Before (end of 2001) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 24 · Labour 12 · Other 0 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 2002) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 24 · Conservative 12 · Liberal Democrats 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Cribden2 seats · turnout 34.5%
| Lawrence Forshaw | Labour | 598 ✓ |
| Hugh McCaw | Labour | 501 ✓ |
| Clive Balchin | Conservative | 454 |
| Richard Moorfield | Conservative | 331 |
EDEN2 seats · turnout 36.0%
| Jeffrey Cheetham | Conservative | 584 ✓ |
| Donald Rishton | Labour | 506 ✓ |
| Barry Pawson | Conservative | 493 |
| Thomas Belli | Labour | 414 |
Facit And Shawforth2 seats · turnout 30.7%
| Eileen Kershaw | Labour | 550 ✓ |
| Teresa Aldred | Labour | 527 ✓ |
| Albert Bolton | Conservative | 378 |
| Peter Starkey | Conservative | 290 |
Goodshaw2 seats · turnout 34.7%
| Alyson Barnes | Labour | 656 ✓ |
| Roger Clarke | Labour | 644 ✓ |
| Maureen Kirk | Conservative | 353 |
| Deborah Hayden-Pawson | Conservative | 330 |
Greenfield3 seats · turnout 34.8%
| George Lee | Conservative | 835 ✓ |
| Alan Schofield | Conservative | 813 ✓ |
| Alison Tickner | Conservative | 804 ✓ |
| Dorothy Atkinson | Labour | 631 |
| Janice Johnson | Labour | 591 |
| Michael Cruise | Labour | 588 |
| Noel O'Brien | — | 139 |
Greensclough3 seats · turnout 34.6%
| James Eaton | Conservative | 1,124 ✓ |
| Judith Driver | Conservative | 898 ✓ |
| William Challinor | Conservative | 825 ✓ |
| Bernadette O'Connor | Labour | 542 |
| David Baron | Labour | 441 |
| Susan Baron | Labour | 434 |
Hareholme3 seats · turnout 37.1%
| Mollie Disley | Labour | 1,041 ✓ |
| Graham Pearson | Labour | 935 ✓ |
| Trevor Unsworth | Labour | 919 ✓ |
| Janet O'Driscoll | Conservative | 661 |
| Susan Popland | Conservative | 601 |
| Kenneth Slaughter | Conservative | 586 |
Healey & Whitworth2 seats · turnout 27.1%
| Ronald Neal | Labour | 515 ✓ |
| Ronald Pickup | Labour | 450 ✓ |
| James Grogan | Conservative | 306 |
| Alan Michael Neville | Conservative | 224 |
Irwell3 seats · turnout 31.1%
| Rachael Hunt | Conservative | 632 ✓ |
| Lorraine Hammond | Conservative | 630 ✓ |
| Peter Steen | Conservative | 563 ✓ |
| Peter Heyworth | Labour | 560 |
| Keith Wright | Labour | 501 |
| William Pearson | Labour | 479 |
Longholme3 seats · turnout 31.4%
| June Forshaw | Labour | 896 ✓ |
| John Pilling | Labour | 789 ✓ |
| Denise Hancock | Labour | 775 ✓ |
| John Wild | Conservative | 524 |
| Terence Doherty | Conservative | 510 |
| James Fuke | Conservative | 389 |
Stacksteads2 seats · turnout 37.4%
| Michael McShea | Labour | 796 ✓ |
| Dale Connearn | Labour | 684 ✓ |
| Dane Nuttall | Conservative | 369 |
| Hazel May Steen | Conservative | 298 |
Whitewell3 seats · turnout 36.2%
| David Hancock | Labour | 851 ✓ |
| William Riley | Labour | 830 ✓ |
| David Easton | Labour | 801 ✓ |
| Christopher Wadsworth | Conservative | 715 |
| Ryan Godwin | Conservative | 691 |
| Christine Lever | Conservative | 690 |
Worsley3 seats · turnout 38.0%
| Geoffrey Atkinson | Labour | 836 ✓ |
| Marilyn Procter | Labour | 757 ✓ |
| Adrian Lythgoe | Labour | 720 ✓ |
| Joyce Thorne | Conservative | 555 |
| Peter Nuttall | Conservative | 534 |
| Leonard Riley | Conservative | 513 |
| Stephen Birtwell | Independent | 209 |