Before (end of 1989) (56 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 37 · Conservative 9 · Liberal Democrats 9 · Other 1
After (end of 1990) (56 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 40 · Conservative 9 · Liberal Democrats 7 · Other 0
Ward results
Audley and Bignall End1 seat · turnout 47.3%
| E. Boden | Labour | 1,740 |
| B. Cartwright | Conservative | 586 |
Chesterton1 seat · turnout 50.8%
| E. Caddy | Labour | 2,057 |
| A. Richards | SLD | 202 |
| A. Robinson | Conservative | 143 |
Clayton1 seat · turnout 56.1%
| V. Byatt | Labour | 1,054 |
| P. Ridgway | Conservative | 852 |
Cross Heath1 seat · turnout 47.8%
| T. Naylor | Labour | 1,784 |
| J. Montgomery | Conservative | 473 |
Halmerend1 seat · turnout 46.5%
| J. Jeffries | Labour | 895 |
| J. Harper | Conservative | 394 |
Holditch2 seats · turnout 37.9%
| B. Blaise | Labour | 1,060 |
| J. Sanderson | Labour | 882 |
| A Humphreys | Conservative | 179 |
| G. Adams | Conservative | 130 |
Kidsgrove1 seat · turnout 44.2%
| F. Chadwick | Labour | 1,597 |
| G. Murphy | SLD | 539 |
| K Berrisford | Conservative | 246 |
May Bank1 seat · turnout 54.4%
| G. Lawton | Labour | 1,051 |
| P. Hancock | SLD | 945 |
| F. Myatt | Conservative | 494 |
Porthill 1 seat · turnout 44.8%
| B. Lawton | Labour | 823 ✓ |
| J. Cooper | Conservative | 327 |
| A. Wight | SDP | 225 |
| C. Dunning | SLD | 151 |
Seabridge1 seat · turnout 45.3%
| R. Simms | Conservative | 1,253 |
| G. Cubley | Labour | 1,050 |
| J. Colclough | SLD | 424 |
Silverdale1 seat · turnout 50.3%
| B. Cox | Labour | 2,354 |
| N. Bahra | Conservative | 309 |
Talke1 seat · turnout 49.7%
| C. Sale | Labour | 858 |
| E. Daniels | SLD | 719 |
| M. Harrison | Conservative | 123 |
Thistleberry1 seat · turnout 58.4%
| T. Probert | SLD | 1,320 |
| J. Brown | Labour | 851 |
| C. Ruddle | Conservative | 497 |
Town1 seat · turnout 57.9%
| A. Clarke | Labour | 964 |
| C. Malkin | SLD | 738 |
| E. Bradbury | Conservative | 239 |
Westlands1 seat · turnout 55.9%
| M. Moss | Conservative | 831 |
| I. Howe | Labour | 609 |
| D. Dugdale | SLD | 394 |
Wolstanton1 seat · turnout 51.7%
| Brereton . | Labour | 1,108 |
| A. Sheeran | SLD | 479 |
| G Deaville | Conservative | 391 |
