Before (end of 1979) (66 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 43 · Conservative 20 · Other 2 · The Liberal Party 1
After (end of 1980) (66 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 50 · Conservative 14 · The Liberal Party 2 · Other 0
Ward results
No. 1 (Eccles: Eccles-Monton & Park- Patricroft)1 seat · turnout 39.0%
| Blackburn | Labour | 1,960 ✓ |
| J. Hardaway | Conservative | 1,934 |
| H. Price | Other | 72 |
No. 10 (Salford: Regent & Ordsall Park)1 seat · turnout 33.9%
| Turner | Conservative | 1,604 |
| W. Dorney | Labour | 172 |
No. 13 (Salford: Seedley)1 seat · turnout 30.5%
| Hall | Labour | 2,318 |
| Charles | Conservative | 944 |
| K. Wade | COMM | 70 |
No. 16 (Swinton & Pendlebury:broad Oak & Old Park)1 seat · turnout 43.8%
| M. Simm | Conservative | 1,752 ✓ |
| Wilson | Labour | 1,716 |
| Drake | The Liberal Party | 576 |
No. 19 (Worsley: Armitage-Mount Skip-St. Marys)1 seat · turnout 37.0%
| S. Dumbarton | Labour | 3,000 ✓ |
| Garrido | Conservative | 835 |
| C. Hall | The Liberal Party | 309 |
No. 8 (Salford: Albert Park)1 seat · turnout 34.5%
| R. Dodd | Labour | 1,117 |
| Collins | Conservative | 347 |