Before (end of 1998) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 39 · Conservative 6 · Liberal Democrats 3 · Other 0
After (end of 1999) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 36 · Conservative 8 · Liberal Democrats 3 · Other 1
Ward results
Besses1 seat · turnout 21.4%
| D. Boden | Labour | 974 ✓ |
| M Roberts | Conservative | 319 |
| I. Hooley | Liberal Democrats | 153 |
East1 seat · turnout 21.4%
| T. Holt | Labour | 1,211 ✓ |
| R Thompson | Conservative | 305 |
| Janet Turner | Liberal Democrats | 146 |
Elton1 seat
| R Watts | Labour | 1,192 ✓ |
| G White | Conservative | 885 |
| G. Heath | Independent | 232 |
| R. Sloss | Liberal Democrats | 216 |
Holyrood1 seat · turnout 30.3%
| V D'Albert | Liberal Democrats | 1,466 ✓ |
| M. Whitby | Labour | 693 |
| K Laughton | Conservative | 339 |
Moorside1 seat · turnout 29.5%
| W. Ramsey | Labour | 1,221 ✓ |
| N Hamer | Conservative | 926 |
| P Dixon | Independent | 156 |
| W. Rohmann | Liberal Democrats | 134 |
Pilkington Park1 seat · turnout 25.8%
| P. Walker | Labour | 1,013 ✓ |
| C. Aaron | Conservative | 853 |
| N Bird | Liberal Democrats | 168 |
Radcliffe Central1 seat
| A. Isherwood | Labour | 1,601 ✓ |
| M. Halsall | Liberal Democrats | 684 |
| A. Bigg | Conservative | 320 |
Radcliffe North1 seat · turnout 28.4%
| E Briggs | Labour | 1,505 ✓ |
| D. Bigg | Conservative | 1,096 |
| D Bentley | Independent | 242 |
| G. Duffy | Liberal Democrats | 162 |
Radcliffe South1 seat
| A Watmough | Labour | 1,015 ✓ |
| P. Wright | Conservative | 668 |
| T. Tymczyna | Liberal Democrats | 191 |
Ramsbottom1 seat
| B Theckston | Conservative | 1,595 ✓ |
| A. Beckett | Labour | 1,563 |
| A. Graham | Independent | 256 |
| Foss D. | Liberal Democrats | 230 |
Redvales1 seat
| J. Smith | Labour | 1,436 ✓ |
| C Hall | Conservative | 428 |
| A Withington | Independent | 283 |
Sedgley1 seat · turnout 30.3%
| G. Campbell | Labour | 1,128 ✓ |
| Tim Pickstone | Liberal Democrats | 968 |
| Bryan Vincent | Conservative | 406 |
St. Mary's1 seat
| B Hope | Labour | 1,266 ✓ |
| N Singer | Conservative | 652 |
| Mary D'Albert | Liberal Democrats | 513 |
St. Marys1 seat
| B. Hope | Labour | 1,266 |
| N. Singer | Conservative | 652 |
| Mary D'Albert | Liberal Democrats | 513 |
Tottington1 seat · turnout 30.0%
| Johnson W. | Conservative | 1,795 ✓ |
| E. Melia | Labour | 911 |
| Martin Robinson-Dowland | Liberal Democrats | 295 |
Unsworth1 seat
| S. Mason | Labour | 1,206 ✓ |
| S. Cohen | Conservative | 811 |
| M Prescott | Independent | 234 |
| G. Young | Liberal Democrats | 154 |
