Before (end of 2002) (40 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 16 · Liberal Democrats 10 · Other 8 · Labour 6
After (end of 2003) (40 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 18 · Other 13 · Liberal Democrats 5 · Labour 4
Ward results
Ashby de la Launde1 seat · turnout 28.5%
| IG Cartwright | Conservative | 372 ✓ |
| RT Smith | Labour | 130 |
Bassingham1 seat · turnout 27.3%
| PA Woodman | Independent | 499 ✓ |
| AL Bull | Labour | 85 |
Billinghay1 seat · turnout 23.0%
| MT Powell | Independent | 285 ✓ |
| SW Worth | Liberal Democrats | 108 |
| M. Gallagher | Conservative | 0 |
| R. Hubbard | Conservative | 0 |
| RL Hubbard | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| OM Hager | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| MD Gallagher | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Branston and Mere2 seats
| P. Widdowson | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Brant Broughton1 seat
| MJ Rook | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Cliff Villages2 seats · turnout 37.6%
| MJ Overton | Independent | 1,393 ✓ |
| MD Wylie | Independent | 679 ✓ |
| R Kaberry-Brown | Conservative | 576 |
| WBM Martin | Labour | 244 |
Cranwell & Byards Leap1 seat
| JJ Clarke | Liberal Democrats | 0 ✓ |
Eagle and North Scarle1 seat · turnout 36.8%
| Billy Wells | Independent | 470 ✓ |
| DA Baker | Liberal Democrats | 159 |
Heckington Rural2 seats · turnout 27.6%
| Dennis Roberts | Conservative | 757 ✓ |
| SD Ogden | Conservative | 620 ✓ |
| D Trethewey | Liberal Democrats | 504 |
| Steven Talton | Labour | 326 |
Heighington & Washingborough3 seats · turnout 27.2%
| CR Oxby | Conservative | 1,375 ✓ |
| MH Brighton | Conservative | 1,345 ✓ |
| JC Clarke | Conservative | 1,213 ✓ |
| Keith Haw | Labour | 518 |
Kyme1 seat · turnout 34.9%
| DR Dickinson | Conservative | 511 ✓ |
| PA Watson | Labour | 102 |
| RC Greetham | Liberal Democrats | 101 |
Leasingham and Roxholm1 seat · turnout 40.7%
| EA Robertson | Independent | 467 ✓ |
| CM East | Liberal Democrats | 165 |
| TM Gilbert | Labour | 84 |
Martin1 seat
| F. Ambridge | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Metheringham2 seats
| JC Rose | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| GW Chambers | Independent | 0 ✓ |
North Hykeham Forum1 seat · turnout 32.4%
| KE Barrett | Liberal Democrats | 417 ✓ |
| AR Jackson | Conservative | 213 |
North Hykeham Memorial1 seat · turnout 31.1%
| JR Marriott | Liberal Democrats | 405 ✓ |
| C Wagstaff | Conservative | 163 |
North Hykeham Mill1 seat · turnout 26.9%
| E Ladds | Independent | 282 ✓ |
| JW Johnson | Conservative | 248 |
North Hykeham Moor1 seat · turnout 31.6%
| JA McAll | Liberal Democrats | 353 ✓ |
| CR Jackling | Conservative | 246 |
North Hykeham Witham1 seat · turnout 39.2%
| CA Chadwick | Conservative | 395 ✓ |
| FW Lee | Liberal Democrats | 315 |
Osbournby1 seat · turnout 49.9%
| KFE Wallington | Conservative | 295 ✓ |
| AJ Cook | Independent | 286 |
| Daisy Elizabeth Clark | Liberal Democrats | 247 |
| CN Boon | Labour | 67 |
Ruskington2 seats · turnout 25.5%
| SM Tweedale | Conservative | 800 ✓ |
| B Drain | Independent | 556 ✓ |
| RD Miller | Liberal Democrats | 445 |
| Donna Samantha Jane Gilbert | Labour | 294 |
Skellingthorpe2 seats · turnout 29.8%
| CW Goldson | Independent | 801 ✓ |
| SS Flint | Independent | 595 ✓ |
| RW Yates | Conservative | 253 |
Sleaford Castle1 seat · turnout 26.5%
| John Malcolm Hill | Conservative | 236 ✓ |
| H Sullivan | Labour | 187 |
| Jason Jackson | Liberal Democrats | 114 |
Sleaford Holdingham1 seat · turnout 27.3%
| GH Haysum | Labour | 324 ✓ |
| Y Palmer-Ferris | Conservative | 140 |
| RD Tomlinson | Liberal Democrats | 83 |
Sleaford Mareham1 seat · turnout 28.2%
| JP Heppell | Liberal Democrats | 284 ✓ |
| WJH Dempster | Labour | 241 |
Sleaford Navigation1 seat · turnout 30.6%
| GK Smith | Conservative | 157 ✓ |
| BC Hopewell | Labour | 139 |
| Suiter D | — | 95 |
| JA Collings | Liberal Democrats | 68 |
Sleaford Quarrington1 seat · turnout 33.4%
| BJ Singleton | Conservative | 412 ✓ |
| AE Trethewey | Liberal Democrats | 284 |
| MOP Hayes | Labour | 112 |
Sleaford Westholme1 seat · turnout 31.6%
| BL Watson | Labour | 289 ✓ |
| SA Smith | Conservative | 187 |
| GS Blythe | Liberal Democrats | 83 |
| KJP Fernandes | — | 43 |
Waddington West1 seat · turnout 35.1%
| Michael Hudson | Labour | 418 ✓ |
| Andrew Phillip Baxter | Conservative | 295 |
