Before (end of 2001) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 31 · Liberal Democrats 11 · Labour 5 · Other 1
After (end of 2002) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 34 · Liberal Democrats 11 · Labour 3 · Other 0
Ward results
Benenden & Cranbrook3 seats
| Paul Windsor Davies | Conservative | 1,014 ✓ |
| Tom Veitch | Conservative | 1,012 ✓ |
| Linda Marian Hall | Conservative | 863 ✓ |
| Kim Fletcher | Independent | 661 |
| Patricia Hoare | Liberal Democrats | 607 |
Brenchley & Horsmonden2 seats
| Paul Oliver-Smith | Conservative | 911 ✓ |
| Nicholas Fairrie | Conservative | 870 ✓ |
| Paul Ratcliffe | Liberal Democrats | 379 |
Broadwater2 seats
| Peter Crawford | Liberal Democrats | 481 ✓ |
| Barbara Cobbold | Conservative | 480 ✓ |
| Andrew Ollive | Liberal Democrats | 455 |
| Jennifer Gregory | Conservative | 435 |
Capel1 seat
| Hugh Patterson | Liberal Democrats | 420 ✓ |
| Margaret Pemberton | Conservative | 238 |
Culverden3 seats
| Leonard Price | Conservative | 804 ✓ |
| Eldred Wakefield | Conservative | 800 ✓ |
| Wilfred Ekins-Daukes | Conservative | 799 ✓ |
| Aileen Prendergast | Liberal Democrats | 523 |
| Christopher Storr | Liberal Democrats | 497 |
| Brian Leslie | Green | 388 |
| John Russell Smith | Conservative | 468 ✓ |
| Gerald Lee | Liberal Democrats | 193 |
Goudhurst & Lamberhurst2 seats
| Barry Noakes | Conservative | 784 ✓ |
| Jonathan Bullock | Conservative | 728 ✓ |
| Simon James Fowler | Labour | 269 |
Hawkhurst & Sandhurst3 seats
| Julie Cunningham | Conservative | 945 ✓ |
| Beverley Palmer | Conservative | 912 ✓ |
| Ronald Weeden | Conservative | 861 ✓ |
| Keith Brown | Liberal Democrats | 504 |
| David Burgess | Labour | 276 |
| Results | — | 0 |
Paddock Wood East2 seats
| Douglas Marriott | Conservative | 489 ✓ |
| Peter John Waldock | Conservative | 359 ✓ |
| Lorraine Braam | Liberal Democrats | 342 |
| Timothy John Rich | Labour | 229 |
Paddock Wood West2 seats
| Edward Thomas | Conservative | 453 ✓ |
| Stanley Ward | Conservative | 443 ✓ |
| Raymond Peter Moon | Labour | 222 |
| Walter Stone | Liberal Democrats | 217 |
Pantiles and St Mark's3 seats
| James Edward Scholes | Conservative | 1,096 ✓ |
| Leonard Horwood | Conservative | 1,017 ✓ |
| Gillian Barber-Hughes | Conservative | 1,005 ✓ |
| Michael McDowall | Liberal Democrats | 454 |
| Christopher Wigley | Liberal Democrats | 428 |
Park3 seats
| Catherine Mayhew | Conservative | 1,007 ✓ |
| Peter Bulman | Conservative | 952 ✓ |
| Hubert Harrison | Conservative | 928 ✓ |
| Peter Hillier | Liberal Democrats | 640 |
| Alan James Bullion | Liberal Democrats | 629 |
| Christopher Skelton | Liberal Democrats | 620 |
PEMBURY3 seats
| Archibald Ballantine | Liberal Democrats | 926 ✓ |
| Paul Vincent Barrington-King | Conservative | 911 ✓ |
| David Mills | Liberal Democrats | 898 ✓ |
| Gillian Pavely | Conservative | 818 |
| Richard Harding | Conservative | 789 |
| Sonya Wratten | Liberal Democrats | 687 |
| Sally Osborn | Labour | 182 |
| Toby Birkett | Green | 142 |
| Barney Richardson | Green | 65 |
| Storm Poorun | Green | 50 |
Rusthall2 seats
| Robert Wratten | Liberal Democrats | 530 ✓ |
| Ben Edwards | Conservative | 396 ✓ |
| Christopher Gillmore | Liberal Democrats | 391 |
| John Perry | Conservative | 385 |
| David Kirkham | Labour | 194 |
| Victor Webb | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 150 |
Southborough and High Brooms3 seats
| Walter Clary | Labour | 774 ✓ |
| Jemima Blackmore | Labour | 726 ✓ |
| Ronnie Ooi | Labour | 725 ✓ |
| Colin Bothwell | Conservative | 625 |
| Michael Scott | Conservative | 577 |
| Kevin Wilkinson | Conservative | 514 |
Southborough North2 seats
| Michael Rusbridge | Conservative | 618 ✓ |
| Trevor William Poile | Liberal Democrats | 545 ✓ |
| Pamela Howell | Conservative | 531 |
| John Billingham | Liberal Democrats | 475 |
Speldhurst & Bidborough3 seats
| Mark Phillip Howell | Conservative | 1,128 ✓ |
| Jennifer Paulson-Ellis | Conservative | 1,126 ✓ |
| John Jukes | Conservative | 1,096 ✓ |
| Patrick Handcock | Liberal Democrats | 420 |
| Jacqueline Cassidy | Liberal Democrats | 415 |