Before (end of 1988) (71 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 32 · Conservative 27 · Liberal Democrats 11 · Other 1
After (end of 1989) (71 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 32 · Conservative 29 · Liberal Democrats 10 · Other 0
Ward results
Alderley1 seat · turnout 42.6%
| M. Melrose | Conservative | 2,701 ✓ |
| J. Clayton | Liberal Democrats | 399 |
| J. Greenwood | Labour | 358 |
| B. Brett | Green | 206 |
Broxton1 seat · turnout 36.3%
| J. Humphreys | Conservative | 2,230 ✓ |
| E. Glendon | Labour | 887 |
Cholmondeley1 seat · turnout 36.2%
| M. Hedley | Conservative | 2,043 ✓ |
| P. Nightingale | Labour | 612 |
| K. Roberts | Liberal Democrats | 334 |
Crewe South1 seat · turnout 36.2%
| S. Hope | Labour | 1,843 ✓ |
| B. Bannister | Conservative | 567 |
| S. Hynes | Liberal Democrats | 337 |
| C. White | Green | 161 |
Crewe West1 seat · turnout 31.6%
| D. Newton | Labour | 2,715 ✓ |
| P. Owen | Conservative | 525 |
| J. Phillips | Liberal Democrats | 175 |
Gowy1 seat · turnout 40.9%
| D. Perry | Conservative | 2,998 ✓ |
| F. Baker | Labour | 1,092 |
| C. Walley | Liberal Democrats | 919 |
Macclesfield Forest1 seat · turnout 33.2%
| D. Palmer | Conservative | 1,435 ✓ |
| D. Machin | Labour | 689 |
| E. Stanhope | Independent | 608 |
| M. Hughes | Green | 290 |
| A. Webster | Social Democratic Party | 270 |
Mickle Trafford1 seat · turnout 40.9%
| D. McConnell | Conservative | 2,221 ✓ |
| D. Whitton | Liberal Democrats | 902 |
| T. Begley | Labour | 690 |
Nantwich1 seat · turnout 45.2%
| T. Holman | Conservative | 2,635 ✓ |
| E. George | Labour | 1,374 |
| W. Garner | Liberal Democrats | 275 |
Northwich West1 seat · turnout 42.1%
| R. Woodhouse | Conservative | 2,325 ✓ |
| A. Neil | Labour | 1,871 |
| M. Fellows | Liberal Democrats | 727 |
Overleigh1 seat · turnout 53.8%
| J. Chanklin | Conservative | 2,904 ✓ |
| P. Byrne | Labour | 2,890 |
| A. Stobie | Liberal Democrats | 439 |
| B. Burnett | Green | 366 |
Poynton1 seat · turnout 40.7%
| D. Beasley | Conservative | 2,465 ✓ |
| L. Burridge | Liberal Democrats | 2,101 |
| M. Booth | Labour | 567 |
Rope1 seat · turnout 39.8%
| A. Richardson | Conservative | 2,442 ✓ |
| R. Elkins | Labour | 1,169 |
| H. Allison | Liberal Democrats | 482 |
Sandbach1 seat · turnout 38.7%
| D. Lloyd-Griffiths | Liberal Democrats | 2,097 ✓ |
| J. Alcock | Conservative | 1,693 |
| P. Howarth | Labour | 1,045 |
Upton1 seat · turnout 52.5%
| D. Llewellyn-Jones | Conservative | 2,314 ✓ |
| M. Garrod | Liberal Democrats | 2,002 |
| P. Devine | Labour | 1,386 |
| P. Reid | Green | 263 |
