Before (end of 2001) (56 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 46 · Liberal Democrats 6 · Conservative 2 · Other 2
After (end of 2002) (56 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 47 · Liberal Democrats 7 · Conservative 2 · Other 0
Ward results
Appleton1 seat
| Ged Philbin | Labour | 707 ✓ |
| Janet Edge | Conservative | 188 |
Broadheath1 seat
| Robert Gilligan | Labour | 898 ✓ |
| Dean Lewis | Conservative | 210 |
Castlefields1 seat
| Liam Temple | Labour | 671 ✓ |
| Sean Casey | Liberal Democrats | 296 |
Ditton1 seat
| Shaun Osborne | Labour | 850 ✓ |
| Gillian Hensley | Conservative | 332 |
Farnworth1 seat
| Denzil Reynolds | Labour | 909 ✓ |
| Phillip Balmer | Conservative | 765 |
Grange1 seat
| Stephen Pearsall | Labour | 586 ✓ |
| James Maguire | Liberal Democrats | 188 |
| William Denton | Conservative | 166 |
Hale1 seat
| Mike Wharton | Labour | 422 ✓ |
| Agnes Mitchell | Independent | 315 |
Halton1 seat
| Linda Benson | Labour | 2,640 ✓ |
| David Schofield | Conservative | 2,500 |
| Stan Hill | Labour | 784 ✓ |
| David Hollinsworth | Liberal Democrats | 730 |
| Denis Thomas | Conservative | 273 |
| Richard Murphy | Green | 208 |
Halton Brook1 seat
| John Massey | Labour | 723 ✓ |
| Trevor Higginson | Liberal Democrats | 316 |
| Roger Tuson | Conservative | 100 |
Heath1 seat
| Alan Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 1,128 ✓ |
| Marjorie Bradshaw | Conservative | 507 |
| Dorothy Fahey | Labour | 305 |
Hough Green1 seat
| Paul Nolan | Labour | 767 ✓ |
| Maureen Forsyth | Conservative | 156 |
| Frances Jump | Liberal Democrats | 133 |
Kingsway1 seat
| Valerie Hill | Labour | 823 ✓ |
| Frank Lloyd | Conservative | 209 |
Mersey1 seat
| Chris Loftus | Labour | 510 ✓ |
| Christopher Rowe | Liberal Democrats | 431 |
| Colin Keam | Conservative | 121 |
Murdishaw1 seat
| Mary Massey | Labour | 537 ✓ |
| Sue France | Liberal Democrats | 192 |
Norton2 seats
| Tim Sly | Liberal Democrats | 654 ✓ |
| Diane Marie Inch | Liberal Democrats | 644 ✓ |
| Alban Boyle | Labour | 630 |
| Annette Lyons | Labour | 472 |
| Alan McKie | Conservative | 121 |
| Ben Price | Conservative | 115 |
| Michael Gelling | — | 85 |
| Joseph Glover | — | 72 |
Palacefields1 seat
| K. Bernadette | Labour | 639 ✓ |
| William Murphy | — | 143 |
| Janet Clein | Liberal Democrats | 134 |
| David Masheder | Conservative | 98 |
Riverside1 seat
| Francis Nyland | Labour | 686 ✓ |
| Margaret Hill | Conservative | 165 |