Before (end of 2002) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 39 · Labour 21 · Liberal Democrats 0 · Other 0
After (end of 2003) (57 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 36 · Conservative 18 · Liberal Democrats 3 · Other 0
Ward results
Budshead3 seats · turnout 30.0%
| R Simmonds | Labour | 1,487 ✓ |
| Tom Coles | Labour | 1,439 ✓ |
| Chris Mavin | Labour | 1,408 ✓ |
| Peter Brookshaw | Conservative | 1,092 |
| J Harden | Conservative | 1,027 |
| G Horler | Conservative | 1,011 |
| C Summerfield | Liberal Democrats | 396 |
| J Fitzroy | Liberal Democrats | 394 |
| R Dogan | Liberal Democrats | 374 |
Compton3 seats · turnout 31.8%
| David Stark | Conservative | 1,458 ✓ |
| Andrew Fry | Conservative | 1,436 ✓ |
| Thomas Savery | Conservative | 1,413 ✓ |
| Stephen Barker | Labour | 858 |
| S Oxenham | Labour | 825 |
| C Rennie | Labour | 821 |
| Richard Fells | Liberal Democrats | 720 |
| Michael James Walker | Liberal Democrats | 712 |
| Ronald Casley | Liberal Democrats | 710 |
Devonport3 seats · turnout 24.2%
| Barry Brotherton | Labour | 1,421 ✓ |
| William Stevens | Labour | 1,313 ✓ |
| Nicola Wildy | Labour | 1,301 ✓ |
| John Bell | Conservative | 574 |
| Esther Gray | Conservative | 537 |
| James Callum Johnson | Conservative | 509 |
| C Prigmore | Liberal Democrats | 290 |
| T Colley | Liberal Democrats | 251 |
| Christina MacCullie | Liberal Democrats | 248 |
| James Brooks | Independent | 245 |
| Graham Green | BNP | 192 |
| Luck W | — | 178 |
Drake2 seats
| Karen Gillard | Liberal Democrats | 580 ✓ |
| David Paul Sant | Liberal Democrats | 537 ✓ |
| R. Bellamy | Labour | 381 |
| Dan Howells | Labour | 361 |
| Phil Marshall | Conservative | 281 |
| C Miles | Conservative | 272 |
| Heddle P. | — | 69 |
Efford and Lipson3 seats · turnout 30.5%
| Birgit Miller | Labour | 1,784 ✓ |
| Andrew Kerswell | Labour | 1,766 ✓ |
| Bryan Vincent | Labour | 1,752 ✓ |
| Nicola Emma Sewell | Liberal Democrats | 634 |
| Dave Wood | Liberal Democrats | 619 |
| Mary Orchard | Conservative | 613 |
| Les Burrows | Liberal Democrats | 607 |
| Ros Lloyd | Conservative | 583 |
| R McVicar | Conservative | 554 |
Eggbuckland3 seats · turnout 30.9%
| Derick Bray | Labour | 1,387 ✓ |
| Lee Finn | Labour | 1,323 ✓ |
| Steven Lemin | Labour | 1,278 ✓ |
| C Nunn | Conservative | 1,182 |
| Mark Foster | Conservative | 1,164 |
| Phelim Rowe | Conservative | 1,158 |
| M Bellamy | Liberal Democrats | 584 |
| R Bellamy | Liberal Democrats | 560 |
| Tara Smith | Liberal Democrats | 511 |
Ham3 seats · turnout 28.2%
| Tudor Evans | Labour | 1,912 ✓ |
| Iona Mary Gordon | Labour | 1,784 ✓ |
| Carole Pattison | Labour | 1,746 ✓ |
| S Ashcroft | Conservative | 553 |
| Dan Bothwick | Conservative | 507 |
| Timothy Thomas | Conservative | 503 |
| M Black | Liberal Democrats | 407 |
| Kenneth Black | Liberal Democrats | 394 |
| Lynda Pearson | Liberal Democrats | 330 |
