Before (end of 2003) (63 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 34 · Labour 17 · Conservative 9 · Other 3
After (end of 2004) (63 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 35 · Labour 14 · Conservative 10 · Other 4
Ward results
Bramhall North3 seats
| Kenneth Holt | Conservative | 2,892 ✓ |
| Anthony Johnson | Conservative | 2,777 ✓ |
| Matthew John Walsh | Conservative | 2,588 ✓ |
| Lenny Grice | Liberal Democrats | 2,333 |
| Andrew Nicholas Smith | Liberal Democrats | 2,294 |
| John Davnall | Liberal Democrats | 2,173 |
| David Heywood | Labour | 310 |
| J. Owen | Labour | 284 |
| Michelle Rowles-Arden | Labour | 266 |
Bramhall South3 seats
| Brian Bagnall | Conservative | 2,673 ✓ |
| Paul Bellis | Conservative | 2,656 ✓ |
| Pat Leck | Conservative | 2,620 ✓ |
| Patricia Carter | Liberal Democrats | 2,507 |
| Terry Healy | Liberal Democrats | 2,418 |
| Jonathan David Rule | Liberal Democrats | 2,085 |
| David Perry | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 491 |
| Andrew Graystone | Labour | 396 |
| Gillian Scott | Labour | 270 |
| Brian Russell | Labour | 259 |
Bredbury & Woodley3 seats
| Doreen Humphries | Liberal Democrats | 2,916 ✓ |
| Michael Wilson | Liberal Democrats | 2,648 ✓ |
| Colin Gordon | Liberal Democrats | 2,582 ✓ |
| Ann Gibbons | Conservative | 948 |
| Carol Hickson | Conservative | 754 |
| Anthony Salt | Labour | 702 |
| David Bottomley | Labour | 580 |
| B. Huges | Labour | 519 |
Bredbury Green & Romily3 seats
| H. Lees | Liberal Democrats | 2,646 ✓ |
| M. McLay | Liberal Democrats | 2,357 ✓ |
| B Jones | Liberal Democrats | 1,922 ✓ |
| K. Gibbons | Conservative | 1,261 |
| G. Jones | Conservative | 1,235 |
| W Law | Conservative | 1,093 |
| P. Bray | Labour | 847 |
| C. Hughes | Labour | 730 |
| T Pemberton | Labour | 653 |
Brinnington and Central3 seats
| Maureen Rowles | Labour | 1,559 ✓ |
| Christopher Michael Murphy | Labour | 1,370 ✓ |
| Colin MacAlister | Labour | 1,322 ✓ |
| Christian Walker | Liberal Democrats | 651 |
| Dorothy White | Liberal Democrats | 569 |
| John White | Liberal Democrats | 497 |
| Christine Holgate | Conservative | 362 |
| Alan Sidderley | Conservative | 355 |
| Terance Earley | Conservative | 350 |
| John Pearson | — | 218 |
Cheadle and Gatley3 seats
| Paul Carter | Liberal Democrats | 2,533 ✓ |
| Pamela King | Liberal Democrats | 2,449 ✓ |
| Brian Willard | Liberal Democrats | 2,353 ✓ |
| Louis Livesley | Conservative | 2,296 |
| Ian Roberts | Conservative | 2,131 |
| Stephen Speakman | Conservative | 2,002 |
| Caroline Owen | Labour | 676 |
| Peter Jackson | Labour | 672 |
| Alan Kellett | Labour | 633 |
Cheadle Hulme North3 seats
| John Neil Pantall | Liberal Democrats | 2,223 ✓ |
| Paul Porgess | Liberal Democrats | 2,028 ✓ |
| June Somekh | Liberal Democrats | 1,876 ✓ |
| Judith Creed | Conservative | 1,400 |
| Reginald Radmore | Conservative | 1,278 |
| Pat Leck | Conservative | 1,209 |
| Paul Dykes | Labour | 547 |
