Before (end of 1999) (63 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 32 · Labour 26 · Other 3 · Conservative 2
After (end of 2000) (63 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 31 · Labour 22 · Conservative 6 · Other 4
Ward results
Cale Green1 seat
| D. White | Labour | 943 ✓ |
| R. Driver | Liberal Democrats | 564 |
| Jackie Jones | Conservative | 233 |
Cheadle1 seat
| B Millard | Liberal Democrats | 1,866 ✓ |
| I. Roberts | Conservative | 1,448 |
| S. Moran | Labour | 333 |
Cheadle Hulme North1 seat
| P. Porgess | Liberal Democrats | 1,520 ✓ |
| S Dey | Conservative | 851 |
| M. Junejo | Labour | 303 |
| V Cavanagh | UK Ind | 149 |
Cheadle Hulme South1 seat
| K. Fletcher | Liberal Democrats | 1,905 ✓ |
| D. Lawson | Conservative | 1,276 |
| R. Cooper | Labour | 258 |
Edgeley1 seat
| J Siddelley | Labour | 1,159 ✓ |
| R. Seymour | Liberal Democrats | 315 |
| D Green | Conservative | 303 |
| G Johnson | Green | 72 |
Great Moor1 seat
| P. Beatty | Liberal Democrats | 1,409 ✓ |
| K Ralphs | Independent | 583 |
| Barbara Haley | Conservative | 568 |
| J. Humphries | Labour | 459 |
| K. Pease | Green | 42 |
Hazel Grove1 seat
| S. Corris | Liberal Democrats | 2,011 ✓ |
| J. Townsend | Conservative | 1,528 |
| H Abrams | Labour | 266 |
| G Black | UK Ind | 142 |
Heald Green1 seat
| E. Humphreys | RATE | 2,483 ✓ |
| Pat Leck | Conservative | 292 |
| K Price | Labour | 192 |
| J. Porgess | Liberal Democrats | 155 |
Heaton Mersey2 seats
| Lesley Auger | Labour | 1,791 ✓ |
| E. Foulkes | Conservative | 1,431 ✓ |
| P Diggett | Labour | 1,410 |
| B. Lees | Conservative | 1,367 |
| Sullivan M. | Green | 396 |
| R. Littlehales | Liberal Democrats | 389 |
| D. Roberts-Jones | Liberal Democrats | 324 |
Heaton Moor1 seat
| L. Jones | Conservative | 1,901 ✓ |
| R. Chapman | Labour | 1,564 |
| R. Axtell | Liberal Democrats | 298 |
| Janet Cuff | Green | 108 |
Manor1 seat
| N Derbyshire | Liberal Democrats | 1,422 ✓ |
| I Jackson | Labour | 1,324 |
| Beryl Charlesworth | Conservative | 253 |
| R. Lindsay-Dunn | Green | 79 |
Romiley1 seat
| H. Lees | Liberal Democrats | 1,689 ✓ |
| G. Jones | Conservative | 903 |
| Brigitte Lechner | Labour | 296 |
| G. Reid | Green | 90 |
