Before (end of 2003) (75 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 63 · Conservative 9 · Liberal Democrats 2 · Other 1
After (end of 2004) (75 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 61 · Conservative 12 · Liberal Democrats 2 · Other 0
Ward results
Barnes3 seats · turnout 42.0%
| Stephen Daughton | Conservative | 1,557 ✓ |
| Lee Martin | Conservative | 1,495 ✓ |
| Michael Arnott | Conservative | 1,427 ✓ |
| Mark Greenfield | Liberal Democrats | 1,296 |
| Ian Macadam Galbraith | Labour | 1,171 |
| Emma Pryke | Liberal Democrats | 1,016 |
| Anne Morrison | Labour | 1,011 |
| Iain Kay | Labour | 938 |
| Peter Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 884 |
| Paul Humble | BNP | 427 |
Castle3 seats · turnout 24.5%
| Thomas Foster | Labour | 1,655 ✓ |
| Leslie Mann | Labour | 1,543 ✓ |
| Robert Symonds | Labour | 1,449 ✓ |
| Ian McDonald | BNP | 687 |
| Gillian Connor | Conservative | 513 |
| Andrew McLaren | Conservative | 443 |
Copt Hill3 seats · turnout 23.7%
| Joan Carthy | Labour | 1,805 ✓ |
| Jeremy Heron | Labour | 1,642 ✓ |
| Robert Heron | Labour | 1,551 ✓ |
| Jane Wilson | Conservative | 1,161 |
| Anthony James | BNP | 508 |
Doxford3 seats · turnout 30.3%
| George Blyth | Labour | 1,543 ✓ |
| Michael Tansey | Labour | 1,494 ✓ |
| Elizabeth Gibson | Labour | 1,463 ✓ |
| Peter Elliot-West | Conservative | 918 |
| George Edward Brown | Conservative | 909 |
| Stephen Sinclair | Conservative | 843 |
| Debra Hiles | BNP | 496 |
Fulwell3 seats · turnout 41.9%
| Norman Bohill | Conservative | 2,978 ✓ |
| John Walton | Conservative | 2,394 ✓ |
| George Edward Howe | Conservative | 2,263 ✓ |
| Rosalind Copeland | Labour | 884 |
| Norman Dent | Labour | 864 |
| Gordon Higgins | Labour | 819 |
| Bill Ryder | Liberal Democrats | 665 |
| Joseph Dobbie | BNP | 417 |
Hendon3 seats
| B. Sidaway | Labour | 1,142 ✓ |
| T. Martin | Labour | 1,123 ✓ |
| Moira Smith | Labour | 1,015 ✓ |
| Janice Morrissey | Conservative | 647 |
| J. Cowley | Conservative | 627 |
| Jane Walters | Liberal Democrats | 578 |
| M. Vickers | Conservative | 507 |
| D. Guynan | BNP | 504 |
| T. Hussain | Liberal Democrats | 456 |
| Winifred Lundgren | LIB | 429 |
Hetton3 seats · turnout 25.9%
| James Blackburn | Labour | 1,670 ✓ |
| Florence Anderson | Labour | 1,663 ✓ |
| Richard Tate | Labour | 1,413 ✓ |
| Philip Dowell | Liberal Democrats | 920 |
| Chris Galley | Conservative | 676 |
| Judy Richardson | BNP | 442 |
Houghton3 seats · turnout 26.8%
| Joseph Lawson | Labour | 2,054 ✓ |
| Kathryn Rolph | Labour | 1,944 ✓ |
| Dennis Richardson | Labour | 1,864 ✓ |
| William Lewis | Conservative | 783 |
| Louise Smith | BNP | 518 |
Millfield3 seats · turnout 28.8%
| James Hollern | Liberal Democrats | 893 ✓ |
| Cyril Anderson | Labour | 846 ✓ |
| Keith Adshead | Labour | 824 ✓ |
| Louise Farthing | Labour | 728 |
| Jason Jackson | Liberal Democrats | 629 |
| Michael Dixon | Conservative | 579 |
| Patricia Ann Francis | Conservative | 570 |
| Sham Vedhara | Liberal Democrats | 557 |
| George Newton | Conservative | 530 |
| Jason Dent | BNP | 360 |
Pallion3 seats · turnout 24.4%
| Amy Wilson | Labour | 1,350 ✓ |
| Paul Watson | Labour | 1,333 ✓ |
| Robert Kirby | Labour | 1,148 ✓ |
| Gwennyth Gibson | Conservative | 802 |
| Dorreen Storey | Conservative | 754 |
| John Davison | BNP | 647 |
Redhill3 seats · turnout 25.5%
| Bryan Charlton | Labour | 1,804 ✓ |
| Richard Bell | Labour | 1,594 ✓ |
| Paul Stewart | Labour | 1,521 ✓ |
| Ian Leadbitter | BNP | 716 |
| Terence Docherty | Conservative | 499 |
| James McIntosh | Conservative | 441 |
Ryhope3 seats · turnout 25.6%
| Ronald Bainbridge | Labour | 1,433 ✓ |
| Aileen Handy | Labour | 1,268 ✓ |
| David Wares | Labour | 1,218 ✓ |
| Audrey Casson | Conservative | 859 |
| William Brown | BNP | 585 |
| Tariq al-Dulaymi | Conservative | 549 |
Sandhill3 seats · turnout 22.3%