| David Leaver | Green | 476 |
| Mike Pollard | Labour | 408 |
| Edwin Pollard | Labour | 404 |
Cheadle Hulme South3 seats
| Ingrid Shaw | Liberal Democrats | 2,689 ✓ |
| Suzanne Wyatt | Liberal Democrats | 2,437 ✓ |
| Stuart Bodsworth | Liberal Democrats | 2,327 ✓ |
| John Kitson | Conservative | 1,808 |
| David Lawson | Conservative | 1,648 |
| M. White | Conservative | 1,613 |
| Judith Miller | Labour | 537 |
| Frances McGee | Labour | 361 |
| Stephanie Rowles | Labour | 352 |
Davenport & Cale Green3 seats
| John Abrams | Liberal Democrats | 1,747 ✓ |
| Roy Driver | Liberal Democrats | 1,730 ✓ |
| David White | Liberal Democrats | 1,685 ✓ |
| Tom McGee | Labour | 1,351 |
| Jamie McGuire | Labour | 1,277 |
| Martin Miller | Labour | 1,250 |
| Beryl Charlesworth | Conservative | 538 |
| Mabel Jackson | Conservative | 523 |
| C Garner | Conservative | 521 |
Edgeley & Cheadle Heath3 seats
| Sheila Bailey | Labour | 2,098 ✓ |
| Richard Coaton | Labour | 2,021 ✓ |
| Philip Harding | Labour | 1,794 ✓ |
| William Littlehales | Liberal Democrats | 853 |
| Mary Nuttall | Liberal Democrats | 835 |
| Alasdair Stewart | Liberal Democrats | 765 |
| Stephen Holgate | Conservative | 565 |
| Andrew Snape | Conservative | 542 |
| Mary O'Neill | Conservative | 533 |
| Richard Chadfield | BNP | 385 |
Hazel Grove3 seats
| Kevin Hogg | Liberal Democrats | 2,844 ✓ |
| Christine Corris | Liberal Democrats | 2,835 ✓ |
| Stuart Corris | Liberal Democrats | 2,781 ✓ |
| J. Lewis-Booth | Conservative | 1,919 |
| K. Labrey | Conservative | 1,904 |
| N. Menzies | Conservative | 1,709 |
| Yvonne Bradley | Labour | 592 |
| Joanna Steven | Labour | 439 |
| A. Verdeille | Labour | 395 |
Heald Green3 seats
| Pamela Burns | Independent | 3,216 ✓ |
| Eilleen Humphreys | Independent | 3,059 ✓ |
| Derek Whitehead | Independent | 3,046 ✓ |
| Helen Thompson | Liberal Democrats | 658 |
| Patrick Buttle | Liberal Democrats | 617 |
| Keith Ernest Holloway | Liberal Democrats | 612 |
| Christopher Davenport | Conservative | 489 |
| Robert Douglas Mark Stevens | Conservative | 464 |
| David Khan | Conservative | 462 |
| Kathryn Priestley | Labour | 431 |
| Anthony Sutherland | Labour | 316 |
| M Thompson | Labour | 308 |
Heatons North3 seats
| Les Jones | Conservative | 3,103 ✓ |
| Jackie Jones | Conservative | 2,085 ✓ |
| Ashley O'Neill | Conservative | 2,080 ✓ |
| Richard Berry | Labour | 1,312 |
| John Humphries | Labour | 1,165 |
| Ian Fenwick | Labour | 1,146 |
| John Langrish | Liberal Democrats | 1,008 |
| David Craufurd | Liberal Democrats | 903 |
| David Thame | Liberal Democrats | 797 |
| Janet Cuff | Green | 678 |
| Gerald Price | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 567 |
Heatons South3 seats
| Colin Foster | Labour | 2,077 ✓ |
| Lesley Auger | Labour | 1,989 ✓ |
| Edward Foulkes | Conservative | 1,788 ✓ |
| Joseph Lee | Conservative | 1,748 |
| Martyn Lord | Conservative | 1,622 |
| Muhammad Junejo | Labour | 1,499 |
