Before (end of 2003) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 33 · Liberal Democrats 25 · Conservative 2 · Other 0
After (end of 2004) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 32 · Liberal Democrats 25 · Conservative 2 · Other 1
Ward results
Alexandra3 seats · turnout 26.2%
| Hugh McDonald | Labour | 982 ✓ |
| Glynis Shaw | Labour | 951 ✓ |
| Asaf Ali | Labour | 874 ✓ |
| Aftab Hussain | Liberal Democrats | 619 |
| John Roney | Green | 518 |
| Chris Wright | Independent | 458 |
| Sakindar Mehmood | Liberal Democrats | 457 |
| Martin Alexander Dinoff | Liberal Democrats | 422 |
| Sarfraz Khan | Conservative | 359 |
| Harun Miah | Conservative | 203 |
Chadderton Central3 seats · turnout 30.8%
| J. Greenwood | Labour | 1,534 |
| James Greenwood | Labour | 1,523 ✓ |
| Tony Brownridge | Labour | 1,315 ✓ |
| Sidney Jacobs | Independent | 1,268 ✓ |
| Philip Stevens | Green | 849 |
| Elizabeth Wrigglesworth | Labour | 791 |
| Shane Ward | Liberal Democrats | 449 |
| Alma McInnes | Liberal Democrats | 431 |
| John Francis Mccann | Liberal Democrats | 427 |
Chadderton North3 seats · turnout 33.2%
| Jeremy Sutcliffe | Labour | 1,782 ✓ |
| Susan Mary Dean | Labour | 1,403 ✓ |
| Phil Rogers | Conservative | 1,372 ✓ |
| Joseph Fitzpatrick | Labour | 1,293 |
| Ruman Choudhury | Conservative | 1,006 |
| Barbara Ann Beeley | Liberal Democrats | 637 |
| Keith Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 620 |
Chadderton South3 seats · turnout 25.8%
| David Hibbert | Labour | 1,493 ✓ |
| David Thomas Jones | Labour | 1,457 ✓ |
| Danny Fletcher | Labour | 1,089 ✓ |
| Margaret Owens | Conservative | 828 |
| Dorothy Shaw | Liberal Democrats | 467 |
| Philip Renold | Liberal Democrats | 403 |
| Philip Bagley | Liberal Democrats | 401 |
Coldhurst3 seats · turnout 58.1%
| Abdul Jabbar | Labour | 2,328 ✓ |
| Jilad Miah | Liberal Democrats | 2,108 ✓ |
| Muhammad Fakar Uddin | Liberal Democrats | 2,059 ✓ |
| Janet Battye | Labour | 1,966 |
| Wahidur Rahman | Labour | 1,882 |
| Israk Miah | Liberal Democrats | 1,382 |
| Aklaque Hussain | Conservative | 795 |
| Chondon Miah | Conservative | 596 |
| Abdul Malik | Conservative | 574 |
| Susannah Stevens | Green | 562 |
Crompton3 seats · turnout 42.4%
| Ann Wingate | Liberal Democrats | 1,637 ✓ |
| Allan Dillon | Liberal Democrats | 1,552 ✓ |
| Philomena Dillon | Liberal Democrats | 1,434 ✓ |
| Valerie Pemberton | Conservative | 1,307 |
| David Dunning | Conservative | 1,279 |
| Jack Hulme | Conservative | 918 |
| Duncan Davies | Labour | 750 |
| Michael Hambley | Independent | 715 |
| Steven Webb | Labour | 688 |
| Howard Smith | Labour | 579 |
Failsworth East3 seats · turnout 29.1%
| Barbara Dawson | Labour | 1,780 ✓ |
| Judith McMahon | Labour | 1,779 ✓ |
| Peter Dean | Labour | 1,351 ✓ |
| Paul David Martin | Conservative | 760 |
| Warren Bates | Green | 561 |
| Susan Barratt | Liberal Democrats | 221 |
| Dorothy Fennell | Liberal Democrats | 209 |
| Derek Clayton | Liberal Democrats | 206 |
Failsworth West3 seats · turnout 32.8%
| John Johnson | Labour | 1,712 ✓ |
| Alan Harrison | Labour | 1,690 ✓ |
| Aileen Bell | Labour | 1,670 ✓ |
| Charles Styles | BNP | 675 |
| David Crankshaw | Conservative | 628 |
| Joan Spencer | Green | 548 |
| James Peter Ward | Liberal Democrats | 449 |
| Jill Barrow | Liberal Democrats | 285 |
| Lesley Schofield | Liberal Democrats | 209 |
Hollinwood3 seats · turnout 32.5%
| Jean Stretton | Labour | 1,138 ✓ |
| Stephen Williams | Labour | 1,107 ✓ |
| Brian Ames | Labour | 1,066 ✓ |
| David Joynes | Liberal Democrats | 989 |
| Stephen Barrow | Liberal Democrats | 837 |
| Robert Longley | Liberal Democrats | 720 |
| John Berry | Conservative | 551 |
| Christopher Shyne | Conservative | 451 |
| Peter Robbie | Green | 356 |
Medlock Vale3 seats · turnout 33.9%
| Ateeque Ur-Rehman | Labour | 1,526 ✓ |
| Gerald Ball | Labour | 1,379 ✓ |
| Jean Jones | Labour | 1,297 ✓ |
| Zahid Hussain | Liberal Democrats | 723 |
| Ian Payne | Green | 673 |
| Maureen McGuin | Green | 578 |
| Jason Robinson | Liberal Democrats | 556 |
| Bronwyn Thackeray | Liberal Democrats | 552 |
| Neelofar Rafiq | Independent | 451 |
| Hizzur Rahman | Conservative | 369 |
Royton North3 seats · turnout 38.6%
