Falk | Conservative | 1,039 |
| K. Hammond | Labour | 236 |
Gaisford1 seat · turnout 30.0%
| G Stephens | Conservative | 793 ✓ |
| J Doyle | Liberal Democrats | 666 |
| M. Barlow | Independent | 218 |
| J. Hurcombe | Labour | 205 |
| S Colgate | Green | 42 |
Heene1 seat · turnout 28.4%
| T Dice | Conservative | 1,117 ✓ |
| F. Stephenson | Liberal Democrats | 418 |
| I Sandell | Labour | 198 |
| D Colkett | Green | 66 |
Marine2 seats · turnout 31.4%
| G. Lissenburg | Conservative | 1,357 ✓ |
| F Wingate | Conservative | 1,267 ✓ |
| M Parker | Liberal Democrats | 510 |
| J Winson | Liberal Democrats | 444 |
| B Salter | Labour | 245 |
| L. Colkett | Green | 176 |
Offington1 seat · turnout 36.2%
| M McCarthy | Conservative | 1,478 ✓ |
| J. Featherstone | Liberal Democrats | 598 |
| J. Young | Labour | 199 |
Salvington1 seat · turnout 35.4%
| B. Lynn | Conservative | 1,162 ✓ |
| S. Player | Liberal Democrats | 1,131 |
Selden1 seat · turnout 25.9%
| Christine Beryl Brown | Liberal Democrats | 710 ✓ |
| P. Smith | Conservative | 568 |
| J. Turley | Labour | 289 |
Tarring1 seat · turnout 28.3%
| J Lovell | Liberal Democrats | 1,205 ✓ |
| Tony Jackson | Conservative | 628 |