Before (end of 2002) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 26 · Liberal Democrats 9 · Other 1 · Labour 0
After (end of 2003) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 24 · Liberal Democrats 11 · Other 1 · Labour 0
Ward results
Alderholt1 seat · turnout 32.0%
| David Cozier | Conservative | 530 ✓ |
| Benjamin Haynes | Liberal Democrats | 169 |
Ameysford1 seat · turnout 32.4%
| Pauline Reynolds | Conservative | 500 ✓ |
| David William Roberts | Liberal Democrats | 179 |
Colehill East2 seats · turnout 35.3%
| Janet Dover | Liberal Democrats | 799 ✓ |
| Donald Wallace | Liberal Democrats | 709 ✓ |
| Kathryn Anne Johnson | Conservative | 480 |
| Peter Finney | Conservative | 459 |
| John Bell | Independent | 132 |
| Kathryn Parish | Labour | 92 |
Colehill West1 seat · turnout 40.3%
| David Geoffrey Lawson Packer | Conservative | 456 ✓ |
| Elena Pujol | Liberal Democrats | 325 |
Corfe Mullen Central2 seats · turnout 27.7%
| John Holland | Liberal Democrats | 707 ✓ |
| Byron Kimber | Liberal Democrats | 652 ✓ |
| John Harrington | Conservative | 442 |
| Peter Haward | Conservative | 405 |
Corfe Mullen North1 seat · turnout 32.8%
| Anne Holland | Liberal Democrats | 456 ✓ |
| Andrew Russell | Conservative | 184 |
Corfe Mullen South1 seat · turnout 33.7%
| Stewart Hearn | Liberal Democrats | 441 ✓ |
| Michael Soper | Conservative | 256 |
Crane1 seat · turnout 38.5%
| Timothy Palmer | Conservative | 483 ✓ |
| Dora Aburrow | Liberal Democrats | 170 |
Ferndown Central2 seats · turnout 35.8%
| Queenie Comfort | Conservative | 1,035 ✓ |
| Derek Bidkar Frank Burt | Conservative | 999 ✓ |
| Mary Angus | Liberal Democrats | 337 |
| Percival Bartlett | Liberal Democrats | 269 |
Ferndown Links2 seats · turnout 28.4%
| Maureen Godfrey | Conservative | 889 ✓ |
| John Little | Conservative | 837 ✓ |
| Roger Angus | Liberal Democrats | 303 |
| Philip Harknett | Liberal Democrats | 240 |
Handley Vale1 seat · turnout 36.3%
| Pauline Bailey-Wright | Liberal Democrats | 415 ✓ |
| Phyllis Packer | Conservative | 307 |
Holt1 seat · turnout 40.6%
| Spencer Flower | Conservative | 572 ✓ |
| Heather Gurney | Liberal Democrats | 198 |
Longham1 seat · turnout 33.7%
| Graeme Elliot | Conservative | 365 ✓ |
| Allan White | Liberal Democrats | 254 |
Parley2 seats · turnout 30.6%
| Ronald Daw | Conservative | 909 ✓ |
| Barbara Manuel | Conservative | 895 ✓ |
| Helen Reay | Liberal Democrats | 230 |
| Stephen Dix | Liberal Democrats | 226 |
| Christopher Hampton | Labour | 155 |
St Leonards and St Ives East2 seats · turnout 36.0%
| Ann Warman | Conservative | 1,102 ✓ |
| Michael Roy Dyer | Conservative | 1,014 ✓ |
| Deirdre Briggs | Liberal Democrats | 227 |
| Allan Stephen Tallett | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 195 |
| Lilian Rowe | Liberal Democrats | 183 |
| Duncan Finch | Labour | 129 |
St Leonards and St Ives West1 seat · turnout 46.5%
| Raymond Dudman | Conservative | 781 ✓ |
| Dennis Truscott | Liberal Democrats | 173 |
Staplehill1 seat · turnout 34.4%
| G. Russell | Conservative | 541 ✓ |
| M. Rouse | Liberal Democrats | 128 |
Stour1 seat · turnout 30.3%
| Elizabeth Guinn | Liberal Democrats | 334 ✓ |
| Baron Moore of Lower Marsh John Moore | Conservative | 256 |
Three Cross and Potterne1 seat · turnout 22.0%
| Victor Redpath | Independent | 243 ✓ |
| Carol Bond | Liberal Democrats | 177 |
Verwood Dewlands2 seats · turnout 32.5%
| Toni Coombs | Conservative | 809 ✓ |
| Josephine Staunton-Lambert | Conservative | 684 ✓ |
| Peter Baker | Liberal Democrats | 481 |
| Adam Reay | Liberal Democrats | 408 |
Verwood Newtown1 seat · turnout 35.8%
| Boyden Mortimer | Conservative | 386 ✓ |
| Lindsey Dedden | Liberal Democrats | 271 |
| Derrick Crisp | Independent | 60 |
Verwood Stephen's Castle2 seats
| Edward Burt | Conservative | 776 ✓ |
| Lucy Clark | Conservative | 762 ✓ |
| Michael Daymond | Liberal Democrats | 617 |
| Paula Baker | Liberal Democrats | 611 |
West Moors3 seats · turnout 33.5%
| Andrew Peter John Clarke | Conservative | 1,525 ✓ |
| David Durley | Conservative | 1,511 ✓ |
| Andy Skeats | Conservative | 1,368 ✓ |
| Jeanne Roberts | Liberal Democrats | 402 |
| Alan Dedden | Liberal Democrats | 375 |
| Frank Gardiner | Liberal Democrats | 372 |
| Michael Shine | Labour | 347 |
