Before (end of 1998) (51 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 20 · Labour 17 · Liberal Democrats 11 · Other 3
After (end of 1999) (51 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 24 · Labour 15 · Liberal Democrats 11 · Other 1
Ward results
Bickenhill1 seat
| A. Martin | Conservative | 1,765 ✓ |
| F Nash | Labour | 1,049 |
| Caroline Anne Reeves | Liberal Democrats | 200 |
Castle Bromwich1 seat
| R. Draycott | Conservative | 1,705 ✓ |
| M. Brain | Labour | 788 |
| J. Knight | Liberal Democrats | 214 |
Chelmsley Wood1 seat
| Stephens N. | Labour | 841 ✓ |
| G White | Conservative | 300 |
| B. Wright | Liberal Democrats | 122 |
Elmdon1 seat
| J. Bramham | Conservative | 1,430 ✓ |
| Flo Nash | Labour | 1,003 |
| Barbara Harber | Liberal Democrats | 283 |
Lyndon1 seat
| Olive Hogg | Liberal Democrats | 1,371 ✓ |
| T Handslip | Conservative | 560 |
| K Foster | Labour | 367 |
Meriden1 seat
| K. Allsopp | Conservative | 1,786 ✓ |
| Patricia Harrop | Labour | 590 |
| P. Whitlock | Liberal Democrats | 399 |
Shirley East1 seat
| J. Reeve | Liberal Democrats | 1,472 ✓ |
| N. Watts | Conservative | 1,457 |
| Margaret Elizabeth Brittin | Labour | 340 |
Shirley South1 seat
| F. Mawson | Conservative | 2,101 ✓ |
| B. McElholm | Labour | 709 |
| E. Widger | Liberal Democrats | 515 |
Shirley West2 seats
| D. Skelding | Conservative | 1,375 ✓ |
| I. Hillas | Conservative | 1,339 ✓ |
| George D. | Labour | 889 |
| M Weale | Labour | 798 |
| Susan Reeve | Liberal Democrats | 437 |
| A. Verduyn | Liberal Democrats | 274 |
Silhill1 seat
| Susan Gomm | Conservative | 1,838 ✓ |
| R. Reeves | Liberal Democrats | 1,111 |
| R Sumner | Labour | 438 |
Smith's Wood1 seat
| D. Cornock | Labour | 759 ✓ |
| D. Kettle | Conservative | 273 |
| K. Brown | Liberal Democrats | 130 |