| James Douglas Scott | Labour | 1,515 ✓ |
| David Forbes | Labour | 1,411 ✓ |
| David Allan | Labour | 1,238 ✓ |
| Ronald Drayton | Conservative | 894 |
| Christopher Lathan | BNP | 530 |
Shiney Row3 seats · turnout 29.0%
| Anne Hall | Labour | 1,817 ✓ |
| John Scott | Labour | 1,491 ✓ |
| Melville Speding | Labour | 1,417 ✓ |
| Neil Grundy | Liberal Democrats | 994 |
| Paul Forster | Liberal Democrats | 846 |
| Douglas Ian Middlemiss | Conservative | 664 |
| Kathleen Cowe | Conservative | 582 |
| Sharon Leadbitter | BNP | 423 |
Silksworth3 seats · turnout 30.1%
| Patrick Smith | Labour | 1,811 ✓ |
| Peter Gibson | Labour | 1,773 ✓ |
| John Donnelly | Labour | 1,578 ✓ |
| Dionne Ross | Conservative | 941 |
| Norman Rosemurgey | Conservative | 922 |
| Joseph Dobbie | BNP | 647 |
Southwick3 seats · turnout 26.1%
| Margaret Higgins | Labour | 1,680 ✓ |
| Maureen Ambrose | Labour | 1,398 ✓ |
| Norma Wright | Labour | 1,344 ✓ |
| Jenny Brown | Conservative | 762 |
| John Calvert | Conservative | 701 |
| Alan Brettwood | BNP | 698 |
St Anne's1 seat
| Sue Watson | Labour | 1,300 ✓ |
| Patricia Bates | Labour | 1,252 ✓ |
| Thomas Wright | Labour | 1,189 ✓ |
| Helen Chuah | Liberal Democrats | 998 ✓ |
| Marjorie Matthews | Conservative | 593 |
| Norman Oliver | Conservative | 508 |
| Treena Smith | BNP | 490 |
| Angus Allan | Conservative | 464 |
| Robert Fisher | Labour | 361 |
St Chad's3 seats
| Leslie Scott | Labour | 1,762 ✓ |
| John Porthouse | Labour | 1,466 ✓ |
| Rhodri Oliver | Conservative | 1,341 ✓ |
| Paula Wilkinson | Conservative | 1,323 |
| Cecilia Gofton | Labour | 1,240 |
| Anthony Morrissey | Conservative | 1,145 |
| Carol Dobbie | BNP | 430 |
St Michael's3 seats
| Margaret Forbes | Conservative | 2,072 ✓ |
| Paul Wood | Conservative | 1,997 ✓ |
| Paul Maddison | Conservative | 1,918 ✓ |
| Garry Dent | Labour | 1,045 |
| Barbara McClennan | Labour | 861 |
| Phillip Gibson | Labour | 821 |
| Gerald Pryke | Liberal Democrats | 656 |
| Pauline Smith | BNP | 302 |
St Peter's3 seats
| Lilian Walton | Conservative | 1,679 ✓ |
| Graham Hall | Conservative | 1,609 ✓ |
| Christine Shattock | Labour | 1,414 ✓ |
| Alistair Newton | Conservative | 1,336 |
| Linda Mitchell | Labour | 1,261 |
| David Errington | Labour | 1,069 |
| Derek Wright | BNP | 604 |
Washington Central3 seats · turnout 31.9%
| Derek Sleightholme | Labour | 1,880 ✓ |
| Eric Timmins | Labour | 1,725 ✓ |
| Denis Whalen | Labour | 1,621 ✓ |
| Christine Griffin | Liberal Democrats | 860 |
| Jacqueline Atkinson | Conservative | 797 |
| Olwyn Bird | Conservative | 777 |
| Kathleen Irvine | Conservative | 635 |
| Andrew Galloway | BNP | 400 |
Washington East3 seats · turnout 28.6%
| Peter Young | Labour | 1,445 ✓ |
| Bryan Williams | Labour | 1,360 ✓ |
| Neil Macknight | Labour | 1,284 ✓ |
| Kathryn Chamberlin | Conservative | 882 |
| Avril Lynda Grundy | Liberal Democrats | 821 |
| Ian Cuthbert | Conservative | 727 |
| David Wilson | Conservative | 657 |
| Duncan Matthews | BNP | 322 |
Washington North3 seats · turnout 26.0%
| James Walker | Labour | 1,876 ✓ |
| Peter Walker | Labour | 1,500 ✓ |
| Pamela Baggaley | Labour | 1,478 ✓ |
| John Bedlington | Independent | 969 |
| Russell Bloxsom | Conservative | 589 |
| Richard Templeton | BNP | 431 |
Washington South3 seats · turnout 26.7%
| Leslie Williams | Labour | 1,135 ✓ |
| Joan Grey | Labour | 994 ✓ |
| Owen Dumpleton | Liberal Democrats | 972 ✓ |
| Justin Garrod | Conservative | 851 |
| Robert Bowman | Labour | 848 |
| Jill Martin | Conservative | 731 |
| Walter Scott | Independent | 669 |
| Gordon Pace | BNP | 411 |
Washington West3 seats · turnout 28.1%
| William Stephenson | Labour | 1,585 ✓ |
| Harry Trueman | Labour | 1,487 ✓ |
| Dennis Haworth | Labour | 1,392 ✓ |
| Irene Bannister | Liberal Democrats | 969 |
| David Griffin | Liberal Democrats | 874 |
| Richard Sharp | Conservative | 762 |
| Frank Butterfield | BNP | 403 |