Before (end of 2003) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 33 · Liberal Democrats 15 · Conservative 6 · Other 0
After (end of 2004) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 24 · Liberal Democrats 18 · Conservative 6 · Other 0
Ward results
Billinge & Seneley Green3 seats · turnout 31.9%
| Bessie Griffin | Labour | 1,503 ✓ |
| Alma Atherton | Labour | 1,492 ✓ |
| Susan Murphy | Labour | 1,229 ✓ |
| J. Stevenson | Independent | 917 |
| Darran Davies | Conservative | 905 |
| M. Hodgson | Conservative | 893 |
| J. Spanner | Conservative | 878 |
| M. Bagot | Liberal Democrats | 651 |
| D. Davies | Conservative | 505 |
| Gail Mills | Liberal Democrats | 454 |
| Katrina Young | Liberal Democrats | 409 |
Blackbrook3 seats
| Andy Bowden | Labour | 1,352 ✓ |
| Linda Lovina Maloney | Labour | 1,310 ✓ |
| A. Smith | Labour | 1,305 ✓ |
| Ruth Smith | Liberal Democrats | 1,156 |
| Joanne Hankinson | Liberal Democrats | 884 |
| Vivienne Lavery | Liberal Democrats | 833 |
| Joan Foster | Conservative | 416 |
Bold3 seats
| T. Hargreaves | Labour | 1,107 ✓ |
| S. Topping | Liberal Democrats | 1,052 ✓ |
| M. Dunn | Liberal Democrats | 1,019 ✓ |
| T. King | Liberal Democrats | 955 |
| J. Wiseman | Labour | 951 |
| P. Pritchard | Labour | 926 |
| Jill Jones | Conservative | 244 |
Earlestown3 seats
| L. McGuire | Labour | 1,214 ✓ |
| K. Deakin | Labour | 1,106 ✓ |
| Banks C. | Labour | 1,078 ✓ |
| Virginia Christie Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 795 |
| D. Smith | Liberal Democrats | 783 |
| Crowther D. | Liberal Democrats | 775 |
| Catherine Perks | Conservative | 359 |
Eccleston3 seats
| Teresa Sims | Liberal Democrats | 3,317 ✓ |
| Shirley Evans | Liberal Democrats | 3,030 ✓ |
| Geoff Pearl | Liberal Democrats | 2,718 ✓ |
| Kathleen Sheila Barton | Conservative | 867 |
| M. Marriott | Conservative | 687 |
| Ellen Glover | Labour | 645 |
| K. Cottom | Labour | 617 |
| Patricia Ireland | Labour | 517 |
Haydock3 seats
| J. Caunce | Labour | 1,564 ✓ |
| W. Swift | Labour | 1,400 ✓ |
| E. Sheldon | Liberal Democrats | 1,219 ✓ |
| Janet Richardson | Labour | 1,177 |
| T. Duffy | Liberal Democrats | 1,148 |
| Janet Sheldon | Liberal Democrats | 1,129 |
| A. Rigby | Conservative | 378 |
Moss Bank3 seats
| Carole Kavanagh | Liberal Democrats | 2,077 ✓ |
| E. Simpson | Liberal Democrats | 1,685 ✓ |
| R. Ferry | Liberal Democrats | 1,566 ✓ |
| Barbara Jakubiak | Labour | 1,327 |
| B. Hart | Labour | 1,188 |
| Sandra Banawich | Labour | 1,047 |
| W. Highcock | Conservative | 353 |
Newton3 seats
| Suzanne Knight | Liberal Democrats | 2,034 ✓ |
| P. Astbury | Liberal Democrats | 1,783 ✓ |
| N. Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 1,654 ✓ |
| Jeanette Banks | Labour | 810 |
| M. Rahaman | Labour | 803 |
