Schedule 2 ORDER OF RETIREMENT OF COUNCILLORS
Original text. Later amendments are not shown.
| Name of New Ward | Number of Councillors to retire in 2000 | Number of Councillors to retire in 2002 | Number of Councillors to retire in 2003 |
| Bardney | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Caistor | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cherry Willingham | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dunholme | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fiskerton | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gainsborough East | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Gainsborough North | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Gainsborough South-West | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hemswell | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kelsey | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lea | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Middle Rasen | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nettleham | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Saxilby | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Scampton | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Scotter | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Stow | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sudbrooke | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Thonock | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Torksey | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Waddingham and Spital | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Welton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wold View | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yarborough | 0 | 0 | 1 |