Before (end of 1977) (66 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 38 · Conservative 24 · Other 2 · The Liberal Party 2
After (end of 1978) (66 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 36 · Conservative 27 · Other 2 · The Liberal Party 1
Ward results
No. 1 (Eccles: Eccles-Monton & Park- Patricroft)1 seat · turnout 38.3%
| T. Francis | Conservative | 2,494 ✓ |
| B. Lea | Labour | 1,333 |
No. 10 (Salford: Regent & Ordsall Park)1 seat · turnout 29.1%
| W. Jackson | Labour | 1,019 |
| W. Dorney | Conservative | 265 |
| J. Ogden | COMM | 24 |
No. 12 (Salford: Charlestown & St. Thomas)1 seat · turnout 27.7%
| J. Holt | Labour | 1,304 ✓ |
| E. Moores | Conservative | 714 |
No. 13 (Salford: Seedley)1 seat · turnout 33.5%
| R. Wilson | Labour | 1,952 |
| A. Foulkes | Conservative | 1,688 |
| K. Wade | COMM | 101 |
No. 16 (Swinton & Pendlebury:broad Oak & Old Park)1 seat · turnout 46.3%
| N. Brook | Conservative | 2,349 ✓ |
| G. Urey | Labour | 1,396 |
| J. Drake | The Liberal Party | 432 |
No. 19 (Worsley: Armitage-Mount Skip-St. Marys)1 seat · turnout 35.0%
| B. Pennington | Labour | 2,133 ✓ |
| H. Peaurt | Conservative | 1,487 |
| L. Revell | The Liberal Party | 203 |
| V. Booth | Other | 52 |
No. 8 (Salford: Albert Park)1 seat · turnout 34.6%
| J. Bryans | Labour | 1,172 |
| A. Bowie | Conservative | 734 |