Before (end of 2000)
Not known.
After (end of 2001)
Not known.
Ward results
Barnstaple North1 seat · turnout 60.9%
| B. Greenslade | Liberal Democrats | 3,415 |
| J. Knill | Conservative | 1,482 |
| M. Robathan | Labour | 818 |
Barnstaple South1 seat · turnout 60.9%
| R. Hawes | Liberal Democrats | 2,766 |
| H. Harrison | Conservative | 1,663 |
| S. Cash | Labour | 877 |
Combe Martin Rural1 seat · turnout 69.7%
| M. Knight | Liberal Democrats | 3,947 |
| J. Singh | Conservative | 3,030 |
| B Cotton | Labour | 818 |
Fremington Rural1 seat · turnout 69.9%
| R. Cann | Conservative | 2,924 |
| R. Cane | Liberal Democrats | 2,340 |
| P. Holland | Independent | 1,424 |
| R. Watson | Labour | 892 |
Ilfracombe1 seat · turnout 60.0%
| L. Gear | Conservative | 1,878 |
| M. Edmunds | Liberal Democrats | 1,538 |
| T. Cooper | Labour | 907 |
| F. Pearson | Independent | 372 |
| K. Thompson | Independent | 249 |
South Molton Rural1 seat · turnout 72.2%
| J. Yabsley | Conservative | 3,685 |
| Susan Sewell | Liberal Democrats | 3,499 |
| D. Dunwoody | Labour | 558 |