Before (end of 2001) (50 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 31 · Conservative 14 · Liberal Democrats 3 · Other 2
After (end of 2002) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 28 · Conservative 16 · Liberal Democrats 3 · Other 1
Ward results
Beckingham1 seat
| Kenneth Bullivant | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Blyth1 seat
| Terence Yates | Conservative | 378 ✓ |
| Robert Earp | Labour | 164 |
CARLTON3 seats
| Alastair Williams | Labour | 870 ✓ |
| William Walters | Labour | 868 ✓ |
| Jim Brandon | Independent | 818 ✓ |
| Gillian Freeman | Labour | 743 ✓ |
| David Hare | Conservative | 692 |
| Valerie Bowles | Conservative | 586 |
| Barry Bowles | Conservative | 577 |
| Anthony Morris | Conservative | 146 |
| David Robertson | Liberal Democrats | 110 |
CLAYWORTH1 seat · turnout 39.1%
| Kirsten Sutton | Conservative | 435 ✓ |
| Carl Phillips | Labour | 95 |
| A Murray | Liberal Democrats | 95 |
| Alison Murray | Liberal Democrats | 86 |
East Markham1 seat
| Pamela Lewis | Liberal Democrats | 592 ✓ |
| Christopher Pataky | Conservative | 319 |
East Retford East3 seats · turnout 32.0%
| Margaret Quigley | Conservative | 1,147 ✓ |
| Mike Quigley | Conservative | 1,057 ✓ |
| J Holland | Conservative | 998 |
| James Holland | Conservative | 898 ✓ |
| Faith Gabbitas | Labour | 399 |
| Malcolm Gee | Labour | 388 |
| George Gabbitas | Labour | 377 |
| Lawrence Hudson | Liberal Democrats | 245 |
| Tegfryn Davies | Liberal Democrats | 211 |
| Mark Hunter | Liberal Democrats | 168 |
| Victor Chidlaw | Green | 128 |
East Retford North3 seats
| Graham Oxby | Labour | 801 ✓ |
| James Napier | Labour | 719 ✓ |
| Michael Pugsley | Conservative | 717 ✓ |
| Christopher Hall | Conservative | 690 |
| Pamela Skelding | Labour | 590 |
East Retford South2 seats · turnout 25.1%
| Carolyn Troop | Labour | 591 ✓ |
| Lionel Skelding | Labour | 527 ✓ |
| Barry Frost | Conservative | 283 |
| Sheelagh Hamilton | Conservative | 261 |
| S Hamilton | Conservative | 251 |
East Retford West2 seats · turnout 23.7%
| Marie Critchley | Conservative | 412 ✓ |
| James Anderson | Labour | 396 ✓ |
| J Anderson | Labour | 395 |
| Anna-Maria Robinson | Conservative | 378 |
| Phillip Goodliffe | Labour | 332 |
EVERTON1 seat · turnout 31.9%
| Francis Martin | Conservative | 412 ✓ |
| Jane Heggie | Labour | 142 |
Harworth3 seats · turnout 16.8%
| Frederick Hartley | Labour | 806 ✓ |
| Keith Muskett | Labour | 783 ✓ |
| K. Muskett | Labour | 763 |
| Margaret Muskett | Labour | 718 ✓ |
| George Burchby | Independent | 519 |
Langold1 seat
| Sara Jackson | Labour | 0 ✓ |
MISTERTON1 seat
| Jose Barry | Labour | 368 ✓ |
| J. Barry | Labour | 358 |
| John William Ogle | Conservative | 198 |
Rampton1 seat
| Jeffery Rickalls | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Ranskill1 seat
| Sean Kerringan | Liberal Democrats | 342 ✓ |
| Carol Sharp | Conservative | 248 |
| C. Sharp | Conservative | 246 |
Sturton1 seat
| Hannah Burton | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Sutton1 seat
| Adrian Kitch | Liberal Democrats | 461 ✓ |
| Elizabeth Yates | Conservative | 193 |
Tuxford and Trent2 seats
| Keith Harold Isard | Conservative | 761 ✓ |
| Robert Sutton | Conservative | 729 ✓ |
| John Hobart | Labour | 398 |
| Carol Gee | Labour | 275 |
| Philip Lewis | Liberal Democrats | 149 |
Welbeck1 seat
| Mary Stokes | Conservative | 335 ✓ |
| Stanley Moody | Independent | 307 |
| Results | — | 0 |
Worksop East3 seats
| Griffith Wynne | Labour | 709 ✓ |
| Jeffrey Elliott | Labour | 708 ✓ |
| Cliff Entwistle | Labour | 688 ✓ |
| Geoffrey Coe | Independent | 523 |
| Paul Thorpe | Green | 288 |
| P. Thorpe | Green | 269 |
WORKSOP NORTH3 seats · turnout 13.0%
| Avril Barsley | Labour | 696 ✓ |
| Allan Makeman | Labour | 667 ✓ |
| John Clayton | Labour | 501 ✓ |
| Marilyn Parkin | Conservative | 443 |
Worksop North East3 seats
| Simon Alan Greaves | Labour | 867 ✓ |
| S. Greaves | Labour | 687 |
| David Walsh | Labour | 658 ✓ |
| Janet Pimperton | Labour | 652 ✓ |
| Christopher Coward | Conservative | 614 |
| Stephen Parkin | Conservative | 601 |
| Julie Smith | Conservative | 567 |
Worksop North West3 seats
| David Pressley | Labour | 740 ✓ |
| Glynn Gilfoyle | Labour | 728 ✓ |
| G. Gilfoyle | Labour | 726 |
| A. Rhodes | Labour | 688 |
| Alan Rhodes | Labour | 668 ✓ |
| Carole Mangham | Conservative | 372 |
| Andrew Cliffe | Green | 264 |
Worksop South3 seats · turnout 25.5%
| Reginald Askew | Conservative | 861 ✓ |
| Michael Bennett | Conservative | 785 ✓ |
| Andrew Dibb | Conservative | 665 ✓ |
| Christopher Joseph Grocock | Labour | 436 |
| Michael Dunford | Independent | 369 |
| Sarah Gale | Labour | 339 |
| Eileen Hart | Labour | 324 |
Worksop South East3 seats
| Brian Hopkinson | Labour | 784 ✓ |
| John Shepherd | Labour | 659 ✓ |
| Laurence West | Labour | 610 ✓ |
| Paul Graham Smith | Conservative | 196 |