Before (end of 2000) (40 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 30 · Other 5 · Liberal Democrats 5 · Conservative 0
After (end of 2001) (40 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 30 · Liberal Democrats 5 · Other 5 · Conservative 0
Ward results
Bishop Auckland Town1 seat · turnout 56.8%
| J Sutton | Labour | 1,682 ✓ |
| S. Gregory | Independent | 1,337 |
| D Jago | Liberal Democrats | 642 |
| M Miiler | Conservative | 504 |
Coundon1 seat · turnout 50.9%
| Phil Graham | Labour | 1,630 ✓ |
| C. Foote Wood | Liberal Democrats | 755 |
| M Ormston | Conservative | 285 |
Crook North1 seat · turnout 53.5%
| T. Carroll | Labour | 1,975 ✓ |
| J Downie | Liberal Democrats | 796 |
| P. Shieldhouse | Conservative | 499 |
Crook South1 seat · turnout 56.2%
| R. Pendlebury | Labour | 2,270 ✓ |
| R Groves | Liberal Democrats | 656 |
| B Shieldhouse | Conservative | 466 |
Weardale1 seat · turnout 66.5%
| John Shuttleworth | Independent | 2,567 ✓ |
| C. Hayton | Labour | 549 |
| J Chatfield | Liberal Democrats | 541 |
| M Daley | Conservative | 390 |
West Auckland1 seat · turnout 52.3%
| H Douthwaite | Labour | 1,772 ✓ |
| J Ferguson | Liberal Democrats | 1,021 |
| T. Galletley | Conservative | 372 |
Willington1 seat · turnout 57.5%
| B Myers | Labour | 2,223 ✓ |
| A. Glynn | Liberal Democrats | 639 |
| J. Woolley | Conservative | 359 |
| M. Taylor | Independent | 240 |
Woodhouse Close1 seat · turnout 47.3%
| R. Langham | Labour | 1,860 ✓ |
| F. Todd | Liberal Democrats | 658 |
| S. Moorhouse | Conservative | 207 |
| East | Sussex | 0 |
