Before (end of 2001) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 35 · Liberal Democrats 15 · Conservative 4 · Other 0
After (end of 2002) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 34 · Liberal Democrats 15 · Conservative 5 · Other 0
Ward results
Billinge & Seneley Green1 seat · turnout 24.8%
| Bessie Griffin | Labour | 1,530 ✓ |
| Elizabeth Black | Conservative | 589 |
| Christine Langley | Liberal Democrats | 439 |
Blackbrook1 seat · turnout 20.9%
| Linda Lovina Maloney | Labour | 928 ✓ |
| M. Dunn | Liberal Democrats | 393 |
| Joanna Collins | Conservative | 142 |
Broad Oak1 seat · turnout 25.2%
| J. Pinder | Labour | 928 |
| Mills A. | Liberal Democrats | 654 |
| Joan Foster | Conservative | 85 |
Eccleston1 seat · turnout 33.9%
| Teresa Sims | Liberal Democrats | 2,064 ✓ |
| W. Highcock | Conservative | 415 |
| S. Glover | Labour | 415 |
Grange Park1 seat · turnout 21.9%
| T Hanley | Labour | 851 |
| D Evans | Liberal Democrats | 446 |
| J. Willis | Conservative | 245 |
| M. Perry | SL | 99 |
Haydock1 seat · turnout 24.3%
| W. Swift | Labour | 1,387 ✓ |
| E. Sheldon | Liberal Democrats | 507 |
| K. Winstanley | Conservative | 299 |
Marshalls Cross1 seat · turnout 25.3%
| J. Beirne | Liberal Democrats | 1,047 ✓ |
| M. Glover | Labour | 418 |
| Jill Jones | Conservative | 39 |
Moss Bank1 seat · turnout 32.4%
| Carole Kavanagh | Liberal Democrats | 1,495 ✓ |
| Barbara Jakubiak | Labour | 1,005 |
| J. Cunliffe | Conservative | 152 |
Newton East1 seat · turnout 29.4%
| N. Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 1,325 ✓ |
| Banks C. | Labour | 747 |
| Mike Harvey | Conservative | 160 |
Newton West1 seat · turnout 23.5%
| K. Deakin | Labour | 1,202 ✓ |
| Crowther D. | Liberal Democrats | 512 |
| Catherine Perks | Conservative | 232 |
Parr and Hardshaw1 seat
| Mark Arnold | Labour | 897 ✓ |
| Noreen Knowles | Liberal Democrats | 238 |
| Madeleine Patricia Wilcock | Conservative | 77 |
| David Round | Independent | 32 |
Queen's Park1 seat
| Richard McCauley | Labour | 897 ✓ |
| Lesley Ronan | Liberal Democrats | 596 |
| Charmain Pyke | Conservative | 143 |
Rainford1 seat · turnout 36.9%
| J. Brown | Conservative | 1,544 ✓ |
| D. Wood | Labour | 797 |
| S. Topping | Liberal Democrats | 215 |
Rainhill1 seat · turnout 26.6%
| L. Myers | Labour | 1,517 ✓ |
| J. Mackie | Conservative | 629 |
| K. Knowles | Liberal Democrats | 419 |
Sutton and Bold1 seat
| Brian Spencer | Liberal Democrats | 1,202 ✓ |
| Derek Maylor | Labour | 744 |
| Stephen Holt | Conservative | 97 |
Thatto Heath1 seat · turnout 21.5%
| Patricia Robinson | Labour | 1,061 ✓ |
| Carol Pearl | Liberal Democrats | 318 |
| Barbara Evelyn Woodcock | Conservative | 164 |
West Sutton1 seat · turnout 19.3%
| F. Robinson | Labour | 784 ✓ |
| D. Makin | Liberal Democrats | 291 |
| Spriggs H. | Conservative | 140 |
Windle1 seat · turnout 34.8%
| Nancy Ashcroft | Conservative | 1,186 ✓ |
| G. Almond | Labour | 1,018 |
| G. Pulfer | Liberal Democrats | 204 |
| Results | — | 0 |