Before (end of 1989) (57 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 27 · Labour 26 · Liberal Democrats 4 · Other 0
After (end of 1990) (57 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 29 · Conservative 24 · Liberal Democrats 2 · Other 2
Ward results
Alexandra1 seat · turnout 49.6%
| B. Cherrington | Labour | 1,308 |
| D. Cannon | SLD | 510 |
Barony Weaver1 seat · turnout 59.4%
| N. Killick | Labour | 1,350 |
| E. Bradshaw | Conservative | 494 |
| J. Stockton | Independent | 386 |
Combermere1 seat · turnout 50.6%
| H. Clewlow | Conservative | 479 |
| P. Heaney | Labour | 243 |
Coppenhall1 seat · turnout 43.6%
| R. Billington | Labour | 1,962 |
| K. Costello | Conservative | 333 |
Delamere1 seat · turnout 56.5%
| J. Minshall | Labour | 886 |
| B. Stafford | SLD | 770 |
Grosvenor1 seat · turnout 62.6%
| C. Thorley | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Haslington1 seat · turnout 52.4%
| J. McEvoy | Labour | 1,142 ✓ |
| J. Nield | Conservative | 836 |
| W. McDonald | SLD | 194 |
| T. Barfield | Green | 193 |
Maw Green1 seat · turnout 48.1%
| D. Hassall | Labour | 1,672 |
| B. Owen | Conservative | 247 |
Peckforton1 seat · turnout 49.5%
| W. Dawess | Conservative | 405 |
| D. Green | Labour | 196 |
Queens Park1 seat · turnout 50.1%
| L. Davies | Labour | 1,596 |
| M. Darlington | Anti PT | 504 |
Ruskin Park1 seat · turnout 56.5%
| L. Brydon | Labour | 1,268 |
| I. Fox | Conservative | 653 |
| R. Cooper | Anti PT | 91 |
Shavington1 seat · turnout 54.4%
| Joan Wright | Labour | 923 ✓ |
| D. Stockton | Conservative | 910 |
| H. Allison | SLD | 363 |
| L. Ankers | Independent | 359 |
St Barnabas1 seat · turnout 48.1%
| Golding J. | Labour | 1,477 |
| R. Woods | Conservative | 235 |
St. Johns1 seat · turnout 51.6%
| L. Turnock | Labour | 1,235 |
| A. Silvester | Conservative | 306 |
| P. Darlington | Anti PT | 139 |
Wellington1 seat · turnout 49.7%
| A. Porter | Conservative | 775 |
| A. Johnston | Labour | 774 |
Willaston West1 seat · turnout 52.2%
| D. Butterill | Conservative | 680 |
| E. George | Labour | 619 |
Wistaston1 seat · turnout 54.7%
| R. Westwood | Conservative | 1,142 |
| R. Jones | Labour | 783 |
