Before (end of 2000) (30 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 18 · Liberal Democrats 12 · Labour 0 · Other 0
After (end of 2001) (30 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 18 · Liberal Democrats 12 · Labour 0 · Other 0
Ward results
College1 seat · turnout 63.2%
| A. Vickers | Conservative | 3,236 |
| Margaret Ticehurst | Liberal Democrats | 1,219 |
| J. Pettigrew | Labour | 532 |
Old Town1 seat
| Maurice Skilton | Liberal Democrats | 2,622 |
| C Besley | Conservative | 1,611 |
| V Nightingale | Labour | 499 |
| D Richardson | Green | 225 |
Park1 seat · turnout 50.2%
| Olive Woodall | Liberal Democrats | 1,700 |
| D. Brinson | Labour | 995 |
| P. Warner | Conservative | 920 |
| L. Dalton | Green | 164 |
Princes1 seat · turnout 57.2%
| R. Ellis | Liberal Democrats | 2,275 |
| Clive Williams | Conservative | 2,239 |
| Sharon Wentworth | Labour | 986 |
Priory1 seat · turnout 54.2%
| D. Tutt | Liberal Democrats | 3,471 |
| L Meladio | Conservative | 1,652 |
| J. Pettigrew | Labour | 881 |
St. Marys1 seat · turnout 56.5%
| B. Leigh | Conservative | 2,276 |
| B. Whitby | Liberal Democrats | 1,675 |
| E Habets | Labour | 668 |
Woodlands1 seat
| M. Tunwell | Conservative | 3,062 |
| J. Creaven | Liberal Democrats | 1,790 |
| M. Falkner | Labour | 564 |