Before (end of 1989) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 26 · Conservative 22 · Other 0 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 1990) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 27 · Conservative 21 · Liberal Democrats 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Besses1 seat · turnout 48.7%
| J. Brook | Labour | 2,416 |
| M. Bowes | Conservative | 862 |
| B. Leahiff | SLD | 218 |
Church2 seats · turnout 53.7%
| B. Forkin | Conservative | 2,509 |
| V. McGrory | Conservative | 2,322 |
| J. Smith | Labour | 1,902 |
| S. O'Brien | Labour | 1,791 |
| M. Cretney | SLD | 371 |
| M. Knight | SDP | 279 |
Elton1 seat · turnout 55.6%
| J. Costello | Labour | 2,632 ✓ |
| T. Lasota | Conservative | 2,155 |
| H. Haines | SLD | 274 |
| T. Knight | SDP | 121 |
Holyrood1 seat · turnout 56.8%
| D. Wright | Labour | 1,751 |
| V. D'Albert | SLD | 1,709 |
| G. Brown | Conservative | 1,237 |
Moorside1 seat · turnout 57.0%
| S. Cassidy | Labour | 2,597 |
| A. Buckley | Conservative | 1,770 |
| J. Tasker | SLD | 304 |
Pilkington Park1 seat · turnout 51.3%
| L. Phillips | Labour | 1,956 |
| J. Eden | Conservative | 1,843 |
| F. Stockbridge | SLD | 270 |
Radcliffe Central1 seat · turnout 50.4%
| C. Jones | Labour | 2,607 ✓ |
| S. Smith | Conservative | 653 |
| G. Berg | Independent | 517 |
| S. Winter | SLD | 231 |
Radcliffe North1 seat · turnout 53.9%
| R. Fletcher | Labour | 2,819 |
| C. Hammersley | Conservative | 1,842 |
| E. Wells | SLD | 342 |
Radcliffe South1 seat · turnout 52.7%
| S. Perkins | Labour | 2,374 |
| R. Hart | Conservative | 1,312 |
| C. Thickett | SLD | 316 |
Ramsbottom1 seat · turnout 59.5%
| B. Rigby | Labour | 3,360 |
| A. Little | Conservative | 2,398 |
| J. Turner | SLD | 427 |
Redvales1 seat · turnout 52.1%
| P. Ainscough | Labour | 2,821 ✓ |
| W. Chadwick | Conservative | 815 |
| W. Rohmann | SLD | 299 |
| G. Eagle | Green | 237 |
Sedgley1 seat · turnout 51.4%
| I. Lewis | Labour | 2,156 ✓ |
| Donnelly S. | Conservative | 1,472 |
| G. Heron | Green | 253 |
| N. Bird | SLD | 226 |
St. Marys1 seat · turnout 51.5%
| J. Higson | Labour | 2,286 ✓ |
| A. Moore | Conservative | 1,831 |
| J. Hyde | SLD | 321 |
| J. Rutherford | Green | 320 |
Tottington1 seat · turnout 56.4%
| D. Higgin | Conservative | 2,599 |
| J. Adler | Labour | 1,801 |
| H. Cretney | SLD | 1,022 |
Unsworth1 seat · turnout 58.3%
| G. Sharkey | Labour | 2,121 |
| N. Singer | Conservative | 1,944 |
| G. Young | SLD | 280 |
