Before (end of 1989) (99 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 77 · Conservative 13 · Liberal Democrats 9 · Other 0
After (end of 1990) (99 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 78 · Conservative 10 · Liberal Democrats 8 · Other 3
Ward results
Ardwick1 seat · turnout 31.5%
| H. Barrett | Labour | 2,034 ✓ |
| V. Colledge | Conservative | 227 |
| D. Howarth | Green | 173 |
| R. Axtell | SLD | 149 |
Baguley1 seat · turnout 41.8%
| J. McNicholls | Labour | 2,494 ✓ |
| V Kirby | Conservative | 889 |
| G. Hall | SLD | 297 |
| C. Buller | Ind Lab | 154 |
| M. Abdullah | Green | 111 |
Barlow Moor1 seat · turnout 43.4%
| A. Maloney | Labour | 1,874 ✓ |
| S. Wheale | SLD | 1,573 |
| D. Clover | Conservative | 701 |
| J Booty | Green | 284 |
Benchill1 seat · turnout 35.7%
| D. Lunts | Labour | 2,147 ✓ |
| D. Morris | Ind Lab | 327 |
| L. Maguire | Conservative | 213 |
| A. Bradshaw | SLD | 204 |
| H Bramwell | Green | 96 |
Beswick and Clayton1 seat · turnout 37.8%
| W. Egerton | Labour | 2,480 ✓ |
| M. Payne | Conservative | 324 |
| V. Muir | SLD | 202 |
| K. Castle | Green | 109 |
Blackley1 seat · turnout 40.8%
| G. Chadwick | Labour | 2,497 ✓ |
| K Potter | Conservative | 788 |
| V. Towers | SLD | 262 |
| B. Lewis | Green | 195 |
Bradford1 seat · turnout 35.0%
| J. Gilmore | Labour | 2,299 ✓ |
| K. Hyde | Conservative | 347 |
| I. Donaldson | SLD | 196 |
| A Kahan | Green | 100 |
Brooklands1 seat · turnout 48.2%
| G. Collier | Labour | 2,263 ✓ |
| A Langan | Conservative | 1,712 |
| Quinlan | SLD | 502 |
| C. Field | Green | 159 |
Burnage1 seat · turnout 44.9%
| R. Whyte | Labour | 2,481 ✓ |
| M. Logan | Conservative | 1,345 |
| S. Lawley | SLD | 559 |
| J. Foster | Green | 250 |
Central1 seat · turnout 32.9%
| T Findlow | Labour | 1,681 ✓ |
| A Hudson | Conservative | 192 |
| T. Stringer | Green | 125 |
| C. Muir | SLD | 110 |
Charlestown1 seat · turnout 42.2%
| S. McCardell | Labour | 2,545 ✓ |
| M. Birnhak | Conservative | 912 |
| J. Laslett | SLD | 320 |
| Burns.M. | Green | 220 |
Chorlton1 seat · turnout 51.0%
| D. Black | Labour | 2,897 ✓ |
| W Bradshaw | Conservative | 1,728 |
| Candeland B. | Green | 588 |
| H. McKay | LIB | 339 |
Crumpsall1 seat · turnout 47.0%
| A. Spinks | Labour | 2,151 ✓ |
| A. Walsh | Conservative | 1,526 |
| P Lewis | Green | 295 |
| D. Gordon | SLD | 250 |
Didsbury1 seat · turnout 54.5%
| J. Hill | Conservative | 2,868 ✓ |
| G Bridson | Labour | 2,382 |
| E. Allen | SLD | 514 |
| M Daw | Green | 337 |
Fallowfield1 seat · turnout 37.3%
| P. Morrison | Labour | 2,440 ✓ |
| Daniel Smith | Conservative | 830 |
| B. Doherty | Green | 524 |
| R. Brown | SLD | 386 |
Gorton North1 seat · turnout 47.6%
| C. Brierley | Labour | 2,505 ✓ |
| J. Pearcey | SLD | 2,140 |
| C. Webb | Conservative | 351 |
| B. Kellett | Green | 129 |
Gorton South1 seat · turnout 44.9%
| D. Barker | Labour | 2,371 ✓ |
| J. Bridges | SLD | 1,462 |
| A. Simmons | Conservative | 376 |
| D. Barnes | Green | 177 |
Harpurhey1 seat · turnout 36.9%
| P. Karney | Labour | 2,202 ✓ |
| D. Keller | Conservative | 526 |
| N. Towers | SLD | 275 |
| Clark M. | Green | 150 |
Hulme1 seat · turnout 34.0%
| M. Hood | Labour | 1,629 ✓ |
| P Harrison | Green | 350 |
| Phyl Davies | Conservative | 154 |
| M. Jeffery | SLD | 117 |
Levenshulme1 seat · turnout 52.8%
| K. Whitmore | SLD | 2,918 ✓ |
| C Rogers | Labour | 1,794 |
| Peter Thompson | Green | 303 |
| R. Colledge | Conservative | 293 |
Lightbowne1 seat · turnout 46.5%
| K. Franklin | Labour | 2,927 ✓ |
| A. Edwardson | Conservative | 832 |
| D. Porter | SLD | 489 |
| G Carter | Green | 226 |
Longsight1 seat · turnout 38.7%
| N. Moghal | Labour | 2,701 ✓ |
| S Hussain | Conservative | 619 |
| J. Denham | Green | 607 |
| B. Pierce | SLD | 279 |
Moss Side1 seat · turnout 38.7%
| I. Sram | Labour | 2,567 ✓ |
| Mary Barnes | Conservative | 331 |
| J Sturrock | Green | 317 |
| M. Rowles | SLD | 209 |
| J. Shaoul | COMM | 50 |
Moston1 seat · turnout 48.9%
| D. Shaw | Labour | 2,752 ✓ |
| F. Frederick | Conservative | 1,535 |
| E. Slater | SLD | 356 |
| S. Rawlins | Green | 182 |
Newton Heath1 seat · turnout 38.3%
| A. Garside | Labour | 2,753 ✓ |
| Merrin R. | Conservative | 453 |
| C. Turner | SLD | 208 |
| M. Bold | Green | 162 |
Northenden1 seat · turnout 47.5%
| G Carroll | Labour | 2,614 ✓ |
| J. Robertson | Conservative | 1,577 |
| R. Higginson | SLD | 316 |
| Otten G. | Green | 185 |
Old Moat1 seat · turnout 47.6%
| A. Fender | Labour | 2,963 ✓ |
| G. Shapps | Conservative | 1,218 |
| S. Oliver | SLD | 602 |
| J. Lovell | Green | 479 |
Sharston2 seats · turnout 41.5%
| J. Broderick | Labour | 2,258 ✓ |
| G. Wright | Labour | 2,159 ✓ |
| C. Roberts | Conservative | 839 |
| Tim Roberts | Conservative | 808 |
| G Lawson | Green | 539 |
| H. Griffiths | SLD | 536 |
| D. Fake | LIB | 355 |
Whalley Range1 seat · turnout 48.3%
| J Morris | Labour | 2,430 ✓ |
| L. Houston | Conservative | 1,445 |
| C Kirby | Green | 334 |
| B. Jones | SLD | 282 |
Withington1 seat · turnout 52.9%
| A. Jones | SLD | 2,551 ✓ |
| Ball G. | Labour | 1,892 |
| G Betton | Conservative | 724 |
| B Ekbery | Green | 319 |
Woodhouse Park1 seat · turnout 38.0%
| M. Ainsworth | Labour | 2,475 |
| D. Wraxall | SLD | 580 |
| H. Murray | Green | 264 |
