The first councillors served for 5 years instead of 4. This 5 year period was referred to as a ‘lustrum’ in the newly launched Hessle Town, the Council’s newsletter, delivered to all houses in Hessle.

The new wards were called Southfield, Westfield, Northfield (each with 4 seats) named after roads in each ward and Eastfield (3 seats). Most of these wards were contested in the subsequent quadrennial elections in 1995, 1999 and 2003 and the ratio of women to men soon became 7:8 and 8:7 as it is now.