Before (end of 1978)
Not known.
After (end of 1979)
Not known.
Ward results
No. 1 (Brinnington & Lancashire Hill)1 seat · turnout 73.5%
| C. McAlister | Labour | 5,992 ✓ |
| J. Harris | Conservative | 2,690 |
| B. Hall | LIB | 1,045 |
No. 11 (Bredbury Tame)1 seat · turnout 80.7%
| K. Greenhough | Conservative | 3,140 ✓ |
| K. Bagnall | Labour | 2,957 |
| D. Humphries | LIB | 2,292 |
No. 12 (Heald Green)1 seat · turnout 80.5%
| N. Fields | RES | 5,148 ✓ |
| A. Roney | Conservative | 2,379 |
| A. Sinclair | LIB | 570 |
| A. Mawhinney | Labour | 537 |
No. 13 (Cheadle & Gatley)1 seat · turnout 80.7%
| L. Singer | Conservative | 6,489 ✓ |
| J. Allan | LIB | 2,967 |
| M. Lawley | Labour | 1,069 |
No. 14 (Cheadle Hulme South)1 seat · turnout 83.4%
| G. Bayley | LIB | 3,971 ✓ |
| T. Radcliffe | Conservative | 3,361 |
| L. Lawrence | Labour | 426 |
No. 15 (Cheadle Hulme North Andadshead)1 seat · turnout 80.0%
| J. Pantall | LIB | 4,480 ✓ |
| A. Grisenthwaite | Conservative | 3,851 |
| P. Scott | Labour | 1,188 |
No. 16 (Torkington & Norbury)1 seat · turnout 80.5%
| D. West | Conservative | 4,789 ✓ |
| D. Robinson | LIB | 3,607 |
| J. Vosper | Labour | 1,339 |
No. 17 (Ladybrook)1 seat · turnout 85.2%
| C. Gibson | Conservative | 3,071 ✓ |
| J. Hart | LIB | 1,725 |
| P. Gray | Labour | 408 |
No. 18 (Park & Pownall)1 seat · turnout 82.8%
| R. Peuleve | Conservative | 6,368 ✓ |
| W. Littlehales | LIB | 3,129 |
| G. Lomax | Labour | 919 |
No. 19 (Marple)1 seat · turnout 81.2%
| J. Headridge | Conservative | 4,185 ✓ |
| J. Facer-Smith | LIB | 2,246 |
| M. Stevens | Labour | 1,206 |
No. 2 (Manor & Little Moor)1 seat · turnout 76.6%
| J. Tucker | Labour | 2,980 ✓ |
| B. Skitt | Conservative | 2,588 |
| B. Tuck | LIB | 851 |
No. 20 (Mellor & High Lane)1 seat · turnout 82.0%
| Finnie A. | Conservative | 3,843 ✓ |
| D. Brailsford | LIB | 2,616 |
| W. Watson | Labour | 694 |
No. 3 (Vernon & Offerton)1 seat · turnout 78.0%
| W. McCann | Labour | 3,557 ✓ |
| E. Williamson | Conservative | 3,509 |
| E. Fantom | LIB | 1,353 |
No. 4 (Heaviley & Davenport)1 seat · turnout 79.5%
| Barbara Haley | Conservative | 4,697 ✓ |
| C. Gill | Labour | 2,187 |
| R. Quayle | LIB | 1,757 |
No. 5 (Adswood & Cale Green)1 seat · turnout 71.6%
| H. Peters | Labour | 3,960 ✓ |
| I. Roberts | Conservative | 3,183 |
| J. Rees | LIB | 950 |
| K. Walker | Independent | 215 |
No. 6 (Edgeley & Cheadle Heath)1 seat · turnout 75.8%
| A. Endsor | Labour | 3,344 ✓ |
| J. Hart | LIB | 2,417 |
| J. Walsh | Conservative | 2,149 |
| S. Howell | RES | 268 |
| W. Statham | Independent | 168 |
No. 7 (Heaton Mersey & Heatonnorris)1 seat · turnout 78.5%
| V. Burgon | Conservative | 5,651 ✓ |
| J. Hooke | Labour | 3,149 |
| J. Rigby | LIB | 1,410 |
No. 8 (Heaton Moor & Heaton Chapel)1 seat · turnout 79.3%
| W. Knight | Conservative | 4,853 ✓ |
| T. Broome | Labour | 2,886 |
| G. Fenton | LIB | 1,720 |
No. 9 (Reddish Green & Longford)1 seat · turnout 77.5%
| B. Bradbury | Labour | 4,996 ✓ |
| D. Lloyd | Conservative | 3,329 |
| D. Bruce | LIB | 927 |
| N. Bourne | COMM | 288 |