Before (end of 1995) (55 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 32 · Conservative 23 · Other 0 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 1996) (55 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 35 · Conservative 20 · Liberal Democrats 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Aughton Park1 seat · turnout 31.5%
| Grant I. | Conservative | 543 ✓ |
| R Cavaghan | Labour | 229 |
| M Winstanley | Liberal Democrats | 131 |
| N Broome | Nlp | 5 |
Aughton Town Green1 seat · turnout 38.2%
| D. Burns | Conservative | 788 ✓ |
| K Wright | Labour | 439 |
| A. Williams | Liberal Democrats | 232 |
| T Brotheridge | Nlp | 64 |
Birch Green1 seat · turnout 29.8%
| P McElhinney | Labour | 1,812 ✓ |
| J Renwick | Nlp | 269 |
| C Aily | Conservative | 208 |
Burscough1 seat · turnout 42.9%
| J Draper | Labour | 1,087 ✓ |
| G Birrell | Conservative | 570 |
| L. Jensen-Kennedy | Nlp | 34 |
HESKETH-WITH-BECCONSALL1 seat · turnout 41.3%
| J. Witter | Conservative | 707 ✓ |
| D. Trippier | Labour | 401 |
| M Gaskell | Nlp | 13 |
Knowsley1 seat · turnout 43.1%
| J. McDermott | Labour | 934 ✓ |
| C. Ainsclough | Conservative | 888 |
| S Cohen | Nlp | 28 |
Moorside1 seat · turnout 27.7%
| S. Riley | Labour | 743 ✓ |
| D. Swiffen | Conservative | 62 |
| S. Holmes | Nlp | 14 |
Rufford1 seat · turnout 43.3%
| D Watkinson | Conservative | 416 ✓ |
| J Topping | Labour | 241 |
| D. Price | Nlp | 14 |
Scott1 seat · turnout 37.4%
| W Trickett | Labour | 1,119 ✓ |
| K Franklin | Conservative | 429 |
| A. Scott | Nlp | 43 |
Skelmersdale North1 seat · turnout 33.7%
| D Doyle | Labour | 1,253 ✓ |
| P Boulton | Conservative | 166 |
| D Whitley | Nlp | 29 |
Skelmersdale South1 seat · turnout 30.5%
| S. Jones | Labour | 1,103 ✓ |
| S. Harris | Conservative | 115 |
| J Collins | Nlp | 44 |
Tanhouse1 seat · turnout 28.6%
| R Pendleton | Labour | 892 ✓ |
| E Byrne | Conservative | 91 |
| R Johnston | Nlp | 32 |
Up Holland North1 seat · turnout 40.2%
| A Rice | Labour | 874 ✓ |
| L Watson | Conservative | 325 |
| D Cassells | Nlp | 22 |
Up Holland South1 seat · turnout 48.4%
| J Burke | Labour | 879 ✓ |
| P. Edwards | Conservative | 314 |
| T Kerwin | Nlp | 38 |
Wrightington1 seat · turnout 43.1%
| T. Miller | Conservative | 580 ✓ |
| D Butler | Independent | 439 |
| W Hite | Nlp | 26 |
