Before (end of 1993) (72 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 61 · Liberal Democrats 8 · Conservative 2 · Other 1
After (end of 1994) (72 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 64 · Liberal Democrats 5 · Conservative 2 · Other 1
Ward results
Abram1 seat · turnout 23.9%
| J. Best | Labour | 2,073 ✓ |
| John Wright | Conservative | 235 |
Ashton-Golborne1 seat · turnout 29.7%
| A Bullen | Labour | 2,253 ✓ |
| S. Cooper | Liberal Democrats | 340 |
| I Cunliffe | Conservative | 320 |
Aspull-Standish1 seat · turnout 37.3%
| J. Hilton | Labour | 1,948 ✓ |
| L Chamberlain | Liberal Democrats | 1,633 |
| J Davies | Conservative | 432 |
Atherton1 seat · turnout 26.1%
| S. Loundon | Labour | 2,033 ✓ |
| D. Graeme | Independent | 370 |
Bedford-Astley1 seat · turnout 28.7%
| F. Walker | Labour | 1,717 ✓ |
| Mann G. | Liberal Democrats | 780 |
Beech Hill1 seat · turnout 37.4%
| L. Brooks | Liberal Democrats | 1,621 ✓ |
| T. Bishop | Labour | 1,617 |
| J. Cartwright | Conservative | 138 |
Bryn1 seat · turnout 28.8%
| A. Melling | Labour | 2,429 ✓ |
| R. Clayton | Conservative | 380 |
Hindley Green1 seat · turnout 24.6%
| W. Simmons | Labour | 2,407 ✓ |
| A Emmett | Conservative | 390 |
Hope Carr1 seat · turnout 35.6%
| Kevin Anderson | Labour | 1,812 ✓ |
| P. Hough | Liberal Democrats | 1,254 |
| D Morris | Conservative | 526 |
Ince1 seat
| W Blackledge | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Langtree1 seat · turnout 34.7%
| J. O'Neill | Labour | 2,250 ✓ |
| J Shaw | Liberal Democrats | 1,083 |
| F Parkinson | Conservative | 381 |
| H O'Neill | Ind Lab | 218 |
Leigh Central1 seat
| P. Smith | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Leigh East1 seat · turnout 27.1%
| T. Harper | Labour | 1,870 ✓ |
| Hide | SLD | 856 |
Lightshaw1 seat · turnout 35.8%
| T. Sherratt | Labour | 3,180 ✓ |
| C. Duffy | Conservative | 760 |
Orrell1 seat · turnout 31.9%
| G. Seaward | Labour | 2,133 ✓ |
| G Whiston | Conservative | 884 |
Swinley1 seat · turnout 36.9%
| S. Turner | Labour | 2,032 ✓ |
| Marie Winstanley | Conservative | 1,198 |
Tyldesley East1 seat
| B. Wilson | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Whelley1 seat · turnout 28.8%
| W. Pendleton | Labour | 2,125 ✓ |
| T Sharpe | Conservative | 279 |
Winstanley1 seat · turnout 28.6%
| W. Evans | Labour | 2,168 ✓ |
| P. Evans | Liberal Democrats | 721 |
| Marion Green | Conservative | 483 |
Worsley Mesnes1 seat · turnout 29.8%
| W. Rotherham | Labour | 1,774 ✓ |
| H Milligan | Ind Lab | 755 |
| W Sly | Liberal Democrats | 272 |
| T Sutton | Conservative | 163 |
