Before (end of 1983) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 38 · Conservative 12 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 4 · Other 0
After (end of 1984) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 39 · Conservative 12 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 · Other 0
Ward results
Billinge & Seneley Green1 seat
| J. Littler | Labour | 1,835 |
| B. Lowe | Conservative | 1,831 |
| P. Varnes | Lib/Sdp | 572 |
Blackbrook1 seat
| J. Young | Labour | 1,517 |
| N. Pickavance | Lib/Sdp | 568 |
| B. Williams | Conservative | 313 |
Broad Oak1 seat
| T. Hickling | Labour | 2,022 |
| M. Collins | Conservative | 399 |
Eccleston1 seat
| W. Crosby | Conservative | 2,423 |
| S. Gallagher | Labour | 611 |
| R. Ferry | Lib/Sdp | 372 |
Grange Park1 seat
| E. Eden | Labour | 1,465 |
| E. Jameson | Conservative | 679 |
| R. Watmough | Lib/Sdp | 527 |
Haydock1 seat
| J. Caunce | Labour | 2,654 |
| G. Henthoarn | Conservative | 644 |
| B. Jones | Lib/Sdp | 451 |
Marshalls Cross1 seat
| G. Brown | Labour | 1,308 ✓ |
| C. McCarthy | Lib/Sdp | 475 |
| E. Anderton | Conservative | 244 |
| A. Edwards | Independent | 36 |
Moss Bank1 seat
| P. Mather | Labour | 1,880 |
| M. Powell | Conservative | 935 |
| J. Gadsden | Lib/Sdp | 695 |
Newton East1 seat
| S. Knight | Labour | 1,875 |
| D. Crowther | Lib/Sdp | 1,304 |
| G. Lloyd | Conservative | 523 |
Newton West1 seat
| R. Knight | Labour | 2,390 |
| L. Mulliner | Conservative | 471 |
| J. Mooney | Lib/Sdp | 391 |
Parr & Hardshaw1 seat
| J. Fletcher | Labour | 1,849 |
| R. Jones | Conservative | 250 |
| D. Watmough | Lib/Sdp | 219 |
Rainford1 seat
| R. Smith | Conservative | 1,677 |
| V. Hudson | Lib/Sdp | 959 |
| N. Bateson | Labour | 726 |
Rainhill1 seat
| M. Doyle | Labour | 2,255 |
| D. Critchley | Conservative | 1,387 |
| L. Dawson | Lib/Sdp | 388 |
Sutton & Bold1 seat
| J. Ingham | Labour | 1,638 |
| P. Briers | Lib/Sdp | 1,247 |
| P. Higham | Conservative | 290 |
Thatto Heath1 seat
| M. Rimmer | Labour | 2,145 |
| L. Mulliner | Conservative | 471 |
| J. Mooney | Lib/Sdp | 391 |
West Sutton1 seat
| T. Hargreaves | Labour | 1,681 |
| T. Gilligan | Lib/Sdp | 458 |
| A. Taylor | Conservative | 246 |
Windle1 seat
| W. Marriott | Conservative | 1,818 |
| I. Finney | Labour | 1,133 |
| J. May | Lib/Sdp | 390 |
