Before (end of 2000) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 43 · Liberal Democrats 13 · Conservative 4 · Other 0
After (end of 2001) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 43 · Liberal Democrats 13 · Conservative 4 · Other 0
Ward results
Appleton1 seat · turnout 68.0%
| B. Axcell | Liberal Democrats | 3,238 |
| J Caldwell | Conservative | 1,569 |
| A. Williams | Labour | 658 |
Bewsey and Whitecross1 seat
| P Wright | Labour | 2,479 ✓ |
| Denise Proctor | Liberal Democrats | 473 |
| P Williams | Conservative | 457 |
Birchwood East1 seat · turnout 52.6%
| P Ross | Labour | 1,408 |
| C. Rankin | Conservative | 561 |
| A Mee | Liberal Democrats | 392 |
Birchwood West1 seat · turnout 44.5%
| C Fitzsimmons | Labour | 1,363 |
| D. Longstaff | Conservative | 625 |
| K. Bland | Conservative | 2,600 |
| P. Edwards | Labour | 1,701 |
| C. Cummerson | Liberal Democrats | 908 |
Fairfied & Howley1 seat · turnout 48.8%
| M. Hughes | Labour | 2,439 |
| C. Curbishley | Liberal Democrats | 627 |
| Williams B. | Conservative | 501 |
| P Beattie | Independent | 227 |
Grappenhall and Thelwall1 seat · turnout 66.8%
| E. Lafferty | Liberal Democrats | 3,159 |
| G Pearce | Conservative | 952 |
| R Fletcher | Labour | 831 |
Great Sankey South1 seat · turnout 57.2%
| S. Sultana | Labour | 2,496 |
| M. Davidson | Conservative | 1,118 |
| C Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 843 |
Latchford1 seat
| M. Creaghan | Labour | 1,856 ✓ |
| Graham Welborn | Liberal Democrats | 1,530 |
| G. Madeley | Conservative | 495 |
| C. White | Independent | 41 |
Lymm1 seat · turnout 66.6%
| S. Woodyatt | Conservative | 2,820 |
| T. Harwood | Liberal Democrats | 1,812 |
| Maureen McLaughlin | Labour | 952 |
Penketh and Cuerdley2 seats
| G. Warburton | Labour | 2,562 ✓ |
| D Keane | Labour | 2,060 ✓ |
| Teresa Aldred | Conservative | 1,334 |
| M. Usher | Conservative | 1,303 |
| D Goulden | Liberal Democrats | 884 |
| D Earl | Liberal Democrats | 609 |
Poulton North1 seat · turnout 68.4%
| A. Clemow | Labour | 2,046 |
| J. Leslie | Conservative | 664 |
| C Dean-Young | Liberal Democrats | 561 |
| S. Wilson | Independent | 118 |
Poulton South1 seat · turnout 58.3%
| C. Froggatt | Labour | 2,509 |
| Luke Houghton | Conservative | 1,014 |
| G Hill | Liberal Democrats | 532 |
Rixton and Woolston1 seat
| M. Banner | Labour | 2,442 ✓ |
| A Freeman | Conservative | 1,125 |
| M Leslie | Liberal Democrats | 665 |
Stockton Heath1 seat · turnout 64.7%
| Carl Jordan | Liberal Democrats | 1,578 |
| Sonia Wendy Boggan | Conservative | 861 |
| J. Melville | Labour | 818 |
Westy1 seat · turnout 52.4%
| A Maher | Labour | 1,735 |
| M Latham | Conservative | 320 |
| Johnson B. | Liberal Democrats | 285 |
