Before (end of 1999) (35 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 15 · Liberal Democrats 12 · Other 6 · Conservative 2
After (end of 2000) (35 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 13 · Liberal Democrats 12 · Conservative 5 · Other 5
Ward results
Melcombe Regis1 seat · turnout 29.7%
| L. Herbert | Liberal Democrats | 483 ✓ |
| G Wagg | Conservative | 382 |
| Elaine Dorothy Walker | Labour | 145 |
North1 seat · turnout 40.4%
| M. Goodman | Conservative | 473 ✓ |
| J Holloway | Liberal Democrats | 404 |
| Pearson S. | Labour | 210 |
North Central1 seat · turnout 30.1%
| Anne Thomas | Labour | 883 ✓ |
| A. Griffin | Conservative | 685 |
Preston1 seat · turnout 51.2%
| K. Brookes | Conservative | 1,112 ✓ |
| G Molyneux | Liberal Democrats | 873 |
| A. Freezer | Labour | 172 |
Radipole1 seat · turnout 38.0%
| C. Roebuck | Liberal Democrats | 903 ✓ |
| J Etherington | Conservative | 282 |
| C. Lewis | Labour | 138 |
Tophill West1 seat · turnout 22.7%
| C. McGown | Independent | 492 ✓ |
| T. Thomson | Conservative | 237 |
| R. Mackay | Labour | 140 |
Westham East1 seat · turnout 38.2%
| H. Legg | Liberal Democrats | 551 ✓ |
| A. Blackwood | Labour | 543 |
Westham North1 seat · turnout 35.8%
| D. Crosland | Liberal Democrats | 624 ✓ |
| L. Drage | Labour | 404 |
| J. Scott | Conservative | 297 |
Weymouth East1 seat · turnout 34.1%
| N Reed | Conservative | 568 ✓ |
| R. Besant | Labour | 291 |
| T Tetlow | MRLP | 49 |
Weymouth West1 seat · turnout 36.4%
| H. Priest | Labour | 794 ✓ |
| J Knipe | Conservative | 598 |
Wyke Regis1 seat · turnout 35.0%
| D Hollings | Conservative | 832 ✓ |
| R. Price | Labour | 558 |