| Ronald Axtell | Liberal Democrats | 1,109 |
| Anthony Hardman | Green | 1,007 |
| P Jackson | Liberal Democrats | 822 |
Manor3 seats
| Susan Derbyshire | Liberal Democrats | 1,879 ✓ |
| Jenny Humphreys | Liberal Democrats | 1,787 ✓ |
| David Roberts-Jones | Liberal Democrats | 1,558 ✓ |
| Brigitte Lechner | Labour | 1,461 |
| Margaret Duerdoth | Labour | 926 |
| Howard Dawber | Labour | 901 |
| Duncan Warner | BNP | 672 |
| Beryl Charlesworth | Conservative | 530 |
| Austin Daly | Conservative | 497 |
| Marjorie Mason | Conservative | 487 |
Marple North3 seats
| Martin Candler | Liberal Democrats | 2,808 ✓ |
| Andrew Bispham | Liberal Democrats | 2,454 ✓ |
| Mark Hunter | Liberal Democrats | 2,344 ✓ |
| Andrew Hickson | Conservative | 1,424 |
| Brenda Hopwood | Conservative | 1,407 |
| Nicola Lewis-Booth | Conservative | 1,348 |
| Margaret Preston | Green | 611 |
| Sheila Townsend | Labour | 380 |
| David Rowbottom | Labour | 337 |
| David Woodman | Labour | 318 |
Marple South3 seats
| Shan Alexander | Liberal Democrats | 2,458 ✓ |
| Christopher Baker | Liberal Democrats | 2,276 ✓ |
| Roy Weaver | Liberal Democrats | 2,273 ✓ |
| Herbert Haley | Conservative | 1,924 |
| William Morley-Scott | Conservative | 1,878 |
| George Cameron | Conservative | 1,774 |
| Glen Reid | Green | 560 |
| William Sewell | Labour | 397 |
| Maureen Brett | Labour | 292 |
| Frank Ogden | Labour | 284 |
Offerton3 seats
| David Goddard | Liberal Democrats | 1,806 ✓ |
| Wendy Meikle | Liberal Democrats | 1,773 ✓ |
| Tom Pyle | Independent | 1,547 ✓ |
| Paul Beatty | Liberal Democrats | 1,542 |
| Karen Southwick | Independent | 1,361 |
| Stanford Ryan | Independent | 1,320 |
| Susan Ball | Labour | 679 |
| Anne Trafford | Labour | 458 |
| David Trafford | Labour | 420 |
Reddish North3 seats
| Annie Graham | Labour | 1,859 ✓ |
| David Owen | Labour | 1,780 ✓ |
| Peter Scott | Labour | 1,720 ✓ |
| Anthony Hannay | Conservative | 820 |
| Julia Whelan | Conservative | 769 |
| Norman Peacock | Conservative | 755 |
| M Lees | Liberal Democrats | 534 |
| Margaret Gordon | Liberal Democrats | 533 |
| Robert Willocks | Liberal Democrats | 510 |
Reddish South3 seats
| Joan Kidd | Labour | 1,897 ✓ |
| Walter Brett | Labour | 1,875 ✓ |
| Thomas Grundy | Labour | 1,869 ✓ |
| Elizabeth Berridge | Conservative | 1,071 |
| Susan Duncan | Liberal Democrats | 830 |
| Bruce Fairbanks | Liberal Democrats | 691 |
| Richard Stephenson | Liberal Democrats | 660 |
Stepping Hill3 seats
| Margaret Clay | Liberal Democrats | 2,195 ✓ |
| Benjamin Alexander | Liberal Democrats | 1,969 ✓ |
| Mark Edward Weldon | Liberal Democrats | 1,895 ✓ |
| George Berry | Conservative | 1,451 |
| Barbara Haley | Conservative | 1,447 |
| Johnston Lowery | Conservative | 1,350 |
| Glynis Smith | Labour | 733 |
| Stephen Moran | Labour | 700 |
| David Wilson | Labour | 586 |
| Anthony Moore | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 563 |
| David Bagshaw | Green | 486 |
| David Gordon | BNP | 395 |