Before (end of 1989) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 39 · Conservative 16 · Liberal Democrats 5 · Other 0
After (end of 1990) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 43 · Conservative 14 · Liberal Democrats 3 · Other 0
Ward results
Astley Bridge1 seat · turnout 53.2%
| Hynes S. | Labour | 2,650 |
| D Shepherd | Conservative | 2,585 |
| S. Ball | SLD | 431 |
Blackrod1 seat · turnout 49.7%
| J. Monaghan | Labour | 3,201 |
| K. Rigg | Conservative | 1,138 |
| C. Kay | SLD | 568 |
Bradshaw1 seat · turnout 45.3%
| A. Osborn | Conservative | 2,170 ✓ |
| Margaret Clare | Labour | 2,012 |
| A. Steele | SLD | 447 |
| M. Calvert | Green | 356 |
Breightmet1 seat · turnout 44.3%
| C. Benjamin | Labour | 3,232 |
| J Edge | Conservative | 1,205 |
| S. Vickers | SLD | 396 |
Bromley Cross1 seat · turnout 50.2%
| B. Hurst | Conservative | 2,490 ✓ |
| P Perry | Labour | 1,853 |
| A. Kemp | Green | 523 |
| C. Atty | SLD | 380 |
Burnden1 seat · turnout 47.2%
| P. Howarth | Labour | 2,705 ✓ |
| S. Hornby | Conservative | 1,037 |
| P. Howarth | SLD | 445 |
| A. Khalique | ISLAM | 210 |
Central1 seat · turnout 52.8%
| B. Iddon | Labour | 3,164 ✓ |
| L. Kay | Conservative | 404 |
| M. Marothi | ISLAM | 344 |
| S. Howarth | SLD | 262 |
Daubhill1 seat · turnout 48.0%
| G. Harkin | Labour | 3,153 |
| A Waterson | Conservative | 796 |
| G. Langdon | SLD | 335 |
Deane-cum-Heaton1 seat · turnout 49.6%
| B. Allanson | Conservative | 3,285 ✓ |
| R. Evans | Labour | 2,455 |
| L. Easterman | SLD | 524 |
| P. Upham | Green | 281 |
Derby1 seat · turnout 50.5%
| G. Riley | Labour | 3,676 ✓ |
| K. Hussain | ISLAM | 469 |
| F Tebbutt | Conservative | 337 |
| D. Watts | SLD | 163 |
Farnworth2 seats · turnout 39.1%
| P. Johnston | Labour | 2,131 ✓ |
| A Devlin | Labour | 2,055 ✓ |
| W. Hardman | Ind Lab | 1,805 |
| C. Adams | Conservative | 485 |
| J. Adams | Conservative | 422 |
| P. Barnett | SLD | 264 |
| I. Torkington | SDP | 158 |
Halliwell1 seat · turnout 50.6%
| J. Kilcoyne | Labour | 3,166 ✓ |
| J. Henry | SLD | 652 |
| J. Batley | Conservative | 651 |
| M. Khan | ISLAM | 178 |
| B. Childs | Green | 178 |
Harper Green1 seat · turnout 42.2%
| L. Williamson | Labour | 3,236 ✓ |
| C. Churchman | Conservative | 686 |
| L. Sanderson | SLD | 425 |
Horwich1 seat · turnout 55.0%
| I. Carruthers | Labour | 2,894 ✓ |
| B. Ronson | SLD | 2,091 |
| M. Perks | Conservative | 1,175 |
| H. Connor | Green | 188 |
Hulton Park1 seat · turnout 45.8%
| E. Hyland | Labour | 2,495 |
| D. Wilcox | Conservative | 2,138 |
| S. Mather | SLD | 797 |
Kearsley2 seats · turnout 45.4%
| F. Hampson | Labour | 3,059 |
| Paula Spencer | Labour | 2,732 |
| J. Rothwell | SLD | 1,609 |
| L. Baron | SLD | 1,099 |
| H Briscoe | Conservative | 470 |
Little Lever1 seat · turnout 55.0%
| A. Connell | Labour | 3,067 |
| J Cosgrave | Conservative | 1,807 |
| W. Crook | SLD | 342 |
Smithills1 seat · turnout 57.6%
| M. Mason | SLD | 2,089 ✓ |
| Gibson G. | Conservative | 1,311 |
| J. Byrne | Labour | 1,232 |
| S Graeme | Ind Lab | 325 |
| P. Hackin | Green | 163 |
Tonge1 seat · turnout 52.5%
| J. Mason | Labour | 2,694 |
| P Hamer | Conservative | 1,142 |
| B. Dunning | SLD | 802 |
Westhoughton1 seat · turnout 47.0%
| R. Fairhurst | Labour | 1,838 |
| P. Mather | SLD | 1,278 |
| A. Cole | Conservative | 489 |
