Before (end of 1999) (63 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 57 · Other 3 · Conservative 3 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 2000) (63 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 55 · Conservative 6 · Liberal Democrats 1 · Other 1
Ward results
Castleford Ferry Fryston1 seat · turnout 19.6%
| G. Phelps | Labour | 1,068 ✓ |
| J. Bird | Independent | 614 |
| M. Richards | Conservative | 148 |
Castleford Glasshoughton1 seat · turnout 17.3%
| A. Wallis | Labour | 1,383 ✓ |
| C Scholes | Conservative | 278 |
| A. Herbert | SOC LAB | 148 |
Castleford Whitwood1 seat · turnout 20.1%
| D. Travis | Labour | 1,498 ✓ |
| Norma Crossley | Conservative | 300 |
| Z Carpenter | SOC LAB | 140 |
Crofton and Ackworth1 seat · turnout 21.0%
| C. Heinitz | Labour | 1,212 ✓ |
| M Ledgard | Conservative | 707 |
| J. McDougall | Liberal Democrats | 573 |
Featherstone1 seat · turnout 22.7%
| D Bond | Labour | 1,329 ✓ |
| S. Vickers | Ind Lab | 798 |
| B. Hopkins | Conservative | 318 |
Hemsworth1 seat · turnout 16.0%
| A. Manifield | Labour | 1,280 ✓ |
| Mullins E. | Conservative | 432 |
Horbury1 seat · turnout 26.5%
| G. Smith | Conservative | 1,416 ✓ |
| P. McNeill | Labour | 1,020 |
| M. Goodair | Liberal Democrats | 710 |
Knottingley1 seat · turnout 17.7%
| G. Burton | Labour | 1,338 ✓ |
| T Allerton | Conservative | 533 |
Normanton and Sharlston1 seat · turnout 19.1%
| J. McGowan | Labour | 1,405 ✓ |
| N Webster | Conservative | 452 |
| T Appleyard | SOC LAB | 436 |
Ossett1 seat · turnout 25.0%
| A Metcalfe | Liberal Democrats | 1,135 ✓ |
| A Rigby | Labour | 1,103 |
| Jane Brown | Conservative | 893 |
Pontefract North1 seat · turnout 16.7%
| D Grason | Labour | 1,453 ✓ |
| J. Drysdale | Conservative | 590 |
Pontefract South1 seat · turnout 24.1%
| A. Dean | Labour | 1,250 ✓ |
| R. Molloy | Conservative | 1,023 |
| D. Arthur | Liberal Democrats | 297 |
South Elmsall1 seat · turnout 16.2%
| D Taylor | Labour | 1,290 ✓ |
| I Hall | Conservative | 534 |
South Kirkby1 seat · turnout 19.1%
| L. Harrison | Labour | 1,286 ✓ |
| E Tunstall | Ind Lab | 530 |
| J Alexander | Conservative | 223 |
Stanley and Altofts1 seat · turnout 20.1%
| C. Hudson | Labour | 1,354 ✓ |
| C. Sheen | Conservative | 783 |
| M. Burch | Liberal Democrats | 651 |
Stanley and Wrenthorpe1 seat · turnout 21.4%
| P. Dobson | Labour | 1,435 ✓ |
| C Hazell | Conservative | 1,181 |
| Margaret Dodd | Liberal Democrats | 566 |
Wakefield Central1 seat · turnout 24.2%
| J. Walker | Conservative | 1,183 ✓ |
| J. Deighton | Labour | 1,179 |
| S. Morgan | Liberal Democrats | 303 |
| P Turek | SOC LAB | 127 |
Wakefield East1 seat · turnout 22.6%
| R. Mitchell | Labour | 1,503 ✓ |
| P Harvey | Conservative | 716 |
| A Dale | LIB | 329 |
| M Griffiths | Independent | 220 |
Wakefield North1 seat · turnout 21.3%
| M. Taylor | Labour | 1,253 ✓ |
| M Mitchell | Conservative | 786 |
| D. Dale | Liberal Democrats | 351 |
Wakefield Rural1 seat · turnout 24.6%
| B Denson | Conservative | 1,606 ✓ |
| Maureen Cummings | Labour | 1,134 |
| D Neale | Liberal Democrats | 368 |
Wakefield South1 seat · turnout 32.4%
| B. Hazell | Conservative | 2,571 ✓ |
| J Garrod | Labour | 914 |
| S. Nuthall | Liberal Democrats | 412 |
| S Selby | Independent | 47 |