Before (end of 1995) (53 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 45 · Liberal Democrats 7 · Conservative 1 · Other 0
After (end of 1996) (53 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 46 · Liberal Democrats 7 · Conservative 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Appleton1 seat
| J. Griffin | Labour | 972 ✓ |
| J. Whittle | Conservative | 98 |
Broadheath1 seat
| R. Gilligan | Labour | 950 ✓ |
| I. Calvert | Conservative | 96 |
Brookfields1 seat
| R. Hignett | Labour | 1,082 ✓ |
| J Collins | Liberal Democrats | 127 |
Castlefields1 seat
| A. Cole | Labour | 1,052 ✓ |
| J. Morley | Liberal Democrats | 442 |
Daresbury1 seat · turnout 46.5%
| W Foster | Liberal Democrats | 728 ✓ |
| P. Shearer | Labour | 77 |
Ditton1 seat
| J. Calvert | Conservative | 131 |
Halton1 seat · turnout 24.4%
| Rob Polhill | Labour | 1,043 ✓ |
| J. Hawksley Smith | Conservative | 188 |
Halton Brook1 seat
| J. Devaney | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Heath1 seat
| S. Baker | Liberal Democrats | 1,127 ✓ |
| J. Massey | Labour | 545 |
| K. Manning | Conservative | 247 |
Hough Green1 seat · turnout 21.7%
| W. Flynn | Labour | 1,181 ✓ |
| A. Mitchell | Conservative | 161 |
Mersey1 seat · turnout 25.9%
| D. Middlemass | Labour | 889 ✓ |
| S Abram | Liberal Democrats | 268 |
| Maureen Forsyth | Conservative | 134 |
Murdishaw1 seat
| S. McClure | Labour | 851 ✓ |
| A Dale | Liberal Democrats | 302 |
Norton1 seat · turnout 27.6%
| C. Loftus | Labour | 808 ✓ |
| H. Hodgett | Liberal Democrats | 676 |
Riverside1 seat · turnout 52.5%
| A. Millar | Labour | 982 ✓ |
| R. Guichard | Liberal Democrats | 816 ✓ |
| H. Baker | Labour | 369 |
| T. Collins | Conservative | 361 |
| D. Lloyd | Conservative | 100 |
