Before (end of 2000) (52 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 30 · Labour 14 · Liberal Democrats 6 · Other 2
After (end of 2001) (52 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 30 · Labour 15 · Liberal Democrats 5 · Other 2
Ward results
Belah1 seat
| A. Toole | Conservative | 1,731 ✓ |
| J. Weedall | Labour | 1,387 |
Botcherby1 seat
| Anne Glendinning | Labour | 1,361 ✓ |
| G. Ellis | Conservative | 581 |
| J Martin | Liberal Democrats | 320 |
Brampton & Gilsland1 seat
| Joe Hale | Labour | 1,241 |
Castle1 seat
| R. Aldersey | Liberal Democrats | 994 ✓ |
| P Bradley | Labour | 786 |
| Claudia Fisher | Conservative | 448 |
Currock1 seat
| B Hall | Labour | 1,469 ✓ |
| Jennifer Pattinson | Conservative | 611 |
| J. Guest | Liberal Democrats | 294 |
Dalston & Cummersdale1 seat
| R. Warwick | Labour | 822 |
| D. McMillan | Liberal Democrats | 562 |
| P Strong | Green | 167 |
Denton Holme1 seat
| C. Southward | Labour | 1,423 ✓ |
| A. Stevenson | Conservative | 619 |
| Eileen Aldersey | Liberal Democrats | 341 |
Harraby1 seat
| Michelle Gwillim | Conservative | 946 |
Longtown & Bewcastle1 seat
| R. Dodds | Labour | 772 |
| R. Langstone | Liberal Democrats | 369 |
Morton1 seat
| J. Farmer | Liberal Democrats | 1,342 ✓ |
| A. Quilter | Labour | 1,224 |
| D. Joscelyne | Conservative | 488 |
Stanwix & Irthington1 seat
| W. Graham | Independent | 1,521 |
Stanwix Urban1 seat
| Elizabeth Mallinson | Conservative | 1,810 ✓ |
| K. Aitken | Labour | 1,355 |
Yewdale1 seat
| Helen Horne | Labour | 1,453 ✓ |
| B. Hodgson | Conservative | 1,068 |
| T. Hodgson | Liberal Democrats | 404 |