Before (end of 1999) (34 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 19 · Other 10 · Liberal Democrats 4 · Labour 1
After (end of 2000) (34 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 18 · Other 12 · Liberal Democrats 4 · Labour 0
Ward results
Aire Valley1 seat · turnout 35.4%
| P. Fairbank | Conservative | 434 ✓ |
| R Beale | Independent | 359 |
Bentham1 seat
| J. Pilkington | Liberal Democrats | 513 ✓ |
| G Titterington | Conservative | 216 |
Bolton Abbey1 seat
| C Knowles-Fitton | Conservative | 295 ✓ |
| Robert Heseltine | Independent | 265 |
Clapham1 seat
| M. Foster | Conservative | 543 ✓ |
| P. Smith | Labour | 239 |
| G Garofalo | Liberal Democrats | 218 |
Cowling1 seat
| J Alderson | Independent | 255 ✓ |
| J. Ackroyd | Conservative | 254 |
Glusburn1 seat
| A Dixon | Independent | 714 ✓ |
| D. Akrigg | Conservative | 309 |
| M. Wheeler | Liberal Democrats | 185 |
Grassington1 seat
| P. Walbank | Conservative | 525 ✓ |
| T Crowther | Liberal Democrats | 95 |
Ingleborough1 seat
| D. Ireton | Independent | 768 ✓ |
| N Bradley | Conservative | 115 |
Skipton East1 seat
| F. Burrows | Independent | 334 ✓ |
| C. Harbron | Conservative | 211 |
| A. Wood | Liberal Democrats | 207 |
Sutton1 seat
| M. Waterhouse | Conservative | 258 |
Upper Wharfedale1 seat · turnout 46.0%
| J Sayer | Conservative | 589 ✓ |
| Pauline English | Liberal Democrats | 120 |