Before (end of 2001) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 24 · Conservative 15 · Liberal Democrats 7 · Other 2
After (end of 2002) (47 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 22 · Conservative 16 · Liberal Democrats 6 · Other 3
Ward results
Adlington and Anderton3 seats · turnout 54.1%
| Catherine Hoyle | Labour | 1,887 ✓ |
| Michael Davies | Labour | 1,580 ✓ |
| Florence Molyneaux | Labour | 1,413 ✓ |
| Ivy Leigh | Conservative | 1,027 |
| Betty Lawson | Conservative | 1,020 |
| William Lawson | Conservative | 1,014 |
| Philip William Pilling | Liberal Democrats | 795 |
Astley and Buckshaw2 seats · turnout 57.6%
| Laura Jane Lennox | Labour | 875 ✓ |
| Mark Perks | Conservative | 851 ✓ |
| Pat Haughton | Conservative | 834 |
| Margaret Fielden | Labour | 656 |
Brindle and Hoghton1 seat · turnout 75.7%
| David Dickinson | Conservative | 823 ✓ |
| Stephen Charlesworth | Liberal Democrats | 182 |
| B. Gore | Labour | 179 |
| Beverley Gore | Labour | 175 |
Chisnall2 seats · turnout 60.9%
| Harold Heaton | Conservative | 1,028 ✓ |
| Edward Smith | Conservative | 699 ✓ |
| Jonathan Davies | Labour | 594 |
| Margaret May Lees | Labour | 516 |
| Alan Cornwell | Independent | 410 |
| Glyn Jones | Liberal Democrats | 379 |
| Linda Eubank | Liberal Democrats | 246 |
Chorley East3 seats · turnout 46.0%
| Raymond Parr | Labour | 1,658 ✓ |
| Patricia Wilson | Labour | 1,651 ✓ |
| Terrence Brown | Labour | 1,536 ✓ |
| Melville Coombes | Independent | 711 |
| Jacqueline Bettney | Conservative | 596 |
| Jean Mellor | Liberal Democrats | 521 |
Chorley North East3 seats · turnout 55.4%
| Dennis Edgerley | Labour | 1,624 ✓ |
| Alan Archie Lowe | Labour | 1,505 ✓ |
| Keith Lowe | Labour | 1,419 ✓ |
| J Flemming | Conservative | 795 |
| Elvi Livesey | Conservative | 683 |
| Eileen Smith | Liberal Democrats | 640 |
| E. Smith | Liberal Democrats | 614 |
| Graeme Frost | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 401 |
Chorley North West3 seats · turnout 71.4%
| Ralph Snape | Independent | 2,973 ✓ |
| Joyce Snape | Independent | 2,612 ✓ |
| Robert Crabtree | Labour | 1,161 ✓ |
| P. Malpas | Conservative | 1,101 |
| Peter Malpas | Conservative | 1,011 |
| Linda Norman | Liberal Democrats | 669 |
| Peter Higham | Conservative | 491 |
| Elsie Perks | Conservative | 449 |
| E. Perks | Conservative | 447 |
Chorley South East3 seats · turnout 51.0%
| Thomas McGowan | Labour | 1,508 ✓ |
| Steve Holgate | Labour | 1,377 ✓ |
| Chris Snow | Labour | 1,282 ✓ |
| Geoffrey Goodspeed | Conservative | 959 |
| Sheila Marsden | Conservative | 931 |
| Barbara Higham | Conservative | 788 |
| David Porter | Liberal Democrats | 510 |
Chorley South West3 seats · turnout 52.0%
| Roy Lees | Labour | 1,522 ✓ |
| Anthony Gee | Labour | 1,498 ✓ |
| Alfie Gee | Labour | 1,489 ✓ |
| Jen Wilson | Labour | 1,457 ✓ |
| Dorothy Livesey | Conservative | 657 |
| Kevan Haughton | Conservative | 632 |
Clayton West and Cuerden2 seats
