Before (end of 2002) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 34 · Liberal Democrats 15 · Conservative 5 · Other 0
After (end of 2003) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 33 · Liberal Democrats 15 · Conservative 6 · Other 0
Ward results
Billinge & Seneley Green1 seat · turnout 43.9%
| Alma Atherton | Labour | 2,686 ✓ |
| Vera Stanton | Conservative | 1,072 |
| Christine Langley | Liberal Democrats | 728 |
Blackbrook1 seat
| A. Smith | Labour | 2,046 ✓ |
| M. Dunn | Liberal Democrats | 791 |
| Joan Foster | Conservative | 426 |
Broad Oak1 seat
| T. Shields | Labour | 1,885 ✓ |
| Gail Mills | Liberal Democrats | 890 |
| M Collins | Conservative | 163 |
Eccleston1 seat
| Shirley Evans | Liberal Democrats | 3,197 ✓ |
| Jean West | Labour | 844 |
| W. Highcock | Conservative | 788 |
Grange Park1 seat
| S. Glover | Labour | 1,639 ✓ |
| D Evans | Liberal Democrats | 1,192 |
| M. Marriott | Conservative | 461 |
Haydock1 seat
| Janet Richardson | Labour | 2,325 ✓ |
| E. Sheldon | Liberal Democrats | 1,632 |
| A. Rigby | Conservative | 435 |
Marshalls Cross2 seats
| S. Topping | Liberal Democrats | 1,477 ✓ |
| Mills A. | Liberal Democrats | 1,421 ✓ |
| Mike Glover | Labour | 807 |
| D. Maylor | Labour | 689 |
| Barbara Johnson | Conservative | 198 |
Moss Bank1 seat
| R. Ferry | Liberal Democrats | 2,026 ✓ |
| Barbara Jakubiak | Labour | 1,859 |
| J. Cunliffe | Conservative | 425 |
Newton East1 seat
| P. Astbury | Liberal Democrats | 1,827 ✓ |
| M. Rahaman | Labour | 1,588 |
| Mike Harvey | Conservative | 370 |
Newton West1 seat
| L. Maguire | Labour | 2,293 ✓ |
| Virginia Christie Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 950 |
| Catherine Perks | Conservative | 547 |
Parr and Hardshaw1 seat
| Jon Molyneux | Labour | 1,731 ✓ |
| Kenneth Knowles | Liberal Democrats | 419 |
| Madeline Wilcock | Conservative | 185 |
| Leslie Teeling | — | 168 |
Queen's Park1 seat
| Margaret McLachlan | Labour | 1,962 ✓ |
| Lesley Ronan | Liberal Democrats | 857 |
| Charmain Pyke | Conservative | 386 |
Rainhill1 seat
| Joseph DeAsha | Labour | 2,479 ✓ |
| Jayne Mackie | Conservative | 903 |
| J. Mackie | Conservative | 803 |
| N. Thompson | Independent | 581 |
| Noreen Knowles | Liberal Democrats | 469 |
Sutton and Bold1 seat
| Stephanie Topping | Liberal Democrats | 2,086 ✓ |
| Philip Wiseman | Labour | 1,380 |
| Jill Jones | Conservative | 231 |
Thatto Heath1 seat
| Sheila Seddon | Labour | 2,090 ✓ |
| Carol Pearl | Liberal Democrats | 812 |
| Barbara Evelyn Woodcock | Conservative | 375 |
West Sutton1 seat
| J. Wiseman | Labour | 1,580 ✓ |
| Matthew Roberts | Liberal Democrats | 663 |
| I. Hunt | Conservative | 290 |
Windle1 seat
| K. Roughley | Conservative | 2,130 ✓ |
| Susan Murphy | Labour | 1,130 |
| Katrina Young | Liberal Democrats | 470 |