Before (end of 2002) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 28 · Conservative 16 · Liberal Democrats 3 · Other 1
After (end of 2003) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 25 · Conservative 19 · Liberal Democrats 2 · Other 2
Ward results
Blyth1 seat
| Terence Yates | Conservative | 365 ✓ |
| Mark Hunter | Liberal Democrats | 184 |
CARLTON1 seat
| David Hare | Conservative | 743 ✓ |
| Gillian Freeman | Labour | 649 |
East Markham1 seat · turnout 46.9%
| John William Ogle | Conservative | 471 ✓ |
| Ann Neumann | Liberal Democrats | 385 |
East Retford East1 seat
| James Holland | Conservative | 922 ✓ |
| Phillip Goodliffe | Labour | 468 |
| Tegfryn Davies | Liberal Democrats | 215 |
East Retford North1 seat
| Michael Pugsley | Conservative | 819 ✓ |
| Pamela Skelding | Labour | 617 |
Harworth1 seat · turnout 22.6%
| David Challinor | Independent | 539 ✓ |
| Margaret Muskett | Labour | 489 |
| George Burchby | Independent | 234 |
Rampton1 seat
| Jeffery Rickells | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Ranskill1 seat
| Sean Kerrigan | Liberal Democrats | 350 ✓ |
| Elizabeth Yates | Conservative | 247 |
Sturton1 seat · turnout 44.4%
| Hannah Burton | Independent | 555 ✓ |
| Marion Smith | Conservative | 175 |
Welbeck1 seat
| Mary Stokes | Conservative | 377 ✓ |
| Robert Payne | Labour | 266 |
Worksop East1 seat
| Cliff Entwistle | Labour | 745 ✓ |
| Geoffrey Coe | Independent | 620 |
| Paul Thorpe | Green | 117 |
WORKSOP NORTH1 seat
| John Clayton | Labour | 671 ✓ |
| Valerie Bowles | Conservative | 567 |
Worksop North East1 seat
| Barry Bowles | Conservative | 709 ✓ |
| Janet Pimperton | Labour | 588 |
Worksop North West1 seat · turnout 21.8%
| Alan Rhodes | Labour | 624 ✓ |
| Marilyn Parkin | Conservative | 288 |
| Andrew Cliffe | Green | 188 |
Worksop South1 seat
| Julie Smith | Conservative | 725 ✓ |
| Roger Dyas-Elliott | Labour | 459 |
| Rowena Jackson | Green | 179 |
Worksop South East1 seat
| Laurence West | Labour | 744 ✓ |
| Paul Graham Smith | Conservative | 210 |