Before (end of 2001) (35 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 13 · Liberal Democrats 12 · Conservative 5 · Other 5
After (end of 2002) (35 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 14 · Liberal Democrats 11 · Conservative 6 · Other 4
Ward results
Melcombe Regis1 seat · turnout 30.1%
| Joy Stanley | Liberal Democrats | 676 ✓ |
| J. Treanor | Conservative | 264 |
| M. McHugh | Labour | 159 |
North1 seat · turnout 44.0%
| Graham Winter | Liberal Democrats | 510 ✓ |
| George Granycome | Conservative | 410 |
| Peter Follows | Labour | 290 |
North Central1 seat · turnout 30.9%
| June West | Labour | 1,021 ✓ |
| John Knipe | Conservative | 642 |
Preston1 seat · turnout 51.4%
| Brian Ellis | Liberal Democrats | 1,125 ✓ |
| Simon Emblen | Conservative | 898 |
| Susan Luxford | Labour | 175 |
Tophill East1 seat · turnout 31.3%
| James Holt | Independent | 412 ✓ |
| James Draper | Labour | 194 |
| Tracy Thomson | Conservative | 149 |
Tophill West1 seat · turnout 20.9%
| Timothy Woodcock | Labour | 441 ✓ |
| Sophie Taylor | Conservative | 403 |
Underhill1 seat · turnout 25.6%
| Peter Harry Kimber | Labour | 406 ✓ |
| Timothy Munro | Conservative | 187 |
Westham North1 seat · turnout 36.4%
| David Best Harris | Liberal Democrats | 766 ✓ |
| Lindsay Drage | Labour | 372 |
| John Richard Scott | Conservative | 217 |
Westham West1 seat · turnout 40.0%
| Kathleen Wheller | Labour | 528 ✓ |
| Lawrence Adams | Liberal Democrats | 451 |
Weymouth East1 seat · turnout 37.0%
| Samantha Braund | Conservative | 547 ✓ |
| Antony Prowse | Labour | 460 |
Weymouth West1 seat · turnout 36.6%
| Andrew Blackwood | Labour | 920 ✓ |
| John Richard Biggs | Conservative | 586 |
Wyke Regis1 seat · turnout 39.1%
| Anne Kenwood | Labour | 748 ✓ |
| Douglas Swanson | Conservative | 586 |
| Jack Biggs | Independent | 310 |