Before (end of 2001) (37 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 16 · Other 9 · Conservative 9 · Labour 3
After (end of 2002) (37 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 13 · Conservative 13 · Other 8 · Labour 3
Ward results
Bardney1 seat · turnout 46.7%
| Ian Gordon Fleetwood | Conservative | 501 ✓ |
| John Ashby Turner | Liberal Democrats | 191 |
Cherry Willingham1 seat · turnout 41.5%
| Irmgard Parrott | Conservative | 706 ✓ |
| Adrian Heath | Liberal Democrats | 436 |
| Tara-Louise Burghardt | Labour | 173 |
Fiskerton1 seat · turnout 33.6%
| Meg Davidson | Conservative | 251 ✓ |
| Roy Harris | Liberal Democrats | 133 |
| Sally Scott | Labour | 119 |
GAINSBOROUGH EAST1 seat · turnout 17.1%
| Melvyn Starkey | Liberal Democrats | 424 ✓ |
| Deborah Rose | Labour | 217 |
| Stephen Beer | Conservative | 106 |
Gainsborough North1 seat · turnout 22.4%
| Irene Tyson | Labour | 403 ✓ |
| Kristan Jorge Smith | Liberal Democrats | 369 |
| Robert Gore | Conservative | 339 |
Hemswell1 seat · turnout 35.7%
| Colin Wotherspoon | Conservative | 398 ✓ |
| William Gabbott | Liberal Democrats | 250 |
Market Rasen1 seat · turnout 31.1%
| Adam Duguid | Conservative | 563 ✓ |
| Neil Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 484 |
| Philip Huckin | Labour | 115 |
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Nettleham1 seat · turnout 35.6%
| Alfred Frith | Independent | 944 ✓ |
| Rodney Stainton | Conservative | 318 |
Scampton1 seat · turnout 37.8%
| Peter Heath | Liberal Democrats | 567 ✓ |
| Peter Randall | Conservative | 187 |
Thonock1 seat · turnout 33.0%
| Keeley Henderson | Conservative | 271 ✓ |
| Paul Chappelow | Labour | 181 |
| David Clack | Liberal Democrats | 171 |
Waddingham and Spital1 seat · turnout 45.9%
| Jeff Summers | Conservative | 381 |
| Ernest Coleman | Independent | 210 ✓ |
| Andrew Heathorn | Liberal Democrats | 198 |
Wold View1 seat
| Bernard Theobald | Conservative | 276 ✓ |
| Frank Thomas | Labour | 216 |