Before (end of 1999) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 35 · Liberal Democrats 19 · Conservative 6 · Other 0
After (end of 2000) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 31 · Liberal Democrats 21 · Conservative 8 · Other 0
Ward results
Balderstone1 seat · turnout 26.1%
| I Duckworth | Conservative | 888 |
| A. Robinson | Labour | 814 |
| J. Sawle | Liberal Democrats | 217 |
Brimrod & Deeplish1 seat · turnout 32.2%
| A. Coric | Liberal Democrats | 1,118 ✓ |
| P. Needham | Labour | 708 |
| L. Butler | Conservative | 179 |
Brimrod and Deeplish1 seat
| Angela Coric | Liberal Democrats | 1,118 |
| P. Needham | Labour | 708 |
| L. Butler | Conservative | 179 |
Castleton1 seat · turnout 32.8%
| P. Davison | Liberal Democrats | 1,261 |
| Jean Gladys Hornby | Labour | 1,026 |
| R. Butler | Conservative | 228 |
Central and Falinge1 seat · turnout 31.4%
| S. Ali | Labour | 1,385 |
| J. Wright | Liberal Democrats | 996 |
Healey1 seat · turnout 31.0%
| B Ashworth | Liberal Democrats | 1,136 |
| J. Leach | Conservative | 912 |
| S. Singh Biant | Labour | 909 |
Heywood North1 seat
| Barry Owen | Labour | 946 ✓ |
| A. Tranter | Conservative | 453 |
| P Hulme | Liberal Democrats | 194 |
Heywood South1 seat
| Susan Emmott | Labour | 1,102 ✓ |
| W. Hobhouse | Conservative | 768 |
| J. Leece | Liberal Democrats | 209 |
Heywood West1 seat
| Jacqueline Beswick | Labour | 626 ✓ |
| J. Holt | Conservative | 378 |
| J. Oldham | Liberal Democrats | 111 |
Littleborough1 seat · turnout 26.4%
| K. Clarke | Liberal Democrats | 973 |
| P. Lord | Conservative | 670 |
| E. Wroe | Independent | 433 |
| J. Taylor | Labour | 373 |
Middleton Central1 seat
| P Dawson | Labour | 659 ✓ |
| N. Lee | Conservative | 357 |
| A. Heaford | Liberal Democrats | 217 |
Middleton East1 seat
| J Moran | Labour | 826 ✓ |
| M. Welsby | Liberal Democrats | 596 |
| M. Watson | Conservative | 369 |
| C. West | CDem | 34 |
Middleton North1 seat
| Alan Godson | Labour | 665 ✓ |
| W. Wilson | Independent | 452 |
| S. Ramplin | Conservative | 408 |
| S. Haynes | Liberal Democrats | 144 |
Middleton South1 seat
| V. Mannion | Conservative | 1,321 ✓ |
| C. Geddes | Labour | 1,188 |
| A. Anderson | Liberal Democrats | 230 |
Middleton West1 seat · turnout 18.4%
| R. Parker | Labour | 544 |
| W. Harrow | Conservative | 217 |
| A Coogan | Liberal Democrats | 118 |
Milnrow1 seat · turnout 21.5%
| Swift J. | Liberal Democrats | 972 |
| A. Marsh | Conservative | 478 |
| P. Denison | Labour | 439 |
Newbold1 seat
| L. Brosnan | Labour | 1,285 ✓ |
| C. Akram | Liberal Democrats | 552 |
| M. Butler | Conservative | 214 |
| M. Yousaf | Independent | 165 |
Norden and Bamford1 seat · turnout 29.9%
| R. Giffin | Conservative | 1,366 |
| P. Oldham | Liberal Democrats | 1,038 |
| P. Galvin | Labour | 484 |
Smallbridge and Wardleworth1 seat · turnout 33.3%
| K. Ali Ahmed | Liberal Democrats | 1,781 |
| D. Cronshaw | Labour | 1,218 |
Wardle1 seat
| N. Garside | Conservative | 1,087 ✓ |
| J. Ashworth | Liberal Democrats | 759 |
| P. Mann | Labour | 273 |