Before (end of 1995) (99 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 83 · Liberal Democrats 14 · Conservative 2 · Other 0
After (end of 1996) (99 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 84 · Liberal Democrats 15 · Conservative 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Ardwick1 seat · turnout 16.4%
| T O'Callaghan | Labour | 1,054 ✓ |
| D. Gray | Liberal Democrats | 144 |
| J Davenport | Conservative | 133 |
| B Bingham | Green | 46 |
Baguley1 seat · turnout 22.9%
| A. Burns | Labour | 1,468 ✓ |
| Tim Roberts | Conservative | 307 |
| C. Hall | Liberal Democrats | 152 |
| H. Berry | FAN | 53 |
Barlow Moor1 seat · turnout 31.2%
| S Wheale | Liberal Democrats | 1,570 ✓ |
| V. Dunn | Labour | 1,339 |
| B. Moore | Conservative | 229 |
| A. Kulpa | Green | 100 |
Benchill1 seat · turnout 17.0%
| V. Myers | Labour | 1,037 ✓ |
| J. Redmond | Liberal Democrats | 124 |
| C. Roberts | Conservative | 101 |
| T. Jeffries | MILT Lab | 72 |
Beswick and Clayton1 seat · turnout 29.2%
| R Clayton | Liberal Democrats | 1,133 ✓ |
| J. Flanagan | Labour | 1,091 |
| K Corcoran | Independent | 73 |
| J. Leach | Conservative | 70 |
Blackley2 seats · turnout 21.9%
| K. Barnes | Labour | 1,573 ✓ |
| H Lyons | Labour | 1,317 ✓ |
| H Coombes | Conservative | 322 |
| Matthews P. | Liberal Democrats | 267 |
| C. Connell | Independent | 231 |
| G Shaw | Liberal Democrats | 124 |
| R Maile | Green | 84 |
Bradford1 seat · turnout 19.0%
| Peter Kelly | Labour | 1,152 ✓ |
| S. Kennedy | Liberal Democrats | 212 |
| E. Stars | Conservative | 98 |
| E Brown | Green | 50 |
Brooklands1 seat · turnout 28.6%
| S. Cooley | Labour | 1,552 ✓ |
| H. Cummins | Conservative | 672 |
| A McGarr | Liberal Democrats | 182 |
| J. Hamilton | FAN | 35 |
Burnage1 seat · turnout 28.0%
| K. Robinson | Labour | 1,834 ✓ |
| J Parkinson | Liberal Democrats | 434 |
| C. Brown | Conservative | 415 |
| C. Mumford | FAN | 63 |
Central1 seat · turnout 16.2%
| G. Conquest | Labour | 975 ✓ |
| A. Hodkinson | Conservative | 150 |
| W Tew | Liberal Democrats | 109 |
| L. Maile | Green | 21 |
Charlestown1 seat · turnout 23.8%
| M Hackett | Labour | 1,635 ✓ |
| C. Saunders | Conservative | 266 |
| V. Towers | Liberal Democrats | 200 |
| H Baker | FAN | 44 |
Cheetham1 seat · turnout 23.2%
| C Olaniyan | Labour | 1,697 ✓ |
| R Wilson | LIB | 215 |
| G Epps | Liberal Democrats | 130 |
| C. Frisby | FAN | 118 |
Chorlton1 seat · turnout 36.0%
| M. Humphreys | Labour | 2,796 ✓ |
| M Cleall-Hill | Conservative | 734 |
| Helen Fisher | Liberal Democrats | 309 |
| Candeland B. | Green | 269 |
Crumpsall1 seat · turnout 28.9%
| Leese R.. | Labour | 1,913 ✓ |
| T. Skorsewski | Conservative | 398 |
| J. Spurway | Liberal Democrats | 201 |
| J Riemer | FAN | 65 |
Didsbury1 seat · turnout 42.4%
| P. Smyth | Labour | 1,834 ✓ |
| P. Hilton | Conservative | 1,559 |
| D. Sandiford | Liberal Democrats | 1,352 |
| K. Harkavy | FAN | 62 |
Fallowfield1 seat · turnout 20.1%
| D Royle | Labour | 1,584 ✓ |
| S. Davenport | Conservative | 306 |
| J Graham | Liberal Democrats | 235 |
| M Daw | Green | 142 |
