Before (end of 2002) (47 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 23 · Liberal Democrats 12 · Conservative 8 · Other 4
After (end of 2003) (47 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 22 · Liberal Democrats 11 · Conservative 7 · Other 7
Ward results
Brinkburn1 seat
| Lynne Gilfoyle | Liberal Democrats | 348 ✓ |
| Lilian Sutheran | Labour | 338 |
Brus1 seat
| Sheila Griffin | Labour | 559 ✓ |
| Burrell C. Ms | Conservative | 141 |
Dyke House1 seat
| Jane Shaw | Labour | 348 ✓ |
| Margaret Sneddon | Liberal Democrats | 296 |
Fens1 seat
| Arthur Preece | Liberal Democrats | 506 ✓ |
| Adam Walker | Labour | 296 |
| GA Springer | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 260 |
Grange1 seat
| Frank Rogers | Conservative | 561 ✓ |
| Peter Fitzgerald | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 332 |
| Kris Fisher | Labour | 292 |
Greatham1 seat
| James Allan | Independent | 258 ✓ |
| Maureen Goosey | Labour | 190 |
| Kathryn Fox | Liberal Democrats | 128 |
Jackson1 seat
| Moss Boddy (ELECTED) | Labour | 369 ✓ |
| Paul Simon West | Independent | 277 |
| Samantha Bruce | Liberal Democrats | 120 |
Owton1 seat
| Mary Rose Watson | Labour | 347 ✓ |
| J Butterfield | Liberal Democrats | 119 |
Park1 seat
| William Coward | Conservative | 810 ✓ |
| Stephen Belcher | Labour | 736 |
Rift House1 seat
| Ken Kelly | Liberal Democrats | 515 ✓ |
| Marjorie James | Labour | 415 |
Rossmere1 seat
| Pamela Claire Hargreaves | Labour | 554 ✓ |
| Howard Smith | Liberal Democrats | 216 |
| Duncan Pascoe | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 154 |
Seaton1 seat
| Margaret Rogers | Liberal Democrats | 1,455 ✓ |
| P. Burrows | Liberal Democrats | 1,125 ✓ |
| N Rogers | Liberal Democrats | 1,024 ✓ |
| J Knight | Conservative | 943 |
| AT Ffoulkes | Conservative | 938 |
| J Meakin | Conservative | 857 |
| Catherine Hill | Independent | 691 ✓ |
| C Donelan | Independent | 404 |
| Alison Lilley | Labour | 309 |
| David Robert Young | Conservative | 292 |
| S Pollentine | Labour | 181 |
St Hilda1 seat
| John Ian Marshall | Independent | 677 ✓ |
| Ron Watts | Labour | 286 |
| Alan Bower | Liberal Democrats | 67 |
| JR Price | Independent | 66 |
Stranton1 seat
| Ray Waller | Labour | 421 ✓ |
| Peter Whitham | Liberal Democrats | 226 |
Throston2 seats
| Clouth H. | Liberal Democrats | 650 ✓ |
| P Jackson | Liberal Democrats | 607 |
| E. Wilson | UK Ind | 436 |
| Robert Addison | Labour | 403 |
| Christopher McKenna | Labour | 316 |