Before (end of 1997) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 57 · Liberal Democrats 3 · Conservative 0 · Other 0
After (end of 1998) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 57 · Liberal Democrats 3 · Conservative 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Barton1 seat · turnout 18.1%
| R. Carter | Labour | 1,100 ✓ |
| R. Brook | Conservative | 179 |
| David Allan Cowpe | Liberal Democrats | 144 |
Blackfriars1 seat
| J. Murphy | Labour | 622 ✓ |
| Susan Carson | Liberal Democrats | 107 |
| Wendy Powell | Conservative | 61 |
Broughton1 seat · turnout 17.5%
| John Merry | Labour | 818 ✓ |
| R. Marshall | Conservative | 141 |
| S. Wallace | Liberal Democrats | 132 |
Claremont1 seat
| P. Grimshaw | Labour | 995 ✓ |
| N. Owen | Liberal Democrats | 774 |
| G Herrick | Conservative | 369 |
Eccles1 seat
| C. Johnson | Labour | 1,163 ✓ |
| J Marshall | Conservative | 410 |
| G Bates | Liberal Democrats | 335 |
Irlam1 seat
| J. Kean | Labour | 1,128 ✓ |
| Julie Wenham | Liberal Democrats | 276 |
Kersal1 seat
| P. Connor | Labour | 1,321 ✓ |
| R. Heron | Conservative | 474 |
| Lynn Drake | Liberal Democrats | 130 |
Langworthy1 seat
| A. Salmon | Labour | 723 ✓ |
| B. Carson | Liberal Democrats | 122 |
| J Copeland | Independent | 95 |
| I Matthews | Conservative | 66 |
Little Hulton2 seats
| Doris Fernandez | Labour | 859 ✓ |
| M. Wordsworth | Labour | 755 ✓ |
| D Stirrup | Conservative | 226 |
| R McHale | Conservative | 209 |
| Y. Dippnall | Liberal Democrats | 117 |
| E Dippnall | Liberal Democrats | 109 |
Ordsall1 seat
| S. Turner | Labour | 486 ✓ |
| N Ratcliffe | Liberal Democrats | 50 |
| D. Mitchell | Conservative | 48 |
Pendlebury1 seat
| Barry Warner | Labour | 1,466 ✓ |
| Marjorie Weston | Conservative | 300 |
| C. Kay | Liberal Democrats | 244 |
Swinton North1 seat
| D. Antrobus | Labour | 1,209 ✓ |
| N. Levay | Conservative | 301 |
| N. Richards | Liberal Democrats | 245 |
Swinton South1 seat
| K. Mann | Labour | 997 ✓ |
| Christine Upton | Conservative | 627 |
| P. Gregory | Liberal Democrats | 339 |
Walkden South1 seat
| Valerie Burgoyne | Labour | 1,296 ✓ |
| J. Mosley | Conservative | 582 |
| A McDermott | Liberal Democrats | 490 |
Weaste & Seedley1 seat
| N Rogers | Liberal Democrats | 387 |
| S. Cooper | Conservative | 345 |
Weaste and Seedley1 seat
| A. Ullman | Labour | 944 ✓ |
| N Rogers | Liberal Democrats | 387 |
| S. Cooper | Conservative | 345 |
Winton1 seat
| V. Prior | Labour | 1,113 ✓ |
| P. Kershaw | Conservative | 267 |
| W Wain | Liberal Democrats | 221 |
Worsley & Boothstown1 seat
| R. Boyd | Liberal Democrats | 1,820 ✓ |
| Karen Garrido | Conservative | 902 |
| E. Burgoyne | Labour | 557 |