Before (end of 1999) (72 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 70 · Liberal Democrats 2 · Conservative 0 · Other 0
After (end of 2000) (72 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 69 · Liberal Democrats 2 · Conservative 1 · Other 0
Ward results
Abram1 seat · turnout 12.4%
| A. Bennett | Labour | 769 |
| M Parr | Conservative | 348 |
Ashton-Golbourne1 seat · turnout 15.7%
| N. Ash | Labour | 1,065 |
| R Rees | Conservative | 588 |
Aspull-Standish1 seat · turnout 21.4%
| C Ready | Labour | 1,256 |
| T Peet | Conservative | 671 |
| J. Beswick | Liberal Democrats | 493 |
| D. Schanzl | EIE | 82 |
Atherton1 seat · turnout 20.3%
| J. Clarke | Labour | 1,108 |
| C. Thomson | Liberal Democrats | 363 |
| R. Oxley | Conservative | 276 |
Bedford-Astley1 seat · turnout 26.8%
| Charles Rigby | Labour | 1,230 |
| N Dugmore | Conservative | 656 |
| F. Graham | Liberal Democrats | 281 |
| L. Maile | EIE | 94 |
Beech Hill1 seat · turnout 26.1%
| T. Halliwell | Labour | 1,286 |
| T Beswick | Liberal Democrats | 918 |
| J. Pietre | Conservative | 130 |
Bryn1 seat · turnout 17.3%
| M. Millington | Labour | 1,178 |
| Marion Green | Conservative | 518 |
Hindley1 seat · turnout 17.5%
| A. Robinson | Labour | 877 |
| B. Worthington | Independent | 683 |
| S. Isherwood | Conservative | 210 |
Hindley Green1 seat · turnout 16.0%
| Sue Murphy | Labour | 843 |
| J Vickers | Independent | 566 |
| Ann Davies | Conservative | 331 |
Hindsford1 seat · turnout 23.7%
| G. Lingings | Liberal Democrats | 1,163 |
| M. Aldred | Labour | 1,107 |
| D. Angell | Conservative | 124 |
| T. Norris | Independent | 108 |
Hope Carr1 seat · turnout 23.7%
| L. Liptrot | Labour | 946 |
| A Oxley | Conservative | 672 |
| P. Hough | Liberal Democrats | 511 |
| C. Maile | EIE | 289 |
Langtree1 seat · turnout 20.2%
| D. Brown | Labour | 1,129 |
| Jean Margaret Peet | Conservative | 789 |
| H. Wagner | Liberal Democrats | 438 |
Leigh Central1 seat
| Thomas K . Ms. | Labour | 877 ✓ |
| N Isherwood | Conservative | 372 |
Leigh East1 seat · turnout 15.0%
| B Jarvis | Labour | 877 |
| J Sumner | Independent | 416 |
| D. Davies | Conservative | 309 |
Newtown1 seat · turnout 13.0%
| M. Coghlin | Labour | 758 |
| M. McGowan | Liberal Democrats | 250 |
| N. Bird | EIE | 92 |
Norley2 seats
| Barbara Bourne | Labour | 0 |
Orrell1 seat · turnout 21.3%
| Marie Winstanley | Conservative | 1,003 |
| E. Swift | Labour | 940 |
Swinley1 seat · turnout 26.5%
| G Walsh | Labour | 1,020 |
| J Davies | Conservative | 934 |
| A Robinson | Liberal Democrats | 272 |
| D. Saunders | EIE | 34 |
Tyldesley East1 seat · turnout 15.4%
| A. Stephenson | Labour | 1,023 |
| C. Jones | Liberal Democrats | 592 |
| A. Vickers | Independent | 183 |
Winstanley1 seat · turnout 25.4%
| Rona Winkworth | Labour | 2,059 |
| J. Cartwright | Conservative | 1,094 |
Worsley Mesnes1 seat · turnout 13.1%
| W. Brogan | Labour | 861 |
| T Sutton | Conservative | 376 |