| Charles S | — | 166 |
Honicknowle3 seats · turnout 24.4%
| Pamela Carter | Labour | 1,689 ✓ |
| Paul Robert Purnell | Labour | 1,611 ✓ |
| Peter Geoffrey Smith | Labour | 1,574 ✓ |
| Bruce Allen Baker | Conservative | 520 |
| R Mahony | Conservative | 502 |
| J Coope | Conservative | 489 |
| James Crocker | Liberal Democrats | 422 |
| M O'Neil | Liberal Democrats | 374 |
| M Swann | Liberal Democrats | 362 |
Moor View3 seats · turnout 29.2%
| Sue Dann | Labour | 1,527 ✓ |
| Melanie Tuesday Fox | Labour | 1,489 ✓ |
| Paul Hutchings | Labour | 1,474 ✓ |
| Hannah Ellis | Conservative | 899 |
| John Twidale Ellis | Conservative | 863 |
| A Sloggett | Conservative | 829 |
| Adam Grant Campbell | Liberal Democrats | 491 |
| D Spreat | Liberal Democrats | 408 |
| J Spreat | Liberal Democrats | 401 |
Peverell3 seats · turnout 36.9%
| John Mahony | Conservative | 1,435 ✓ |
| Martin Edward Leaves | Conservative | 1,373 ✓ |
| Peter Andrew Hardie Nicholson | Conservative | 1,354 ✓ |
| Cilla Woodman | Labour | 1,049 |
| Colin Rose | Labour | 1,002 |
| R Sharman | Labour | 980 |
| V Costain | Liberal Democrats | 847 |
| Emma Swann | Liberal Democrats | 792 |
| M Shally | Liberal Democrats | 763 |
| Frank Allen | Green | 322 |
| Sigrist R | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 301 |
| Carole Bragg | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 284 |
| Martin-Kaye P | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 260 |
| A Sherry | Independent | 85 |
Plympton Chaddlewood2 seats · turnout 22.7%
| Glenn Robert Jordan | Conservative | 601 ✓ |
| David Salter | Conservative | 572 ✓ |
| Jonathan Byatt | Liberal Democrats | 377 |
| Pauline Murphy | Labour | 352 |
| Philip Hutty | Liberal Democrats | 312 |
| James Henry Lavington Wood | Labour | 308 |
| David Every | Independent | 211 |
Plympton Erle2 seats · turnout 30.3%
| John Fox | Conservative | 783 ✓ |
| Ernest Lock | Liberal Democrats | 764 ✓ |
| Ross Burns | Labour | 713 |
| D Birkenhead | Conservative | 697 |
| Sara Elizabeth Jennett | Liberal Democrats | 668 |
| Michael Robinson | Labour | 586 |
Plympton St. Mary3 seats · turnout 33.8%
| Peter Andrew Hardie Nicholson | Conservative | 1,848 ✓ |
| David James | Conservative | 1,741 ✓ |
| David Michael Ford | Conservative | 1,661 ✓ |
| J. Henley | Labour | 998 |
| V. Burns | Labour | 955 |
| S. Robinson | Labour | 860 |
| P. Fewings | Liberal Democrats | 638 |
| A. Cains | Liberal Democrats | 583 |
| M. Trench | Liberal Democrats | 478 |
Plymstock Dunstone3 seats · turnout 31.6%
| David Viney | Conservative | 1,866 ✓ |
| Vivien Pengelly | Conservative | 1,769 ✓ |
| Kevin Charles Wigens | Conservative | 1,681 ✓ |
| Richard Paul Evans | Labour | 975 |
| Christopher Childs | Labour | 842 |
| Debbie Roche | Labour | 808 |
| Patricia Melhuish Jones | Liberal Democrats | 482 |
| R Tofts | Liberal Democrats | 481 |
| Judy Evans | Liberal Democrats | 478 |
