Before (end of 2001)
Not known.
After (end of 2002) (12 seats, our estimate)
Liberal Democrats 5 · Labour 4 · Conservative 3
Ward results
Avonmouth1 seat
| Spud Murphy | Conservative | 1,428 ✓ |
| Celia Lukins | Labour | 1,339 |
| Martyn Dunn | Liberal Democrats | 365 |
| Luke Burns | Green | 112 |
Bishopston1 seat
| David Kitson | Liberal Democrats | 1,717 ✓ |
| Gerald Rosenberg | Labour | 731 |
| Jonathan Thorne | Conservative | 365 |
| Martin Harvey | Green | 272 |
| Elisabeth Winkler | — | 195 |
Henbury1 seat
| Claire Louise Cook | Labour | 1,193 ✓ |
| Roy Pepworth | Conservative | 817 |
| Diana Millett | Conservative | 595 ✓ |
| Carol Knight | Liberal Democrats | 393 |
| Sally Walker | Liberal Democrats | 216 |
| Don Brown | Green | 68 |
Henleaze1 seat
| Rosalie Brown | Liberal Democrats | 2,400 ✓ |
| Chris Windows | Conservative | 1,176 |
| Keith Evans | Labour | 284 |
| William McCaskie | Green | 147 |
Kingsweston1 seat
| Brian Drummond | — | 48 |
Westbury-On-Trym1 seat
| Ashley Fox | Conservative | 2,240 ✓ |
| Nicholas Doddrell | Liberal Democrats | 1,847 |
| Judith Sluglett | Labour | 338 |
| John Fraser Laird Devaney | Green | 133 |
Whitchurch Park1 seat
| Colin Smith | Labour | 1,058 ✓ |
| Jonathan Robert Hucker | Conservative | 620 |
| James Carpenter | Liberal Democrats | 464 |
| Mary Thomson | Green | 83 |