Before (end of 1999) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 31 · Conservative 9 · Liberal Democrats 6 · Other 2
After (end of 2000) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 24 · Conservative 15 · Liberal Democrats 7 · Other 2
Ward results
Adlington1 seat · turnout 24.3%
| June Molyneaux | Labour | 568 ✓ |
| M. Morris | Conservative | 361 |
| S. Donohue | Liberal Democrats | 132 |
Anderton Heath Charnock & Rivington1 seat · turnout 37.9%
| P. Haughton | Conservative | 495 ✓ |
| M. Davies | Labour | 398 |
| W. Foster | Liberal Democrats | 146 |
Brindle and Hoghton1 seat · turnout 35.7%
| D. Dickinson | Conservative | 410 ✓ |
| G. Charlesworth | Liberal Democrats | 66 |
| S Turner | Labour | 62 |
Charnock Richard1 seat · turnout 39.3%
| Heaton H. | Conservative | 444 ✓ |
| Pete Lowe | Labour | 108 |
| M. Parkinson | Liberal Democrats | 49 |
Chorley East1 seat · turnout 19.8%
| P. Wilson | Labour | 502 ✓ |
| S. Bora | Conservative | 266 |
| S. Holland | Liberal Democrats | 68 |
Chorley North East1 seat · turnout 19.8%
| K. Lowe | Labour | 440 ✓ |
| C Goldsby | Conservative | 304 |
| M. Porter | Liberal Democrats | 84 |
Chorley North West1 seat · turnout 35.8%
| P. Malpas | Conservative | 964 ✓ |
| R Crabtree | Labour | 662 |
| L. Norman | Liberal Democrats | 214 |
Chorley South East1 seat · turnout 27.3%
| C Snow | Labour | 595 ✓ |
| E Baxendale | Conservative | 386 |
| D Porter | Liberal Democrats | 108 |
Chorley South West1 seat · turnout 17.2%
| R. Parr | Labour | 513 ✓ |
| L Longton | Conservative | 264 |
| L. Eubank | Liberal Democrats | 120 |
Chorley West1 seat · turnout 42.7%
| R. Snape | Independent | 1,561 ✓ |
| J. Cocking | Labour | 145 |
| Parkinson S. | Conservative | 77 |
Clayton-Le-Woods East2 seats · turnout 25.7%
| P Buckley | Liberal Democrats | 792 ✓ |
| W Mellor | Liberal Democrats | 781 ✓ |
| R Livesey | Conservative | 733 |
| J Meredith | Conservative | 718 |
| D. Bland | Labour | 492 |
| E Murphy | Labour | 461 |
Eccleston & Heskin1 seat · turnout 33.0%
| E Forshaw | Labour | 726 ✓ |
| B. Twist | Conservative | 668 |
Euxton South1 seat · turnout 35.8%
| P Goldsworthy | Conservative | 585 ✓ |
| M. Davies | Labour | 559 |
| R Rackham | Liberal Democrats | 66 |
Lostock1 seat · turnout 29.3%
| Doreen Dickinson | Conservative | 627 ✓ |
| D Lloyd | Labour | 347 |