| J. Bell | Conservative | 1,816 |
| J Walker | Conservative | 1,466 |
| N Baxter | Conservative | 1,418 |
| S. Gray | Labour | 905 |
| G. Charlesworth | Liberal Democrats | 869 |
| S Harding | Liberal Democrats | 861 |
| D Woodruff | Labour | 772 |
| G Harvey | Labour | 673 |
| James Bell | Conservative | 1,816 ✓ |
| John Philip Walker | Conservative | 1,466 ✓ |
| Nigel Baxter | Conservative | 1,418 ✓ |
| Sharon Gray | Labour | 905 |
| Glenda Charlesworth | Liberal Democrats | 869 |
| Stuart Harding | Liberal Democrats | 861 |
| Darren Woodruff | Labour | 772 |
| George Harvey | Labour | 673 |
Clayton-le-Woods North3 seats · turnout 55.1%
| Peter Buckley | Liberal Democrats | 909 ✓ |
| Stephen John Fenn | Liberal Democrats | 890 ✓ |
| William Mellor | Liberal Democrats | 875 ✓ |
| Roger Livesey | Conservative | 871 |
| Alan Cullens | Conservative | 869 |
| Jodine Cronshaw | Labour | 861 |
| Margaret Cullens | Conservative | 853 |
| James Freeman | Labour | 795 |
| Anthony Holden | Labour | 700 |
| Lesley Brownlee | Labour | 916 ✓ |
| Thomas Bedford | Conservative | 827 ✓ |
| Sheila Chapman | Conservative | 790 |
| Eddie Murphy | Labour | 749 |
| Gail Patricia Ormston | Liberal Democrats | 457 |
Coppull3 seats · turnout 56.2%
| Kenneth Ball | Liberal Democrats | 1,570 ✓ |
| Stella Walsh | Liberal Democrats | 1,503 ✓ |
| Patricia Cuerden | Liberal Democrats | 1,373 ✓ |
| Andrew Birchall | Labour | 1,313 |
| John Murphy | Labour | 1,294 |
| Peter Maddock | Labour | 1,290 |
Eccleston and Mawdesley3 seats · turnout 57.6%
| Alan Whittaker | Labour | 1,798 ✓ |
| Michael Iddon | Conservative | 1,455 ✓ |
| Francis Culshaw | Conservative | 1,429 ✓ |
| Thomas Titherington | Labour | 1,400 |
| Brian Twist | Conservative | 1,325 |
| Edward Forshaw | Labour | 1,150 |
Euxton North2 seats · turnout 59.5%
| Tommy Gray | Labour | 1,086 ✓ |
| Danny Gee | Labour | 989 ✓ |
| Rosemary Russell | Conservative | 773 |
| Gordon Mitchell | Conservative | 769 |
| Mary Buckley | Liberal Democrats | 234 |
Euxton South2 seats · turnout 59.3%
| Geoffrey Russell | Conservative | 1,053 ✓ |
| Peter Goldsworthy | Conservative | 1,036 ✓ |
| Mary Gray | Labour | 965 |
| Marion Lowe | Labour | 855 |
Heath Charnock and Rivington1 seat · turnout 63.5%
| Mary Case | Conservative | 732 ✓ |
| June Molyneaux | Labour | 407 |
Lostock2 seats · turnout 57.4%
| Margaret Iddon | Independent | 913 ✓ |
| Doreen Dickinson | Conservative | 894 ✓ |
| David Massam | Labour | 836 |
| George Rigby | Conservative | 691 |
| David James Lloyd | Labour | 409 |
Pennine1 seat · turnout 68.9%
| Marie Elizabeth Gray | Conservative | 645 ✓ |
| Janet Ross-Mills | Liberal Democrats | 350 |
| Peter Francis Wilson | Labour | 178 |
Wheelton and Withnell2 seats · turnout 56.3%
| Iris Smith | Conservative | 1,137 ✓ |
| Christopher Howard | Labour | 884 ✓ |
| Simon Parkinson | Conservative | 746 |
| Paul Lowe | Labour | 514 |
| Shelagh Graham | Liberal Democrats | 502 |