Before (end of 1999) (44 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 33 · Conservative 8 · Liberal Democrats 3 · Other 0
After (end of 2000) (44 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 24 · Conservative 16 · Liberal Democrats 4 · Other 0
Ward results
Alexandra2 seats · turnout 26.1%
| E. Collett | Labour | 470 ✓ |
| D Ferris | Labour | 446 ✓ |
| Tom Bell | Conservative | 408 |
| C Perry | Conservative | 350 |
| K. Coleman | Liberal Democrats | 338 |
| R Parr | Liberal Democrats | 286 |
| K Turner | Ind Con | 223 |
Anchorsholme2 seats · turnout 35.4%
| J Blake | Conservative | 756 ✓ |
| J. Bamborough | Liberal Democrats | 746 ✓ |
| D Macnaughton | Conservative | 727 |
| Seb Bate | Liberal Democrats | 684 |
| N. Holden | Labour | 576 |
| A Thomson | Labour | 557 |
Bispham2 seats · turnout 35.2%
| D. Clapham | Conservative | 1,290 ✓ |
| H. Mitchell | Conservative | 1,236 ✓ |
| M Bradley-Wilcox | Labour | 616 |
| D Clements | Labour | 570 |
Brunswick2 seats · turnout 16.6%
| M. Cresswell | Labour | 639 ✓ |
| G. Bancroft | Labour | 619 ✓ |
| J. Bradburn | Conservative | 375 |
Claremont2 seats · turnout 17.5%
| I. Taylor | Labour | 708 ✓ |
| Sylvia Taylor | Labour | 686 ✓ |
| K. Vincent | Conservative | 466 |
Clifton2 seats · turnout 18.6%
| J. Greenhalgh | Labour | 572 ✓ |
| M. Carr | Labour | 538 ✓ |
| A Stansfield | Conservative | 410 |
| J McIntosh | Conservative | 393 |
Foxhall2 seats · turnout 20.9%
| D. Holt | Liberal Democrats | 571 ✓ |
| F. Smith | Labour | 424 ✓ |
| J Finlay | Labour | 388 |
| M. McGuirk | Conservative | 278 |
| P Roscoe | Conservative | 275 |
Greenlands2 seats · turnout 27.2%
| M. Laye | Conservative | 634 ✓ |
| Kath Benson | Labour | 586 ✓ |
| G. Waterhouse | Conservative | 577 |
| S. Hill | Labour | 568 |
| B. Moy | Independent | 345 |
| R Humphreys | Independent | 215 |
Hawes Side2 seats · turnout 21.8%
| P. Carrington | Labour | 676 ✓ |
| Valerie Haynes | Labour | 614 ✓ |
| P. Carter | Conservative | 491 |
| R Jones | Conservative | 479 |
Highfield2 seats · turnout 30.4%
| S. Fowler | Conservative | 799 ✓ |
| L. Henderson | Conservative | 778 ✓ |
| Pauline Jackson | Labour | 684 |
| C Matthews | Labour | 651 |
| P. Wood | Liberal Democrats | 271 |
Ingthorpe2 seats · turnout 33.0%
| Kath Rowson | Labour | 964 ✓ |
| R. Lewis | Labour | 941 ✓ |
| K Sykes | Conservative | 890 |
| K Dyke | Conservative | 832 |
Layton2 seats · turnout 28.0%
| S. Wright | Labour | 872 ✓ |
| R. Fisher | Labour | 866 ✓ |
| G Phillips | Conservative | 578 |
| R Bell | Conservative | 570 |
Marton2 seats · turnout 36.0%
| W. Burgess | Conservative | 1,114 ✓ |
| M. Callow | Conservative | 1,085 ✓ |
| J. Boughton | Labour | 827 |
| C. Gradwell | Labour | 807 |
Norbreck2 seats · turnout 33.6%
| P. Callow | Conservative | 1,107 ✓ |
| I Dodd | Conservative | 1,053 ✓ |
| R Cooke | Labour | 596 |
| R Harrison | Labour | 566 |
| I Reynolds | Liberal Democrats | 151 |
| Janice Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 127 |
Park2 seats · turnout 15.1%
| L. Kersh | Labour | 625 ✓ |
| B Doherty | Labour | 604 ✓ |
| Sharon Sanderson-Roberts | Conservative | 376 |
Squires Gate2 seats · turnout 37.8%
| R. Wynne | Liberal Democrats | 1,150 ✓ |
| G. Wynne | Liberal Democrats | 1,092 ✓ |
| M. Gough | Conservative | 477 |
| C. Kinley | Conservative | 439 |
| G Coleman | Labour | 293 |
| H Ison | Labour | 245 |
Stanley2 seats · turnout 30.3%
| G. Heap | Conservative | 961 ✓ |
| P Evans | Conservative | 942 ✓ |
| E. Alcock | Labour | 528 |
| V Lund | Labour | 521 |
| K Aston-Cardwell | Liberal Democrats | 297 |
Talbot2 seats · turnout 24.2%
| Dunne P. | Labour | 554 ✓ |
| R. Hutchinson | Labour | 540 ✓ |
| J Herdman | Conservative | 523 |
| C. Wolf | Conservative | 507 |
Tyldesley2 seats · turnout 24.7%
| A. Matthews | Labour | 654 ✓ |
| N. Hardy | Labour | 636 ✓ |
| M. Stansfield | Conservative | 576 |
| M Hameed | Conservative | 544 |
Victoria2 seats · turnout 23.0%
| F. Jackson | Labour | 678 ✓ |
| D. Owen | Labour | 654 ✓ |
| M. Jones | Conservative | 426 |
| C Stansfield | Conservative | 418 |
Warbreck2 seats · turnout 30.6%
| J. Delves | Conservative | 689 ✓ |
| D. Brown | Conservative | 688 ✓ |
| B Cresswell | Labour | 491 |
| J Croysdill | Labour | 488 |
| K Benfold | Liberal Democrats | 297 |
| A. Heyworth | Independent | 282 |
| E. Dixon | Independent | 137 |
