Before (end of 1991) (72 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 63 · Liberal Democrats 6 · Conservative 2 · Other 1
After (end of 1992) (72 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 61 · Liberal Democrats 8 · Conservative 2 · Other 1
Ward results
Abram1 seat · turnout 18.5%
| A. Bennett | Labour | 1,442 ✓ |
| I Cunliffe | Conservative | 356 |
Ashton1 seat
| K Peet | Conservative | 1,104 ✓ |
| D. Barton | Labour | 713 |
| Jeffrey Abram | Liberal Democrats | 236 |
Ashton-Golborne1 seat · turnout 19.7%
| T. Jones | Labour | 1,130 ✓ |
| A. Calder | Conservative | 527 |
| C. Barton | Liberal Democrats | 299 |
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Aspull-Standish1 seat · turnout 32.0%
| J. Ball | Liberal Democrats | 1,599 ✓ |
| D. Standring | Labour | 1,197 |
| J Davies | Conservative | 674 |
Bedford-Astley1 seat · turnout 26.2%
| J. Jones | Labour | 1,317 ✓ |
| M Bleakley | Liberal Democrats | 684 |
| K Mercer | Conservative | 611 |
Beech Hill1 seat · turnout 33.3%
| J. McGarty | Liberal Democrats | 1,875 ✓ |
| W Blackledge | Labour | 961 |
| J Carrington | Conservative | 132 |
Bryn1 seat · turnout 20.9%
| M. Millington | Labour | 1,512 ✓ |
| B. Smith | Conservative | 503 |
Hindley1 seat · turnout 18.6%
| A. Robinson | Labour | 1,412 ✓ |
| J Milton | Liberal Democrats | 397 |
Hindley Green1 seat · turnout 17.5%
| Sue Murphy | Labour | 1,158 ✓ |
| A Emmett | Conservative | 540 |
| F. Graham | Liberal Democrats | 214 |
| J Vickers | Independent | 104 |
Hope Carr1 seat · turnout 30.7%
| B Jarvis | Labour | 1,173 ✓ |
| M. Holmes | Liberal Democrats | 964 |
| J Midgley | Conservative | 961 |
Ince1 seat · turnout 18.9%
| J. Horrocks | Labour | 1,208 ✓ |
| J. Cartwright | Conservative | 172 |
| A Robinson | Liberal Democrats | 116 |
Leigh Central1 seat · turnout 21.8%
| J. Hession | Labour | 1,249 ✓ |
| J Croft | Liberal Democrats | 715 |
Leigh East1 seat · turnout 20.3%
| J. Riley | Labour | 1,157 ✓ |
| B. Ratcliffe | Liberal Democrats | 911 |
Newtown1 seat · turnout 16.5%
| M. Coghlin | Labour | 1,085 ✓ |
| J Whitehead | Conservative | 215 |
| L. Brooks | Liberal Democrats | 202 |
Norley1 seat · turnout 20.7%
| R. Frodsham | Labour | 1,233 ✓ |
| J Shaw | Liberal Democrats | 208 |
| G Peach | Conservative | 143 |
Orrell1 seat
| P Guy | Labour | 1,791 ✓ |
| E. Swift | Labour | 1,392 ✓ |
| H Melling | Conservative | 1,305 |
| J Borrows | Conservative | 399 |
Swinley1 seat · turnout 34.0%
| E. Cartwright | Conservative | 1,581 ✓ |
| Kevin Anderson | Labour | 1,158 |
| P Thistleton | Liberal Democrats | 252 |
Tyldesley East1 seat · turnout 22.9%
| A. Stephenson | Labour | 1,389 ✓ |
| J. Mosley | Conservative | 971 |
| R Rothwell | Liberal Democrats | 299 |
Whelley1 seat · turnout 20.4%
| A. Coyle | Labour | 1,188 ✓ |
| K. Hart | Conservative | 292 |
| S. Cairns | LIB | 233 |
| H. Wagner | Liberal Democrats | 85 |
Winstanley1 seat · turnout 21.0%
| Rona Winkworth | Labour | 1,299 ✓ |
| R. Clayton | Conservative | 625 |
| A McCarthy | Liberal Democrats | 538 |
Worsley Mesnes1 seat · turnout 17.3%
| W. Brogan | Labour | 1,122 ✓ |
| W Sly | Liberal Democrats | 315 |
| John Wright | Conservative | 284 |
