Before (end of 2002) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 36 · Liberal Democrats 13 · Labour 7 · Other 4
After (end of 2003) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 36 · Liberal Democrats 14 · Labour 6 · Other 4
Ward results
Dean Row1 seat
| James Crockatt | Conservative | 995 ✓ |
| Lynn Hatton | Liberal Democrats | 310 |
Disley & Lyme Handley1 seat
| Francis Flynn | Liberal Democrats | 954 ✓ |
| Diana Thompson | Conservative | 620 |
| D. Thompson | Conservative | 602 |
| Catherine Birchall | Labour | 129 |
Fulshaw1 seat
| Joan Barnes | Conservative | 937 ✓ |
| Mik Norman | Green | 207 |
| Anne Grace | Labour | 190 |
Handforth1 seat
| T. Scanlon | RATE | 809 ✓ |
| K Chapman | Conservative | 456 |
| J. Kelly | Labour | 322 |
Hough1 seat
| A Stephenson | Conservative | 966 ✓ |
| J Connolly | Liberal Democrats | 305 |
| W. Hamnett | Labour | 127 |
Knutsford Bexton1 seat
| George Walton | Conservative | 568 ✓ |
| Barbara Austin | Liberal Democrats | 413 |
| Brian Daulby | Labour | 48 |
Knutsford Nether1 seat
| Herbert George | Conservative | 458 ✓ |
| Roger Barlow | Liberal Democrats | 126 |
| Laurie Burton | Labour | 79 |
Knutsford Norbury Booths1 seat
| Joan Fairhurst | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Knutsford Over1 seat
| Wilson Hamman | Conservative | 807 ✓ |
| Laurence Hobday | Labour | 336 |
Macclesfield Bollinbrook1 seat
| William Arnold | Liberal Democrats | 661 ✓ |
| William Geddes | Conservative | 331 |
| Margaret Readman | Labour | 173 |
| Muriel Clampett | Liberal Democrats | 609 ✓ |
| Michael Hardy | Conservative | 301 |
| Daren Pemberton | Labour | 161 |
Macclesfield Central1 seat
| Jennifer Jackson | Labour | 530 ✓ |
| H. Walker | Conservative | 225 |
| H. Johnson | Liberal Democrats | 97 |
| D Hare | Green | 60 |
Macclesfield East1 seat
| Sheila Greenwood | Liberal Democrats | 649 ✓ |
| Eleanor Frisk | Conservative | 215 |
| Jan Elizabeth Baddeley | Labour | 186 |
| Belinda Brett | Green | 83 |
Macclesfield Hurdsfield1 seat
| J Tomlinson | Liberal Democrats | 439 ✓ |
| Eleanor Carter | Labour | 209 |
| G. Russell | Conservative | 128 |
Macclesfield Ivy1 seat
| Elizabeth Gilliland | Conservative | 955 ✓ |
| John Newsome | Labour | 310 |
| Stephen Flinn | Green | 66 |
Macclesfield South1 seat
| B. Puddicombe | Labour | 461 |
| Gabor Bartos | Conservative | 196 |
| Angie Clark | Liberal Democrats | 115 |
| Sandra Zeiger | Green | 53 |
| N. Edwards | Conservative | 803 ✓ |
| L. Cookson | Liberal Democrats | 270 |
| Susan Dale | Labour | 154 |
Macclesfield West1 seat
| Alift Iris Eugenie Harewood | Labour | 503 ✓ |
| Roger Charles West | Conservative | 212 |
Morley & Styal1 seat
| Christopher Robert Shepherd | Liberal Democrats | 891 ✓ |
| R. Menlove | Conservative | 763 |
| Roderick Menlove | Conservative | 673 |
| Dean Lewis | Green | 81 |
Poynton Central1 seat
| John Barber | Conservative | 805 ✓ |
| Frances Ball | Liberal Democrats | 612 |
| Charles Robertson | Labour | 191 |