Before (end of 1999) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 41 · Conservative 10 · Liberal Democrats 9 · Other 0
After (end of 2000) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 34 · Conservative 15 · Liberal Democrats 11 · Other 0
Ward results
Astley Bridge1 seat
| Hilary Fairclough | Conservative | 2,091 ✓ |
| Hynes S. | Labour | 892 |
| C. McPherson | Liberal Democrats | 280 |
Blackrod1 seat
| J. Barrow | Conservative | 1,055 ✓ |
| J Lavin | Labour | 923 |
| I. Hamilton | Liberal Democrats | 714 |
Bradshaw1 seat
| Diana Brierley | Conservative | 1,911 ✓ |
| C Whitby | Labour | 975 |
| S. Howarth | Liberal Democrats | 416 |
Breightmet1 seat
| J. Byrne | Labour | 1,065 ✓ |
| R. Elliott | Conservative | 884 |
| P. Howarth | Liberal Democrats | 212 |
Bromley Cross1 seat
| N. Critchley | Conservative | 2,870 ✓ |
| A. Terribile | Labour | 1,325 |
| S. Ball | Liberal Democrats | 794 |
Burnden1 seat
| D. Eastwood | Labour | 1,050 ✓ |
| Mary Woodward | Conservative | 545 |
| D. Connor | Liberal Democrats | 272 |
| D. Entwistle | SOC LAB | 80 |
Central1 seat
| R. Howarth | Labour | 1,039 ✓ |
| Falak Ahmed | Conservative | 932 |
| Mary Eidlow | Liberal Democrats | 142 |
| Lynne Lowe | SOC LAB | 54 |
Daubhill1 seat
| T. Anderton | Labour | 984 ✓ |
| W Southern | Conservative | 638 |
| L. Greensitt | Liberal Democrats | 251 |
Deane-cum-Heaton1 seat
| Rushton F. | Conservative | 2,355 ✓ |
| J Woodrow | Labour | 993 |
| Cooper D. | Liberal Democrats | 563 |
Derby1 seat
| A. Hussain | Conservative | 1,317 |
| J. Foster | Labour | 1,243 |
| Sara McGeehan | Liberal Democrats | 109 |
| A. Entwistle | SOC LAB | 91 |
Farnworth1 seat
| A. Spencer | Labour | 1,345 ✓ |
| J. Cottam | Conservative | 536 |
| E Bell | Liberal Democrats | 371 |
| W. Kelly | SOC LAB | 153 |
Halliwell1 seat
| Linda Thomas | Labour | 1,053 ✓ |
| J. Coombs | Conservative | 737 |
| Adele Warren | Liberal Democrats | 236 |
| H. Broadbent | SOC LAB | 102 |
| Alwynne Ann Cartmell | Green | 63 |
Harper Green1 seat
| Margaret Clare | Labour | 865 ✓ |
| R. Tyler | Conservative | 492 |
| Wendy Connor | Liberal Democrats | 184 |
| W. Kelly | SOC LAB | 75 |
Horwich1 seat
| Barbara Ronson | Liberal Democrats | 1,884 ✓ |
| B. Sharples | Labour | 725 |
| P. Baxendale | Conservative | 696 |
Hulton Park1 seat
| A. Walsh | Conservative | 1,391 ✓ |
| J Cronnelley | Liberal Democrats | 953 |
| Joyce Kellett | Labour | 949 |
Kearsley1 seat
| Margaret Rothwell | Liberal Democrats | 1,257 ✓ |
| D. Burrows | Labour | 854 |
| Sheila Kesler | Conservative | 229 |
Little Lever1 seat
| Maureen Connell | Labour | 1,103 ✓ |
| J. Tyler | Conservative | 1,078 |
| W. Crook | Liberal Democrats | 276 |
Smithills1 seat
| Carole Swarbrick | Liberal Democrats | 2,278 ✓ |
| D. Bagnall | Conservative | 723 |
| A. Zaman | Labour | 538 |
Tonge1 seat
| Nick Peel | Labour | 1,021 ✓ |
| J MacLaren-Whibley | Conservative | 557 |
| P. Perry | Ind Lab | 367 |
| M. Langdon | Liberal Democrats | 152 |
Westhoughton1 seat
| J Ainscough | Liberal Democrats | 1,037 ✓ |
| T. Fitzpatrick | Labour | 679 |
| S. Wallen | Conservative | 285 |