Before (end of 2002) (29 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 14 · Conservative 12 · Liberal Democrats 3 · Other 0
After (end of 2003) (29 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 14 · Labour 10 · Liberal Democrats 5 · Other 0
Ward results
Abbey1 seat · turnout 26.9%
| Nigel Hicks | Liberal Democrats | 787 ✓ |
| Alan Mason | Labour | 322 |
Batchley1 seat · turnout 23.1%
| Dorothy Dudley | Labour | 630 ✓ |
| Peter Anderson | Conservative | 486 |
| Kathleen Cummings | Liberal Democrats | 238 |
Central1 seat · turnout 31.8%
| Mohammed Farooqui | Conservative | 735 ✓ |
| Ronald Passingham | Labour | 642 |
| Robert Hanna | Liberal Democrats | 301 |
Church Hill1 seat · turnout 28.4%
| David Howard Gee | Liberal Democrats | 668 ✓ |
| David Hunt | Labour | 594 |
| Richard Lumley | Conservative | 177 |
Crabbs Cross1 seat
| John Field | Conservative | 814 ✓ |
| Gareth Young | Labour | 465 |
| Graham Pollard | Liberal Democrats | 193 |
Greenlands1 seat · turnout 26.8%
| Michael Braley | Conservative | 737 ✓ |
| Helen Cartwright | Labour | 668 |
| Anthony Pitt | Liberal Democrats | 294 |
Lodge Park3 seats · turnout 39.5%
| Christopher Woolmer | Conservative | 892 ✓ |
| Jean Gloria Addison | Labour | 708 ✓ |
| Mark Henry Shurmer | Labour | 682 ✓ |
| David Harley | Labour | 652 ✓ |
| Mark Hill | Labour | 634 |
| Julie Smith | Conservative | 619 |
| Julie Connachie | Liberal Democrats | 581 |
| Ian David Webster | Liberal Democrats | 163 |
Matchborough1 seat · turnout 25.2%
| Gordon Kenney | Conservative | 842 ✓ |
| Roy Vickers | Labour | 451 |
| Christopher Hennessey | Liberal Democrats | 278 |
West1 seat · turnout 30.7%
| Patricia Wilson | Conservative | 1,208 ✓ |
| Patricia Witherspoon | Labour | 430 |
| Michael Ashall | Liberal Democrats | 307 |
Winyates1 seat · turnout 27.8%
| John Stanley | Liberal Democrats | 592 ✓ |
| Clive James Cheetham | Labour | 519 |
| Juliet Ann Brunner | Conservative | 211 |