Before (end of 2002) (74 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 41 · Liberal Democrats 17 · Labour 12 · Other 4
After (end of 2003) (74 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 41 · Liberal Democrats 17 · Labour 12 · Other 4
Ward results
Bedale2 seats
| John Weighell | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| Carl Les | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Eastfield2 seats
| John McGuinness | Labour | 1,020 ✓ |
| Brian O'Flynn | Liberal Democrats | 538 ✓ |
| Brian Simpson | Labour | 363 ✓ |
| Stanley Pearson | Labour | 324 ✓ |
| John Richard Glendy Bland | Liberal Democrats | 303 |
| Gordon Clark | SNP | 278 |
| Jean Miller | Conservative | 235 |
| Robert Bell | Liberal Democrats | 233 |
| Frederick Edwards | Independent | 159 |
| Alan Buchanan | SSP | 130 |