Before (end of 1989) (53 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 44 · Liberal Democrats 4 · Conservative 3 · Other 2
After (end of 1990) (53 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 45 · Liberal Democrats 6 · Conservative 2 · Other 0
Ward results
Appleton1 seat · turnout 42.1%
| S. Broome | Labour | 1,835 |
| C. Harrison | Conservative | 347 |
Broadheath1 seat · turnout 39.0%
| A. McDermott | Labour | 1,679 |
| S. Draper | Conservative | 214 |
Brookfields1 seat · turnout 39.0%
| J. Glover | Labour | 1,808 |
| H. Bomba | Conservative | 276 |
Castlefields1 seat
| Peter Henry Jones | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| P. Lloyd Jones | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Clough2 seats · turnout 41.2%
| R. Pearce | SLD | 1,252 |
| P. Burton | SLD | 1,075 |
| D. Middlemass | Labour | 1,013 |
| J. Potter | Labour | 848 |
Ditton1 seat · turnout 38.7%
| S. Owen | Labour | 1,533 |
| C. Whiteley | Green | 298 |
Grange1 seat · turnout 47.0%
| P. Holding | Labour | 1,253 |
| T. Clare | Independent | 1,090 |
| J. Watts | Conservative | 210 |
Halton Brook1 seat
| A. Cassidy | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| A. Cassidy | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Hough Green1 seat
| J. Hughes | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| J. Hughes | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Kingsway1 seat · turnout 43.0%
| R. Beswick | Labour | 1,833 |
| P. Harper | Conservative | 291 |
Murdishaw1 seat · turnout 41.1%
| D. Cargill | Labour | 1,615 |
| N. Fisher | Conservative | 160 |
