Before (end of 1989) (53 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 40 · Conservative 5 · Liberal Democrats 5 · Other 3
After (end of 1990) (53 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 44 · Liberal Democrats 5 · Conservative 3 · Other 1
Ward results
Barclay1 seat · turnout 45.1%
| P. Swainston | Labour | 1,510 |
| H. Greenwood | Independent | 171 |
Briercliffe1 seat · turnout 44.5%
| J. Gallop | SLD | 517 |
| M. Casey | Labour | 310 |
| P. French | LIB | 252 |
Burnley Wood1 seat · turnout 47.4%
| S. Davy | Labour | 1,216 |
| D Tierney | Conservative | 232 |
Coal Clough1 seat · turnout 42.9%
| S. Chaudhary | Labour | 810 ✓ |
| F Allanson | Conservative | 192 |
| B. Pilkington | SLD | 176 |
| N. Baldwin | Green | 73 |
Daneshouse1 seat
| A. Khalid | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Heasandford1 seat
| K. Butterworth | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Lanehead1 seat · turnout 38.0%
| T. Burns | Labour | 1,262 |
| M. Kirkham | SLD | 519 |
Lowerhouse1 seat · turnout 44.3%
| M. Roberts | Labour | 1,262 |
| G. Mallett | Conservative | 296 |
Park1 seat · turnout 51.1%
| M. Roberts | Labour | 1,142 |
| P. Massey | SLD | 340 |
| P. Jones | Conservative | 193 |
Queensgate1 seat
| P. Kenyon | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Rosehill1 seat · turnout 50.5%
| P Tierney | Labour | 827 ✓ |
| J. Pickup | Conservative | 510 |
| E. Tappin | SLD | 423 |
| B. Baldwin | Green | 146 |
Trinity1 seat · turnout 49.8%
| Johnstone M. | Labour | 1,123 |
| O. Williams | Conservative | 185 |
Whittlefield1 seat · turnout 53.4%
| D. Magee | Labour | 1,341 |
| K. Robinson | Conservative | 1,046 |
| M Tate | Independent | 195 |
