Before (end of 1989) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 54 · Conservative 5 · Other 1 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 1990) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 55 · Conservative 5 · Liberal Democrats 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Barton1 seat · turnout 40.1%
| R. Carter | Labour | 2,488 |
| J Hardman | Conservative | 358 |
| J Thomason | Green | 314 |
Blackfriars1 seat
| J. Murphy | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Broughton1 seat · turnout 40.0%
| John Merry | Labour | 2,259 |
| S. Carson | SLD | 328 |
| M. Stanley | Green | 287 |
Claremont1 seat · turnout 41.1%
| P. Grimshaw | Labour | 2,439 ✓ |
| N. Owen | SLD | 929 |
| Edith Moores | Conservative | 809 |
| D. Swindley | Green | 245 |
Eccles1 seat · turnout 43.2%
| C. Johnson | Labour | 2,304 ✓ |
| D. Astbury | Conservative | 1,106 |
| A. Winstanley | SLD | 412 |
| R Duriez | Green | 319 |
Irlam1 seat · turnout 46.3%
| P. Goggins | Labour | 2,596 |
| A. Miller | Conservative | 634 |
| E. Woods | Green | 358 |
Kersal1 seat · turnout 41.7%
| P. Connor | Labour | 1,886 ✓ |
| N. Fulda | Conservative | 1,439 |
| M. Corwin | SLD | 292 |
| J. Edwards | Green | 161 |
Langworthy1 seat · turnout 33.0%
| J Gaffney | Labour | 2,067 |
| C. Reid | SLD | 487 |
Little Hulton1 seat · turnout 37.5%
| T. Hobbs | Labour | 2,840 |
| P. Marriott | Conservative | 314 |
| L. Revell | SLD | 170 |
Pendlebury1 seat · turnout 43.1%
| P. Partridge | Labour | 3,635 |
| Marjorie Weston | Conservative | 673 |
| L. Stansfield | Green | 373 |
Swinton North1 seat · turnout 42.0%
| D. Antrobus | Labour | 3,091 |
| D. Buchanan | Conservative | 729 |
| P Kendell | Green | 326 |
Swinton South1 seat · turnout 43.5%
| Barry Warner | Labour | 2,522 |
| M Waring | Conservative | 1,508 |
| V. Green | Green | 493 |
Walkden South2 seats · turnout 44.1%
| Valerie Burgoyne | Labour | 2,787 |
| S. Witkowski | Labour | 2,684 |
| G. Berry | Conservative | 1,384 |
| R. Garrido | Conservative | 1,279 |
| C. Gordon | SLD | 570 |
| L. Drake | SLD | 549 |
Weaste & Seedley1 seat · turnout 40.0%
| A. Ullman | Labour | 2,190 ✓ |
| G Dyet | Conservative | 493 |
| B. Jones | SLD | 388 |
| Philip John Connolly | Green | 248 |
Winton1 seat · turnout 38.8%
| V. Prior | Labour | 2,790 ✓ |
| J. Bolton | Conservative | 506 |
| P. Hanley | Green | 267 |
| J. Rushton | SOC | 101 |