| Bernard Judge | Labour | 1,740 ✓ |
| John Larkin | Labour | 1,479 ✓ |
| Olwen Chadderton | Labour | 1,370 ✓ |
| Jack Lees | Conservative | 975 |
| Norman Corbett | BNP | 953 |
| Kenneth Heeks | Conservative | 728 |
| David Short | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 665 |
| Margaret Kelly | Green | 597 |
| Tony Farrell | Liberal Democrats | 356 |
| Annie Lord | Liberal Democrats | 319 |
| George Womack | Liberal Democrats | 252 |
Royton South3 seats
| Phil Harrison | Labour | 1,438 ✓ |
| Steven Bashforth | Labour | 1,438 ✓ |
| Jill Read | Labour | 1,112 ✓ |
| Anita Corbett | BNP | 964 |
| Joseph Farquhar | Conservative | 865 |
| Allan Fish | Conservative | 745 |
| Sarah Farquhar | Conservative | 701 |
| Trevor Hilton | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 537 |
| David Shaw | Liberal Democrats | 522 |
| Marjorie Solan | Liberal Democrats | 345 |
| Ben McCarthy | Green | 326 |
| Kenneth Wingate | Liberal Democrats | 288 |
Saddleworth North3 seats · turnout 47.5%
| Peter Buckley | Liberal Democrats | 1,700 ✓ |
| Derek Heffernan | Liberal Democrats | 1,526 ✓ |
| Iain McInnes | Liberal Democrats | 1,429 ✓ |
| Barbara Jackson | Conservative | 1,124 |
| Graham Sheldon | Conservative | 1,089 |
| Ann Gee | Conservative | 1,050 |
| Kenneth Hulme | Labour | 865 |
| Paul Hickling | Labour | 738 |
| Paul Gordon Fryer | Labour | 633 |
| Andrew David Threlfall | Green | 587 |
Saddleworth South3 seats · turnout 52.8%
| Richard Knowles | Liberal Democrats | 1,988 ✓ |
| Christine Wheeler | Liberal Democrats | 1,977 ✓ |
| Jerry Hudson | Conservative | 1,843 ✓ |
| Valerie Knowles | Liberal Democrats | 1,483 |
| Patricia Byrne | Conservative | 1,473 |
| Richard Postle | Conservative | 1,288 |
| Kay Roney | Green | 521 |
| Alastair McGregor | Labour | 520 |
| Annette Battye | Labour | 492 |
| Cathryn Ball | Labour | 390 |
Saddleworth West and Lees3 seats
| Valerie Sedgwick | Liberal Democrats | 1,430 ✓ |
| Brian Lord | Liberal Democrats | 1,239 ✓ |
| Thomas Beeley | Liberal Democrats | 1,143 ✓ |
| Elizabeth Boon | Conservative | 946 |
| John McArdle | Labour | 934 |
| George Buston | Conservative | 900 |
| Naomi Bennett | Labour | 803 |
| John David Caddick | Conservative | 780 |
| Ann Buscema | Labour | 678 |
| Mark Lees | Green | 572 |
| Robert Allsopp | Independent | 369 |
Shaw3 seats · turnout 39.7%
| Howard David Sykes | Liberal Democrats | 1,952 ✓ |
| Angie Farrell | Liberal Democrats | 1,773 ✓ |
| Roderick Blyth | Liberal Democrats | 1,694 ✓ |
| David Bentley | Conservative | 716 |
| Alwyn Stott | BNP | 705 |
| Kevin Howard | Conservative | 605 |
| Carole Masters | Conservative | 596 |
| Maura Connolly | Labour | 476 |
| David Faulkner | Labour | 476 |
| Lester Chattein | Labour | 374 |
St James'3 seats · turnout 30.1%
| Jaqueline Stanton | Liberal Democrats | 1,354 ✓ |
| Jacqueline McArdle | Liberal Democrats | 1,259 ✓ |
| Roger Hindle | Liberal Democrats | 1,146 ✓ |
| Adrian Clive Alexander | Labour | 808 |
| Michael Treacy | BNP | 797 |
| Raymond Mallinson | Labour | 590 |
| Brian Hurst | Labour | 588 |
| Paul Andrew | Independent | 440 |
| Eileen Hulme | Conservative | 388 |
St Mary's3 seats
| Riaz Ahmed | Labour | 1,966 ✓ |
| Mohammed Masud | Liberal Democrats | 1,938 ✓ |
| Aqeel Salamat | Liberal Democrats | 1,711 ✓ |
| Mohammed Sharif | Liberal Democrats | 1,675 |
| Abdul Shah | Labour | 1,653 |
| Nazam Azam | Labour | 1,348 |
| Nadeem Hussain | Conservative | 1,067 |
| David Atherton | Conservative | 653 |
Waterhead3 seats · turnout 34.5%
| John Anchor | Liberal Democrats | 1,643 ✓ |
| Kay Knox | Liberal Democrats | 1,608 ✓ |
| Lynne Christine Thompson | Liberal Democrats | 1,316 ✓ |
| James Leyden | Labour | 981 |
| Christopher Jones | Labour | 879 |
| Shadab Qumer | Labour | 877 |
| Martin Brierley | BNP | 660 |
| Edna Wolstenhulme | Conservative | 365 |
| Stuart Allsopp | Independent | 298 |
Werneth3 seats · turnout 48.9%
| Fareed Hussain | Labour | 2,350 ✓ |
| Khurshid Ahmed | Liberal Democrats | 2,094 ✓ |
| Shoab Akhtar | Labour | 1,872 ✓ |
| Kamran Ghafoor | Labour | 1,698 |
| Faisal Khan | Liberal Democrats | 1,546 |
| Keith Pendlebury | Liberal Democrats | 1,232 |
| Paul Stephenson | Conservative | 567 |