Before (end of 1977)
Not known.
After (end of 1978)
Not known.
Ward results
No. 1 (Great Lever)1 seat · turnout 34.6%
| M. Atkinson | Labour | 1,842 |
| J. Shore | Conservative | 1,772 |
No. 10 (Bradford)1 seat · turnout 41.0%
| J. Foster | Labour | 1,451 |
| N. Patel | Conservative | 165 |
| E. Murphy | Soc Unity | 71 |
No. 11 (Heaton)1 seat · turnout 45.6%
| B. Allanson | Conservative | 1,909 |
| L. Williamson | Labour | 271 |
No. 12 (Rumworth & Hulton)1 seat · turnout 39.1%
| J. Parkinson | Conservative | 1,961 |
| J. Farmer | Labour | 1,719 |
| J. Walsh | NF | 176 |
No. 13 (Church-East-North)1 seat · turnout 44.9%
| B. Iddon | Labour | 1,461 |
| F. Yardley | Conservative | 774 |
| D. Ashurst | NF | 56 |
No. 14 (Farnworth North)1 seat · turnout 31.3%
| L. Cunliffe | Labour | 1,500 |
| D. Jones | Conservative | 1,118 |
| W. Crook | LIB | 238 |
No. 15 (Farnworth South)1 seat · turnout 27.4%
| J. Wild | Labour | 1,540 |
| E. Holland | Conservative | 775 |
| L. Bale | LIB | 237 |
No. 17 (Blackrod & Horwich South)1 seat · turnout 42.7%
| M. Butterfield | Labour | 1,063 |
| T. Mulligan | Conservative | 950 |
| L. Fearnhead | Independent | 791 |
No. 18 (Kearsley)1 seat · turnout 43.1%
| R. Cornthwaite | Labour | 1,597 |
| J. Rothwell | LIB | 1,273 |
| A. Longmire | Conservative | 843 |
No. 19 (Little Lever)1 seat · turnout 39.3%
| K. Hornby | Conservative | 1,976 |
| E. Blackwell | Labour | 973 |
| R. Richardson | LIB | 192 |
No. 20 (Bradshaw)1 seat · turnout 31.1%
| B. Furlong | Conservative | 1,662 |
| L. Sanderson | Labour | 416 |
No. 21 (Bromley Cross-Eagley-Egerton)1 seat · turnout 37.2%
| D. Carr | Conservative | 2,567 |
| E. McCracken | Labour | 642 |
No. 22 (Westhoughton North Central & South)1 seat · turnout 37.4%
| W. Kettle | Labour | 1,667 |
| M. Prince | Conservative | 1,100 |
No. 23 (Westhoughton East & Hulton)1 seat · turnout 37.8%
| G. Smith | Conservative | 1,753 |
| P. Jones | Labour | 670 |
No. 3 (Tonge)1 seat · turnout 41.8%
| S. Harrison | Conservative | 2,567 |
| K. Macivor | Labour | 1,970 |
| J. Hamilton | NF | 162 |
No. 4 (Smithills)1 seat · turnout 33.1%
| D. Priestley | Conservative | 2,510 |
| G. Hart | Labour | 794 |
| F. Fish | LIB | 223 |
No. 5 (Halliwell)1 seat · turnout 40.8%
| E. Hamer | Labour | 1,363 ✓ |
| B. Holland | Conservative | 1,299 |
| J. Fish | LIB | 941 |
| J. Bridge | NF | 91 |
No. 7 (West)1 seat · turnout 34.0%
| R. Howarth | Labour | 1,710 |
| M. Kershaw | Conservative | 913 |
| I. Heyes | Soc Unity | 58 |
No. 8 (Deane-Cum-Lostock)1 seat · turnout 38.8%
| D. Berry | Conservative | 2,069 ✓ |
| A. Moon | Labour | 584 |
| S. Roberts | LIB | 150 |
| L. Bromilow | NF | 77 |
No. 9 (Derby)1 seat · turnout 37.3%
| G. Riley | Labour | 1,622 |
| B. Lomax | Conservative | 504 |
| A. Johnston | COMM | 63 |