Before (end of 1983)
Not known.
After (end of 1984)
Not known.
Ward results
Bank Top1 seat · turnout 30.3%
| P. Donaldson | Labour | 1,145 |
| A. Holden | Lib/Sdp | 327 |
Billinge1 seat · turnout 41.3%
| P. Holmes | Conservative | 1,378 |
| D. Harling | Labour | 433 |
| I. Ibbotson | Lib/Sdp | 299 |
Brookhouse1 seat · turnout 43.8%
| L. Proos | Labour | 1,508 ✓ |
| A. Dilshad | Conservative | 378 |
| I. Patel | Independent | 264 |
| M. Ibbotson | Lib/Sdp | 160 |
Brownhill1 seat · turnout 50.6%
| D. Belton | Labour | 1,368 |
| J. Gavin | Conservative | 1,314 |
| W. Phillips | Lib/Sdp | 212 |
Cathedral1 seat · turnout 40.6%
| W. Taylor | Labour | 1,337 |
| J. Woodhouse | Lib/Sdp | 339 |
Earcroft1 seat · turnout 46.6%
| D. Heatlie-Jackson | Conservative | 949 |
| E. Grindle | Labour | 776 |
| R. Allen | Lib/Sdp | 545 |
Ewood1 seat · turnout 42.9%
| K. Horsefield | Labour | 1,093 |
| R. Geddes | RES | 996 |
| M. Tappenden-Cousins | Ind Con | 194 |
Green Bank1 seat · turnout 38.8%
| D. McKinlay | Labour | 1,450 |
| A. Dickinson | Lib/Sdp | 286 |
| J. Kingsley Read | Independent | 192 |
Higher Croft1 seat · turnout 29.0%
| J. Bury | Labour | 984 |
| P. Wilton | RES | 315 |
Marsh House1 seat · turnout 39.6%
| C. Grills | Lib/Sdp | 810 |
| G. Mottram | Conservative | 728 |
| J. Briggs | Labour | 455 |
Mill Hill1 seat · turnout 49.3%
| M. Doherty | Labour | 1,045 |
| P. Hough | Conservative | 957 |
| L. Sweet | Lib/Sdp | 336 |
Moorgate1 seat · turnout 36.5%
| G. Toole | Labour | 1,028 |
| Ridding J. | Conservative | 820 |
Pleckgate1 seat · turnout 50.0%
| R. Robinson | RES | 1,096 |
| J. King | Labour | 939 |
| J. Moran | Conservative | 744 |
Queens Park1 seat · turnout 43.5%
| Sylvia Liddle | Labour | 1,181 |
| F. Beetham | Lib/Sdp | 923 |
Revidge1 seat · turnout 39.7%
| R. Colling | Conservative | 1,443 |
| M. Leaver | Labour | 481 |
| A. Pruger | Lib/Sdp | 381 |
Shadsworth1 seat · turnout 27.2%
| J. Blackburn | Labour | 1,030 |
| A. Duerden | Lib/Sdp | 286 |
Sudell1 seat · turnout 40.4%
| H. Banks | Lib/Sdp | 833 |
| W. Lishman | Labour | 825 |
| F. Slater | Conservative | 469 |
Sunnyhurst1 seat · turnout 43.1%
| C. Turnbull | Conservative | 1,183 |
| I. Paterson | Labour | 806 |
| C. Cooney | Lib/Sdp | 320 |
West Rural1 seat · turnout 41.3%
| E. Arnold | Conservative | 1,402 |
| G. Chadwick | Labour | 829 |
Whitehall1 seat · turnout 41.3%
| S. Hirst | Conservative | 612 |
| E. Entwistle | Labour | 448 |
| R. Smytheman | Lib/Sdp | 272 |
