Before (end of 2002) (55 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 40 · Conservative 11 · Liberal Democrats 4 · Other 0
After (end of 2003) (55 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 36 · Liberal Democrats 11 · Conservative 8 · Other 0
Ward results
Arboretum2 seats · turnout 19.0%
| David Stephenson | Liberal Democrats | 614 ✓ |
| Tony Marshall | Liberal Democrats | 586 ✓ |
| Philip Spear | Labour | 495 |
| Tasib Mughal | Labour | 479 |
| John Folman | Conservative | 109 |
| Vera Cross | Conservative | 106 |
| David Bishop | — | 72 |
Aspley Nottingham3 seats
| G. Chapman | Labour | 1,704 ✓ |
| L Unczur | Labour | 1,572 ✓ |
| H. James | Labour | 1,509 ✓ |
| D Chawner | Conservative | 432 |
| B Eaton | Conservative | 396 |
| B Thurnell | Conservative | 318 |
| S Hill | Liberal Democrats | 314 |
Basford3 seats · turnout 29.9%
| Rob Lee | Liberal Democrats | 1,390 ✓ |
| Mary Bloomfield | Liberal Democrats | 1,382 ✓ |
| Alexander Foster | Liberal Democrats | 1,319 ✓ |
| Barrie Jackson | Labour | 1,258 |
| Marcia Watson | Labour | 1,162 |
| Jaswinder Basi | Labour | 1,103 |
| Alan Askey | Conservative | 756 |
| William Hammond | Conservative | 733 |
| Glenys Sullivan | Conservative | 695 |
| Debbie Webster | — | 71 |
| Paul Williams | — | 54 |
Berridge3 seats · turnout 28.1%
| John Charles Taylor | Labour | 1,613 ✓ |
| Mohammed Ibrahim | Labour | 1,521 ✓ |
| Howard Morris | Labour | 1,347 ✓ |
| Sheikh Miah | Conservative | 1,178 |
| Christina Mittenshaw-Hodge | Conservative | 1,063 |
| David Hunt | Conservative | 1,030 |
| Mohammad Ali | Liberal Democrats | 724 |
| Alice McGregor | Green | 714 |
Bestwood3 seats · turnout 20.9%
| Brian Grocock | Labour | 1,753 ✓ |
| John Hartshorne | Labour | 1,615 ✓ |
| Jeannie Packer | Labour | 1,462 ✓ |
| John Hutchinson | Conservative | 648 |
| Jonathan Mark Crofts | Conservative | 614 |
| Anthony Elwood | Conservative | 601 |
Bilborough3 seats · turnout 25.3%
| Derek Cresswell | Labour | 1,956 ✓ |
| Susan Scott | Labour | 1,912 ✓ |
| Margaret Wood | Labour | 1,888 ✓ |
| Peter Crompton Jackson | Conservative | 855 |
| Joyce Richards | Conservative | 772 |
| Janet Shore | Conservative | 768 |
| John Calvert | Liberal Democrats | 617 |
Bridge2 seats · turnout 26.6%
| Saghir Akhtar | Liberal Democrats | 1,040 ✓ |
| Maxine Shaw | Liberal Democrats | 933 ✓ |
| Toby Charles Neal | Labour | 784 |
| Mohammed Riasat | Labour | 666 |
| Jacqueline Jenkin-Kones | Conservative | 216 |
| Marjorie Wroughton | Conservative | 161 |
Bulwell3 seats · turnout 21.0%
| Eileen Heppell | Labour | 1,321 ✓ |
| Virginia Klein | Labour | 1,320 ✓ |
| Carole Stapleton | Labour | 1,315 ✓ |
| Kristina Howells | Conservative | 695 |
| Adam Poole | Conservative | 561 |
| Dave Sullivan | Conservative | 531 |
| Trevor Rose | Liberal Democrats | 438 |
| Andrew Howarth | Liberal Democrats | 432 |
| Patrick Lynch | Liberal Democrats | 318 |
Bulwell Forest3 seats · turnout 29.5%
| Alan George Clark | Labour | 1,582 ✓ |
| Eunice Campbell-Clark | Labour | 1,519 ✓ |
| Gillian Haymes | Labour | 1,497 ✓ |
| Karen Kemp | Independent | 1,344 |
| Bill Dennis | Conservative | 1,051 |
| Martin Shepherd | Conservative | 1,040 |
| Halimeh Qureshi | Conservative | 885 |
| Peter Boyle | Liberal Democrats | 513 |
Clifton North3 seats · turnout 30.1%
| Brendan Clarke-Smith | Conservative | 1,714 ✓ |
| Andrew Price | Conservative | 1,610 ✓ |
| Timothy Spencer | Conservative | 1,560 ✓ |
| Wayne Howes | Labour | 1,335 |
| Ian MacLennan | Labour | 1,317 |
| Jagdip Lehal | Labour | 1,124 |
| Tony Hunt | Liberal Democrats | 372 |
Clifton South3 seats · turnout 19.8%
