Before (end of 2002) (23 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 11 · Other 6 · Liberal Democrats 5 · Labour 1
After (end of 2003) (30 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 13 · Other 9 · Liberal Democrats 8 · Labour 0
Ward results
Amotherby1 seat · turnout 33.7%
| Pamela Anderson | Conservative | 318 ✓ |
| Florence Ford | Liberal Democrats | 157 |
Ampleforth1 seat · turnout 42.5%
| James Bailey | Conservative | 366 ✓ |
| Anne Carter | Liberal Democrats | 182 |
Cropton1 seat · turnout 55.6%
| John Clark | LIB | 368 ✓ |
| Greg White | Conservative | 306 |
Dales1 seat · turnout 57.6%
| Amy Trevelyan | LIB | 394 ✓ |
| Charles Scott | Conservative | 269 |
Derwent2 seats · turnout 29.4%
| Brian Cottam | Conservative | 603 ✓ |
| David Clarkson | Conservative | 510 ✓ |
| Ronald King | Liberal Democrats | 419 |
Helmsley2 seats · turnout 35.7%
| Richard Murray-Wells | Conservative | 633 ✓ |
| Christopher Parkin | Conservative | 597 ✓ |
| Edward Wardle | Independent | 557 |
Hovingham1 seat · turnout 44.8%
| Charles Wainwright | Independent | 562 ✓ |
| David Fearnhead | Labour | 60 |
Kirkbymoorside2 seats · turnout 40.9%
| David Cussons | Conservative | 677 ✓ |
| Valerie Arnold | Conservative | 549 ✓ |
| Gary Hobbs | Labour | 545 |
| Susan Balf | Labour | 417 |
Malton3 seats
| L. Burr | Liberal Democrats | 589 ✓ |
| Preston S. | Liberal Democrats | 537 ✓ |
| P Andrews | Liberal Democrats | 471 ✓ |
| A. Hopkinson | Independent | 400 |
| M Dales | Conservative | 385 |
| Prudence Moore | Conservative | 378 |
| A. Edwards | Conservative | 338 |
Norton East2 seats · turnout 19.9%
| Elizabeth Lois Shields | Liberal Democrats | 407 ✓ |
| Howard Keal | Liberal Democrats | 290 ✓ |
| Stephen Shaw | Conservative | 186 |
| Ann Beaumont | Labour | 112 |
| Stephen Langton | Labour | 87 |
Norton West2 seats · turnout 22.4%
| Allin Jenkins | Independent | 456 ✓ |
| Dinah Keal | Liberal Democrats | 376 ✓ |
| Stuart Collins | Liberal Democrats | 296 |
| James Urquhart | Labour | 99 |
Pickering East2 seats · turnout 29.8%
| Joan Taylor | Independent | 486 ✓ |
| Arthur Aslett | Liberal Democrats | 466 ✓ |
| Angela Huggan | Conservative | 360 |
| Judith Dixon | Labour | 165 |
| Jill Murkett | Labour | 120 |
Pickering West2 seats · turnout 23.5%
| Linda Cowling | Conservative | 528 ✓ |
| Natalie Warriner | Independent | 475 ✓ |
| Krystina Meinardi | Liberal Democrats | 290 |
Rillington1 seat · turnout 40.3%
| Brian Maud | Independent | 384 ✓ |
| James Robinson | Conservative | 168 |
Ryedale South West1 seat · turnout 44.3%
| Keith Knaggs | Conservative | 448 ✓ |
| Barbara Kerrison | Liberal Democrats | 130 |
Sheriff Hutton1 seat
| Alan Farnaby | Independent | 621 ✓ |
| James Cleary | Conservative | 115 |
Sinnington1 seat · turnout 45.1%
| Phillip Huntington | Conservative | 419 ✓ |
| Adrian Bishop | Liberal Democrats | 194 |
Thornton Dale2 seats · turnout 36.5%
| William Garbutt | Independent | 660 ✓ |
| Helen Schroeder | Liberal Democrats | 579 ✓ |
| Ronald Haigh | Conservative | 411 |
| Allan Monkhouse | Liberal Democrats | 345 |
Wolds1 seat
| Allan Howard | Conservative | 0 ✓ |