Before (end of 2001) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 32 · Conservative 14 · Labour 2 · Other 0
After (end of 2002) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 22 · Liberal Democrats 14 · Other 9 · Labour 3
Ward results
Alsager East1 seat
| Terence Farrell | Liberal Democrats | 675 ✓ |
| Warwick Till | Conservative | 329 |
| Ann Coomer | Labour | 209 |
Astbury1 seat
| Ernest Lowe | Liberal Democrats | 353 ✓ |
| John Cliff | Conservative | 306 |
| Edward Hambleton | Labour | 33 |
Brereton1 seat
| Holland S. | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Congleton North1 seat
| Gillian Campbell | Labour | 342 ✓ |
| Judith Thwaite | Liberal Democrats | 295 |
| John Pollard | Conservative | 103 |
Congleton North West1 seat
| Susan Appleton | Conservative | 419 ✓ |
| Peter Copestick | Labour | 220 |
| Jean Vale | Liberal Democrats | 85 |
Congleton South1 seat
| David Brown | Conservative | 1,099 ✓ |
| Andrew Thomas | Labour | 243 |
| Linda Hemsley | Liberal Democrats | 207 |
Congleton West1 seat
| Clive Anstice | Conservative | 795 ✓ |
| Margaret Williamson | Liberal Democrats | 457 |
| Ernest Clarke | Labour | 219 |
Dane Valley1 seat
| Patrick Furlong | Conservative | 693 ✓ |
| W Owen | Liberal Democrats | 683 |
| Vincent Hilton | Labour | 72 |
Holmes Chapel1 seat
| Trevor Howkins | Liberal Democrats | 860 ✓ |
| John Wray | Conservative | 668 |
| John Noakes | Labour | 126 |
Lawton1 seat
| Roy Giltrap | Liberal Democrats | 634 ✓ |
| Alec Henshall | Conservative | 218 |
| Harold Lewis | Labour | 70 |
Middlewich Cledford1 seat
| W Morris | Conservative | 572 ✓ |
| Janice Robson | Labour | 283 |
| John Brown | Liberal Democrats | 190 |
Middlewich Kinderton1 seat
| Alison Roylance-White | Conservative | 694 ✓ |
| Peter Hirst | Liberal Democrats | 520 |
| Arnold Kidd | Labour | 248 |
Odd Rode1 seat
| R. Bailey | Conservative | 682 ✓ |
| Kenneth Hemsley | Liberal Democrats | 581 |
| Win Grimshaw-Lewis | Labour | 227 |
Sandbach East1 seat
| Gareth Evans | Conservative | 622 ✓ |
| David Lloyd-Griffiths | Liberal Democrats | 370 |
| Peter Howarth | Labour | 348 |
Sandbach North1 seat
| Peter Wallace Jones | Conservative | 1,084 ✓ |
| Andrew Walker | Liberal Democrats | 440 |
| Deborah Darnes | Labour | 223 |
Sandbach West2 seats
| E Lea | Conservative | 650 ✓ |
| Jack Iddon | Conservative | 649 ✓ |
| Elizabeth Rubbidge | Liberal Democrats | 415 |
| P. Darnes | Liberal Democrats | 388 |
| Patrick Darnes | Liberal Democrats | 338 |
| David Parkes | Labour | 266 |
| Peter Doughty | Labour | 264 |