Plymstock Radford3 seats · turnout 32.8%
| Kevin Foster | Conservative | 1,208 ✓ |
| Wendy Foster | Conservative | 1,156 ✓ |
| Martin Edward Leaves | Conservative | 1,128 ✓ |
| Richard Dodd | Labour | 1,123 |
| J Clynch | Labour | 1,062 |
| W Wraight | Labour | 844 |
| Catherine Hazel Burrows | Liberal Democrats | 500 |
| R. Bullock | UK Ind | 452 |
| Alan Skuse | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 414 |
| Denis McCallum | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 408 |
| Michael Chandler | Liberal Democrats | 405 |
| Stephen Kendrick | Liberal Democrats | 372 |
Southway3 seats · turnout 30.5%
| D Camp | Labour | 1,996 ✓ |
| James Kirk | Labour | 1,728 ✓ |
| David Weekes | Labour | 1,620 ✓ |
| Eileen Willey | Conservative | 836 |
| Emma Dawson | Conservative | 732 |
| Janet Plymsol | Conservative | 731 |
| Terrance O'Connor | Liberal Democrats | 372 |
| Charlotte Curry | Liberal Democrats | 333 |
| B Yardley | Liberal Democrats | 292 |
St Budeaux3 seats
| Gordon Wheeler | Labour | 1,560 ✓ |
| Carol Blackburn | Labour | 1,475 ✓ |
| Dafydd Williams | Labour | 1,426 ✓ |
| H Plymsol | Conservative | 520 |
| P Crolla | Conservative | 513 |
| Raymond McSweeney | Liberal Democrats | 449 |
| Mike White | Conservative | 421 |
| Gillian Hirst | Liberal Democrats | 379 |
| M Gallagher | Liberal Democrats | 371 |
St. Peter & the Waterfront3 seats
| Malcolm King | Labour | 1,040 ✓ |
| T Wildy | Labour | 963 ✓ |
| Valentine Hiromeris | Labour | 958 ✓ |
| Frederick Brimacombe | Conservative | 728 |
| Alan Angel | Conservative | 670 |
| Edmund Harold Shillabeer | Conservative | 588 |
| H Stone | Liberal Democrats | 535 |
| Jeremy Newton | Liberal Democrats | 475 |
| T Wickett | Liberal Democrats | 434 |
| K Kelway | — | 365 |
| Joanne Broughton | — | 264 |
| S Billows | — | 242 |
| Frances Mary Williamson | Green | 172 |
| Susan Jane Ellis | Independent | 118 |
Stoke3 seats · turnout 30.8%
| Mike Fletcher | Labour | 1,128 ✓ |
| G Shears | Labour | 1,045 ✓ |
| David Haydon | Labour | 1,007 ✓ |
| C Pascoe | Conservative | 935 |
| Y Dawson | Conservative | 926 |
| G Monaghan | Conservative | 877 |
| Helen Catherine Guy | Liberal Democrats | 506 |
| Steven Guy | Liberal Democrats | 469 |
| N Wickett | Liberal Democrats | 422 |
| Jane Cavanagh | Green | 287 |
| Fleming I | — | 178 |
| Woodward K. Ms | — | 170 |
Sutton & Mount Gould3 seats · turnout 27.0%
| Jean Nelder | Labour | 1,470 ✓ |
| M. Aspinall | Labour | 1,452 |
| E Rennie | Labour | 1,337 |
| C. Brown | Liberal Democrats | 521 |
| Peter York | Liberal Democrats | 492 |
| J Parry | Conservative | 489 |
| R Welchman | Conservative | 486 |
| J White | Conservative | 472 |
| G Nye | Liberal Democrats | 429 |
| Tean Jane Mitchell | Green | 195 |
| Kelway D. Ms | Ply P | 159 |
| Brierley R. Ms | Ply P | 127 |
| Manning R | soc all | 74 |
| Peonides E | soc all | 69 |
| Tozer P | soc all | 48 |