Before (end of 1999) (52 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 21 · Conservative 15 · Labour 10 · Other 6
After (end of 2000) (52 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 23 · Conservative 15 · Labour 9 · Other 5
Ward results
Arnside and Beetham1 seat · turnout 49.0%
| P Mangan | Liberal Democrats | 967 ✓ |
| A Taylor | Conservative | 764 |
Burton and Holme1 seat · turnout 45.8%
| R. Bingham | Conservative | 762 ✓ |
| T. Blakey | Liberal Democrats | 163 |
Coniston1 seat · turnout 55.6%
| D. Hall | Conservative | 473 ✓ |
| E. Vaughan | Liberal Democrats | 371 |
Grange1 seat · turnout 44.9%
| R. Leach | Liberal Democrats | 1,027 ✓ |
| W Bleasdale | Conservative | 607 |
Hawkshead1 seat · turnout 43.7%
| G Jenkinson | Liberal Democrats | 329 ✓ |
| O Pearson | Conservative | 328 |
Low Furness and Swarthmoor1 seat · turnout 39.0%
| D Foot | Independent | 673 ✓ |
| W. Tyson | Conservative | 629 |
Lyth Valley1 seat · turnout 39.6%
| E. Robinson | Conservative | 407 ✓ |
| G. Raymond | Liberal Democrats | 258 |
Milnthorpe1 seat · turnout 35.2%
| M Alston | Liberal Democrats | 458 ✓ |
| M Graham | Conservative | 131 |
Natland1 seat · turnout 53.8%
| H. Gardner | Liberal Democrats | 465 ✓ |
| A. Bobbett | Conservative | 376 |
Staveley-in-Cartmel1 seat · turnout 42.9%
| M. Bentley | Conservative | 329 ✓ |
| S Lockton | Liberal Democrats | 291 |
Staveley-in-Westmorland1 seat · turnout 43.2%
| S. Collins | Liberal Democrats | 590 ✓ |
| G Richardson | Conservative | 159 |
Ulverston Central1 seat · turnout 31.9%
| D. Miller | Labour | 321 ✓ |
| P McGillivray | Conservative | 200 |
Ulverston East1 seat · turnout 28.2%
| R. Bolton | Labour | 333 ✓ |
| Peter Hornby | Conservative | 99 |
Ulverston North1 seat · turnout 37.5%
| C Hodgson | Conservative | 404 ✓ |
| J. Povey | Labour | 184 |
Ulverston South1 seat · turnout 32.0%
| A Jarvis | Conservative | 311 ✓ |
| V. Miller | Labour | 188 |
Ulverston Town1 seat · turnout 42.9%
| P. Lister | Labour | 453 ✓ |
| P. Prosser | Conservative | 155 |
Ulverston West1 seat · turnout 32.5%
| J. Jenkinson | Conservative | 416 ✓ |
| Elizabeth Plant | Labour | 118 |
