Before (end of 1999) (51 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 23 · Labour 20 · Conservative 7 · Other 1
After (end of 2000) (51 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 24 · Liberal Democrats 18 · Conservative 9 · Other 0
Ward results
Barrowford1 seat
| A. Beckett | Conservative | 813 ✓ |
| M. Simpson | Liberal Democrats | 691 |
| R. Oliver | Labour | 286 |
Boulsworth1 seat
| J. Belbin | Liberal Democrats | 757 ✓ |
| H. Ryder | Conservative | 304 |
| R Parsons | Labour | 287 |
Bradley1 seat
| C. Stables | Labour | 770 ✓ |
| M. Munir | Liberal Democrats | 749 |
| M. Landriau | Conservative | 120 |
Brierfield1 seat
| B Akrigg | Labour | 525 ✓ |
| F. Chadwick | Conservative | 429 |
| Doris Stanworth | Liberal Democrats | 88 |
Craven1 seat
| David Whipp | Liberal Democrats | 935 ✓ |
| J. Purcell | Labour | 349 |
| E. Myers | Conservative | 177 |
Horsfield1 seat
| C Nightingale | Labour | 484 ✓ |
| I Wensley | Liberal Democrats | 284 |
| G. Riley | Conservative | 218 |
Pendleside1 seat
| Shelagh Derwent | Conservative | 541 ✓ |
| A. Martin | Labour | 71 |
Reedley1 seat
| Paul McCormick | Conservative | 1,336 ✓ |
| M. Tariq | Labour | 348 |
Waterside2 seats
| L. Ormrod | Labour | 596 ✓ |
| I. Tweedie | Labour | 517 ✓ |
| L. Whittle | Liberal Democrats | 225 |
| J Beck | Liberal Democrats | 217 |
| A. Mitchell | Conservative | 146 |
| Alexandra Thompson | Conservative | 143 |