Gorton North1 seat · turnout 33.7%
| Donaldson I. | Liberal Democrats | 1,795 ✓ |
| W. Egerton | Labour | 1,466 |
| M Higginbottom | Conservative | 155 |
| M Jarman | FAN | 23 |
Gorton South1 seat · turnout 32.3%
| S. Ashley | Liberal Democrats | 1,733 ✓ |
| B. Whitehead | Labour | 1,167 |
| D Davenport | Conservative | 90 |
| A. Salter | Green | 34 |
Harpurhey1 seat · turnout 20.5%
| G. Stringer | Labour | 1,176 ✓ |
| L Dyke | Liberal Democrats | 192 |
| D. Keller | Conservative | 150 |
| C Maile | Green | 104 |
Hulme1 seat · turnout 17.3%
| K Rowswell | Labour | 708 ✓ |
| R Goater | Green | 75 |
| Sam Oliver | Liberal Democrats | 72 |
| P Kierman | Conservative | 69 |
| C Lyn-Lloyd | Independent | 33 |
Levenshulme1 seat · turnout 32.5%
| J. Commons | Liberal Democrats | 1,908 ✓ |
| Z Mir | Labour | 1,149 |
| P Mostyn | Conservative | 142 |
| A Mohamood | Green | 107 |
| A. Howie | COMM | 32 |
Lightbowne1 seat · turnout 25.8%
| W. Risby | Labour | 1,757 ✓ |
| M. Steadman | Conservative | 315 |
| D Gordon | Liberal Democrats | 186 |
| P Maile | Green | 60 |
Longsight1 seat · turnout 27.2%
| Akhtar Siddique M | Labour | 1,520 ✓ |
| M Naqui | Conservative | 788 |
| A. Chowdhury | Liberal Democrats | 414 |
| S Fitz-Gibbon | Green | 293 |
| M. Middleton | Ind Lab | 225 |
Moss Side1 seat · turnout 20.6%
| V. Young | Labour | 1,437 ✓ |
| R. Powell | Liberal Democrats | 139 |
| Mary Barnes | Conservative | 137 |
| L. Fogarty | Green | 95 |
Moston1 seat · turnout 25.0%
| P Mullin | Labour | 1,762 ✓ |
| G Skorzewski | Conservative | 368 |
| H Tooty | Liberal Democrats | 269 |
| R Conibere | FAN | 18 |
Newton Heath1 seat · turnout 19.8%
| J. Smith | Labour | 1,349 ✓ |
| E. Fisher | Conservative | 169 |
| C Turner | Liberal Democrats | 118 |
| P. Brown | Green | 47 |
Northenden1 seat · turnout 27.6%
| S. Bracegirdle | Labour | 1,816 ✓ |
| K McKenna | Conservative | 476 |
| R. Axtell | Liberal Democrats | 226 |
| L Crookes | Green | 113 |
Old Moat1 seat · turnout 27.1%
| Harrison B. | Labour | 2,126 ✓ |
| G Betton | Conservative | 433 |
| Y. Zalzala | Liberal Democrats | 324 |
| T. Romagnuolo | Green | 196 |
| J. White | MILT Lab | 94 |
Rusholme1 seat · turnout 22.2%
| Y. Mambu | Labour | 1,224 ✓ |
| S Ahmad | Liberal Democrats | 732 |
| M. Manning | MILT Lab | 239 |
| D. Bunting | Conservative | 232 |
| T Rigby | COMM | 23 |
Sharston1 seat · turnout 22.9%
| G. Berry | Labour | 1,298 ✓ |
| R Caddick | Conservative | 186 |
| S Toole | Liberal Democrats | 180 |
| Pete Johnson | Green | 50 |
Whalley Range1 seat · turnout 30.5%
| K. Fry | Labour | 1,755 ✓ |
| Richard West | Conservative | 657 |
| J. Leech | Liberal Democrats | 338 |
| Mary Candeland | Green | 164 |
Withington1 seat · turnout 37.3%
| Alison Firth | Liberal Democrats | 2,187 ✓ |
| Jill Green | Labour | 1,532 |
| J Callaghan | Conservative | 249 |
| B Ekbery | FAN | 142 |
Woodhouse Park2 seats · turnout 18.4%
| Collins L. | Labour | 1,142 ✓ |
| P. Andrews | Labour | 1,103 ✓ |
| W. Fisher | Liberal Democrats | 186 |
| Harrison R. | Liberal Democrats | 178 |
| G Lawson | Green | 161 |
| L. Maguire | Conservative | 136 |
