Before (end of 2001) (47 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 31 · Labour 16 · Other 0 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 2002) (35 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 18 · Conservative 17 · Liberal Democrats 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Altham2 seats · turnout 30.9%
| David Myles | Labour | 583 ✓ |
| Miles Parkinson | Labour | 577 ✓ |
| Janet Storey | Conservative | 449 |
| Alison Gabryszak | Conservative | 447 |
Barnfield2 seats
| Anthony Dobson | Conservative | 625 ✓ |
| Wendy Dwyer | Labour | 614 ✓ |
| Derek Scholes | Conservative | 582 |
| Stephen Walsh | Labour | 534 |
Baxenden2 seats · turnout 34.9%
| John Griffiths | Conservative | 808 ✓ |
| James Dickinson | Conservative | 807 ✓ |
| Ian Mason | Labour | 412 |
| Anne Ormerod | Labour | 367 |
Central2 seats
| Sardar Ali | Labour | 720 ✓ |
| Siddique Kazi | Conservative | 686 ✓ |
| Abdul Khan | Labour | 657 |
| Alma Pilkington | Conservative | 542 |
Church2 seats
| Jean Battle | Labour | 788 ✓ |
| John Broadley | Labour | 771 ✓ |
| Emma Hogan | Conservative | 450 |
| Marion Raynor | Conservative | 434 |
Clayton-Le-Moors2 seats
| Timothy O'Kane | Labour | 569 ✓ |
| Jennifer Burke-Davies | Labour | 510 ✓ |
| Angela Christine Taylor | Conservative | 478 |
| Michael Thomas Taylor | Conservative | 476 |
| John Cooper | Independent | 377 |
Huncoat2 seats · turnout 33.8%
| Dave Parkins | Labour | 859 ✓ |
| Brendan Shiel | Labour | 678 ✓ |
| Patricia Scholes | Conservative | 326 |
| Elsbeth Mills | Conservative | 326 |
Immanuel2 seats
| Sandra Hayes | Conservative | 644 ✓ |
| Jean Lockwood | Conservative | 597 ✓ |
| Edwina McCormack | Labour | 575 |
| Dennis Baron | Labour | 541 |
Milnshaw2 seats
| Ian Ormerod | Labour | 805 ✓ |
| Mark Pritchard | Labour | 726 ✓ |
| Gordon Mills | Conservative | 637 |
| Paul Travis | Conservative | 612 |
Netherton2 seats · turnout 35.5%
| Mohamed Rahman | Labour | 684 ✓ |
| Susan Shorrock | Labour | 601 ✓ |
| Keith Hargreaves | Conservative | 551 |
| Adele Atkinson | Conservative | 539 |
Overton3 seats
| Winifred Frankland | Conservative | 963 ✓ |
| Peter Clarke | Conservative | 936 ✓ |
| Debbie Mason | Conservative | 880 ✓ |
| George Slynn | Labour | 698 |
| William Whitaker | Labour | 684 |
| Brenda Haworth | Labour | 638 |
Peel2 seats
| Bernard Dawson | Labour | 601 ✓ |
| Gareth Glyn Jones | Labour | 569 ✓ |
| John Philip Cunliffe | Conservative | 295 |
| Derek Barden | Conservative | 272 |
Rishton3 seats · turnout 31.4%
| June Butler | Conservative | 1,026 ✓ |
| Anne Scaife | Conservative | 881 ✓ |
| Stanley Horne | Conservative | 813 ✓ |
| Winifred Jackson | Labour | 734 |
| Gerald Newton | Labour | 693 |
| Frances Molloy | Labour | 663 |
Spring Hill2 seats
| Pamela Barton | Labour | 696 ✓ |
| Edith Dunston | Labour | 649 ✓ |
| Peter Barton | Conservative | 401 |
| Asima Qayyum | Conservative | 398 |
St Andrew's3 seats
| Julie Young | Labour | 851 ✓ |
| Donald Quinn | Labour | 818 ✓ |
| Tim Young | Labour | 808 ✓ |
| John Fellows | Liberal Democrats | 323 |
| Anne Allan | Conservative | 238 |
| Susan Burgoyne | Conservative | 213 |
| Pauline Lucas | Conservative | 203 |
| Jeremy Jepps | — | 106 |