| Brent Charlesworth | Labour | 1,186 ✓ |
| Ian Malcolm | Labour | 1,049 ✓ |
| Christopher Gibson | Labour | 958 ✓ |
| Roger David Steel | Conservative | 675 |
| Susan Beecroft | Conservative | 638 |
| Ian Culley | Conservative | 637 |
| George Austin | Liberal Democrats | 327 |
| Ian Richard Bradley | Liberal Democrats | 311 |
| Alan Holding | Liberal Democrats | 289 |
Dales3 seats · turnout 27.3%
| Gul Khan | Labour | 1,239 ✓ |
| Darren Mathews | Labour | 1,127 ✓ |
| Charles Clarke | Conservative | 1,122 ✓ |
| Keith Parker | Labour | 1,057 |
| Mahfuz Hussain | Conservative | 1,010 |
| Glyn Walter Johns | Conservative | 959 |
| Ali Asghar | Liberal Democrats | 754 |
| Kaith Falconbridge | Liberal Democrats | 584 |
| Amjad Hussain | Liberal Democrats | 544 |
| Christopher Field | Green | 283 |
| Andrew Birchenough | — | 207 |
Dunkirk and Lenton2 seats · turnout 19.1%
| David Trimble | Labour | 737 ✓ |
| Zahoor Mir | Labour | 694 ✓ |
| Richard Dollimore | Conservative | 344 |
| Danny Gibson | Conservative | 310 |
| Stephen Kilpin | Liberal Democrats | 293 |
| Andrew Mark Ellwood | Liberal Democrats | 287 |
Leen Valley2 seats · turnout 43.1%
| Gemma Long | Liberal Democrats | 1,268 ✓ |
| Brian Markin | Liberal Democrats | 1,176 ✓ |
| Sheila Eaton | Conservative | 865 |
| G Kilbourne | Conservative | 821 |
| Javed Mirza | Labour | 676 |
| Mohammed Maqsood | Labour | 524 |
Mapperley3 seats · turnout 28.3%
| Emma Dewinton | Labour | 1,560 ✓ |
| Michael Edwards | Labour | 1,467 ✓ |
| Mohammed Munir | Labour | 1,328 ✓ |
| William Bradbury | Conservative | 1,280 |
| Timothy Bowler | Conservative | 1,209 |
| Anthony Neale Gerald Mittenshaw-Hodge | Conservative | 1,022 |
| Jane Margaret Carruthers | Green | 533 |
| Peter Kunzlik | Liberal Democrats | 481 |
| Anthony Stock | Independent | 461 |
Radford and Park3 seats · turnout 22.5%
| Katrina Bull | Labour | 1,112 ✓ |
| Mohammad Aslam | Labour | 1,092 ✓ |
| Afzal Khan | Labour | 997 ✓ |
| Alan Lamont | Conservative | 750 |
| Andrew Miller | Conservative | 704 |
| Nigel Mills | Conservative | 667 |
| Jacqueline Hale | Liberal Democrats | 609 |
| Ian Reginald Hale | Liberal Democrats | 591 |
| Alan Riley | Liberal Democrats | 554 |
Sherwood3 seats
| Penny Griggs | Labour | 1,577 ✓ |
| B. Parbutt | Labour | 1,457 ✓ |
| Catherine Baxter | Conservative | 1,426 ✓ |
| Jane Urquhart | Labour | 1,392 |
| Anna Soubry | Conservative | 1,383 |
| Wendy Manning | Conservative | 1,329 |
| Ann Bourke | Liberal Democrats | 697 |
| A. Jones | Green | 595 |
| J. Burr | Liberal Democrats | 593 |
| Rebecca Wilkinson | soc all | 320 |
St Ann's3 seats
| Jonathan Collins | Labour | 1,733 ✓ |
| David Liversidge | Labour | 1,716 ✓ |
| Desmond Wilson | Labour | 1,601 ✓ |
| Felicity Crofts | Conservative | 446 |
| Barbara Tuck | Conservative | 321 |
| Ilona Poyser | Conservative | 305 |
| Richard Shaw | Liberal Democrats | 282 |
| Natasha Coates | Green | 229 |
| Sulma Mansuri | — | 119 |
| John Shemeld | — | 105 |
Wollaton East and Lenton Abbey2 seats · turnout 23.2%
| Kevin Mulloy | Liberal Democrats | 731 ✓ |
| Bill Smith | Liberal Democrats | 688 ✓ |
| David Poole | Conservative | 681 |
| John Edward | Conservative | 672 |
| Violet Dixon | Labour | 339 |
| Matthew Mills | Labour | 317 |
Wollaton West3 seats · turnout 39.6%
| Georgina Culley | Conservative | 2,630 ✓ |
| Margaret Cobb | Conservative | 2,563 ✓ |
| Michael Cowan | Conservative | 2,433 ✓ |
| Shahim Ahmad | Labour | 1,197 |
| David Hunt | Labour | 1,118 |
| David Malcolm Smith | Labour | 1,087 |
| Timothy Ball | Liberal Democrats | 688 |
| David Skinner | Liberal Democrats | 678 |
| Peter Mendenhall | Liberal Democrats | 676 |