| S. Hughes | Labour | 758 |
| B. Honey | Conservative | 355 |
| Mike Harvey | Conservative | 298 |
Parr3 seats
| J. Pinder | Labour | 1,604 ✓ |
| K. Roberts | Labour | 1,236 ✓ |
| T. Shields | Labour | 1,217 ✓ |
| P. Brown | Liberal Democrats | 684 |
| Ethel Clarke | Liberal Democrats | 409 |
| S. Knowles | Liberal Democrats | 381 |
| Madeleine Patricia Wilcock | Conservative | 215 |
Rainford3 seats
| Betty Lowe | Conservative | 2,131 ✓ |
| J. Brown | Conservative | 2,021 ✓ |
| J. Parr | Conservative | 1,900 ✓ |
| D. Wood | Labour | 955 |
| K. Aspinall | Labour | 898 |
| Mary Newby | Labour | 886 |
| F. Barrett | Liberal Democrats | 342 |
| M. Dunn | Liberal Democrats | 310 |
| G. Pulfer | Liberal Democrats | 277 |
Rainhill3 seats
| Mhairi Doyle | Labour | 2,372 ✓ |
| J De'Asha | Labour | 2,153 ✓ |
| S. Glover | Labour | 1,433 ✓ |
| N. Thompson | Independent | 908 |
| Gaynor Parr | Conservative | 793 |
| Spriggs H. | Conservative | 763 |
| Christina Duncan | Liberal Democrats | 735 |
| D. Makin | Liberal Democrats | 622 |
| Marjorie Beirne | Liberal Democrats | 524 |
Sutton3 seats
| B. Spencer | Liberal Democrats | 1,917 ✓ |
| Stephanie Topping | Liberal Democrats | 1,821 ✓ |
| Julie Jones | Liberal Democrats | 1,756 ✓ |
| D. Maylor | Labour | 983 |
| P. Wiseman | Labour | 941 |
| M. Glover | Labour | 935 |
| Pauline Wilcock | Conservative | 234 |
| A. Brooks | Independent | 196 |
Thatto Heath3 seats
| Sheila Seddon | Labour | 1,406 ✓ |
| Patricia Robinson | Labour | 1,351 ✓ |
| Richard McCauley | Labour | 1,139 ✓ |
| Carol Pearl | Liberal Democrats | 713 |
| Noreen Knowles | Liberal Democrats | 502 |
| Ann Fleetwood | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 429 |
| Sandra Ferry | Liberal Democrats | 380 |
| Barbara Evelyn Woodcock | Conservative | 326 |
Town Centre3 seats
| J. Beirne | Liberal Democrats | 1,173 ✓ |
| Fletcher J. | Labour | 1,099 ✓ |
| Margaret McLachlan | Labour | 1,027 ✓ |
| J. Molyneux | Labour | 1,024 |
| Mandy Stanley | Liberal Democrats | 992 |
| Mills A. | Liberal Democrats | 958 |
| M. Pearcey | BNP | 328 |
| R. Seddon | Conservative | 195 |
West Park3 seats
| Lesley Ronan | Liberal Democrats | 1,395 ✓ |
| David Robert Cynlais Evans | Liberal Democrats | 1,391 ✓ |
| Marie Rimmer | Labour | 1,374 ✓ |
| Marlene Mary Quinn | Labour | 1,312 |
| Terence Hanley | Labour | 1,278 |
| Stephen Broughton | Liberal Democrats | 1,265 |
| Charmain Pyke | Conservative | 451 |
Windle3 seats
| W. Ashcroft | Conservative | 1,757 ✓ |
| Nancy Ashcroft | Conservative | 1,682 ✓ |
| K. Roughley | Conservative | 1,513 ✓ |
| G. Almond | Labour | 1,160 |
| Jean West | Labour | 871 |
| M. Arnold | Labour | 870 |
| K. Knowles | Liberal Democrats | 484 |
| D. Jackson | Liberal Democrats | 381 |
| Matthew Roberts | Liberal Democrats | 330 |