Before (end of 1998) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 57 · Liberal Democrats 3 · Conservative 0 · Other 0
After (end of 1999) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 56 · Liberal Democrats 4 · Conservative 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Blackfriars1 seat
| B. Wallsworth | Labour | 694 ✓ |
| B. Carson | Liberal Democrats | 229 |
Broughton1 seat
| B. Murphy | Labour | 955 ✓ |
| S. Wallace | Liberal Democrats | 279 |
Eccles1 seat
| Margaret Morris | Labour | 1,259 ✓ |
| M. Edwards | Conservative | 618 |
| Sara Bradbury | Liberal Democrats | 359 |
Irlam1 seat
| J. Jones | Labour | 1,112 ✓ |
| Elizabeth Hill | Conservative | 522 |
| Julie Wenham | Liberal Democrats | 167 |
Langworthy1 seat
| A. Leaston | Labour | 654 ✓ |
| E. Rogers | Liberal Democrats | 308 |
Little Hulton1 seat
| M. Wordsworth | Labour | 963 ✓ |
| R McHale | Conservative | 209 |
| E Dippnall | Liberal Democrats | 151 |
Pendlebury1 seat
| E. Burgoyne | Labour | 1,566 ✓ |
| Marjorie Weston | Conservative | 310 |
| Valerie Gregory | Liberal Democrats | 308 |
Swinton North1 seat
| J. Dawson | Labour | 1,333 ✓ |
| N. Levay | Conservative | 381 |
| N. Richards | Liberal Democrats | 240 |
| R Polack | Independent | 62 |
Swinton South1 seat
| David Daniels | Labour | 1,197 ✓ |
| Christine Upton | Conservative | 736 |
| P. Gregory | Liberal Democrats | 366 |
Walkden South1 seat
| A. Judge | Labour | 1,424 ✓ |
| J. Mosley | Conservative | 642 |
| D. Cowpe | Liberal Democrats | 563 |
Weaste & Seedley1 seat
| N Rogers | Liberal Democrats | 374 |
| Wendy Powell | Conservative | 254 |
Weaste and Seedley1 seat
| A. Clague | Labour | 1,014 ✓ |
| N Rogers | Liberal Democrats | 374 |
| Wendy Powell | Conservative | 254 |
Winton1 seat
| D. Lancaster | Labour | 1,295 ✓ |
| Susan Carson | Liberal Democrats | 610 |
Worsley & Boothstown1 seat
| Alison Holt | Liberal Democrats | 1,720 ✓ |
| Karen Garrido | Conservative | 1,306 |
| R Carney | Labour | 642 |