Before (end of 2003) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 18 · Conservative 17 · Liberal Democrats 1 · Other 0
After (end of 2004) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 25 · Labour 9 · Liberal Democrats 1 · Other 1
Ward results
Cribden1 seat · turnout 46.2%
| Janet Graham | Conservative | 681 ✓ |
| Lawrence Forshaw | Labour | 585 |
EDEN1 seat · turnout 48.4%
| Barbara Marriott | Conservative | 802 ✓ |
| Donald Rishton | Labour | 549 |
Facit And Shawforth1 seat · turnout 42.0%
| Lynda Barnes | Conservative | 660 ✓ |
| Teresa Aldred | Labour | 533 |
Goodshaw1 seat · turnout 46.4%
| Michael Ormerod | Conservative | 713 ✓ |
| Denise Hancock | Labour | 690 |
Greenfield1 seat · turnout 48.0%
| Gladys Sandiford | Conservative | 830 ✓ |
| Catherine Pilling | Liberal Democrats | 754 |
| Frances Whitehead | Labour | 434 |
Greensclough1 seat · turnout 43.5%
| Judith Driver | Conservative | 699 ✓ |
| Mike Carr | Liberal Democrats | 659 |
| Bernadette O'Connor | Labour | 518 |
Hareholme1 seat · turnout 45.3%
| Christopher Wadsworth | Conservative | 1,082 ✓ |
| Graham Pearson | Labour | 848 |
Helmshore1 seat · turnout 49.6%
| Joyce Pawson | Conservative | 1,084 ✓ |
| Stuart Haines | Labour | 633 |
| James Pilling | Liberal Democrats | 500 |
Irwell1 seat · turnout 37.2%
| Janet Farquharson | Conservative | 746 ✓ |
| Tina Durkin | Labour | 620 |
| Results | — | 0 |
Longholme1 seat
| Leonard Entwistle | Conservative | 1,024 ✓ |
| John Pilling | Labour | 829 |
Whitewell1 seat · turnout 42.0%
| Theresa Crosta | Conservative | 976 ✓ |
| William Riley | Labour | 803 |
Worsley1 seat
| K. Garrido | Conservative | 1,725 ✓ |
| J MacDonald | Conservative | 1,567 ✓ |
| G Compton | Conservative | 1,461 ✓ |
| R. Boyd | Liberal Democrats | 1,230 |
| Duncan Ruddick | Conservative | 846 ✓ |
| S. Bradbury | Liberal Democrats | 837 |
| Marilyn Procter | Labour | 819 |
| P. Gregory | Liberal Democrats | 700 |
| Adrian Brocklehurst | Labour | 485 |
| W Coates | Labour | 483 |
| P Cusack | Labour | 437 |