Before (end of 1977)
Not known.
After (end of 1978)
Not known.
Ward results
Moorside-Newt1 seat · turnout 41.4%
| C. Powell | Conservative | 2,467 |
| G. Harrison | Labour | 2,407 |
| G. Taylor | COMM | 85 |
No. 11 (Salford: Docks & St. Pauls)2 seats · turnout 35.9%
| N. Briggs | Labour | 1,677 |
| J Gaffney | Labour | 1,659 |
| J. Holt | Labour | 1,304 |
| J. Jackson | Conservative | 723 |
| G. Charles | Conservative | 715 |
| E. Moores | Conservative | 714 |
No. 14 (Salford: Weaste)1 seat · turnout 29.4%
| Openshaw | Labour | 1,287 |
| W. Pendleton | Conservative | 936 |
| J. Arnison | Independent | 74 |
No. 15 (Salford: Claremont)1 seat · turnout 33.6%
| M. Hopkins | Conservative | 2,116 |
| F. Sharples | Labour | 1,062 |
No. 18 (Swinton & Pendlebury:clifton & East)1 seat · turnout 43.3%
| F. Brockbank | Labour | 2,408 |
| S. Challinor | Conservative | 1,515 |
| A. Lewis | COMM | 51 |
No. 2 (Eccles: Barton-Trafford-Irwell)1 seat · turnout 36.5%
| K. Edwards | Labour | 1,772 ✓ |
| Maggie Morgan | Conservative | 905 |
| A. Collier | LIB | 296 |
| H. Cootam | COMM | 65 |
No. 20 (Worsley: Kenyon & Peel)2 seats · turnout 34.5%
| T. Hobbs | Labour | 1,840 |
| W. Wilde | Labour | 1,592 |
| C. Ross | Conservative | 835 |
| M. Anderson | Conservative | 771 |
| P. Hagerty | LIB | 211 |
No. 21 (Worsley: Central & Linnyshaw)1 seat · turnout 43.2%
| J. Van-Hoseine | Conservative | 1,827 |
| S. Wood | Labour | 1,198 |
| D. Cowpe | LIB | 947 |
No. 22 (Worsley: Park & Worsley)2 seats · turnout 39.1%
| J. Catlow | Conservative | 2,639 |
| C. Davies | Conservative | 2,561 |
| L. Bates | LIB | 818 |
| R. Bullough | Labour | 664 |
| I. Zott | Labour | 497 |
No. 3 (Eccles: Westwood Park-Winton)1 seat · turnout 35.4%
| D. Dow | Labour | 2,169 |
| W. Hammond | Conservative | 1,308 |
| A. Teeling | COMM | 42 |
No. 4 (Irlam: Cadishead)1 seat · turnout 50.0%
| J. Smith | Labour | 1,230 |
| T. Holt | Conservative | 827 |
| F. Owen | RES | 594 |
No. 5 (Irlam: Irlam)1 seat · turnout 41.1%
| T. Marshall | Labour | 1,455 ✓ |
| S. Brighton | Conservative | 1,279 |
| R. Shepherd | RES | 999 |
| M. Donnelly | COMM | 50 |
No. 6 (Salford: Kersal)1 seat · turnout 29.1%
| R. Heron | Conservative | 2,025 |
| S. Wallace | Labour | 1,227 |
No. 7 (Salford: Mandley Park)1 seat · turnout 40.7%
| L. Mallinson | Labour | 1,240 |
| G. Pollard | Conservative | 869 |
| K. Cutts | STFM | 177 |
No. 9 (Salford: Crescent-St. Matthias-Trinity)1 seat · turnout 27.1%
| J. Hincks | Labour | 1,500 |
| B. De Vries | Conservative | 480 |