Before (end of 2005) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 24 · Liberal Democrats 18 · Conservative 6 · Other 0
After (end of 2006) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 23 · Liberal Democrats 19 · Conservative 6 · Other 0
Ward results
Billinge & Seneley Green1 seat · turnout 34.4%
| Susan Murphy | Labour | 1,504 ✓ |
| D. Davies | Conservative | 970 |
| C. Gadsden | Liberal Democrats | 672 |
Blackbrook1 seat
| Paul McQuade | Labour | 1,257 ✓ |
| Ruth Smith | Liberal Democrats | 712 |
| W. Guest | CmtyA | 327 |
| Joanna Collins | Conservative | 221 |
| R. Waugh | SOC LAB | 64 |
Bold1 seat
| M. Dunn | Liberal Democrats | 1,087 ✓ |
| P. Pritchard | Labour | 1,001 |
| Charmain Pyke | Conservative | 142 |
Earlestown1 seat
| Banks C. | Labour | 1,153 ✓ |
| D. Smith | Liberal Democrats | 953 |
| Catherine Perks | Conservative | 266 |
Eccleston1 seat
| Geoff Pearl | Liberal Democrats | 2,666 ✓ |
| Kathleen Sheila Barton | Conservative | 690 |
| Martin Bond | Labour | 608 |
Haydock1 seat
| E. Sheldon | Liberal Democrats | 1,811 ✓ |
| Jeanette Banks | Labour | 1,284 |
| A. Rigby | Conservative | 189 |
Moss Bank1 seat
| R. Ferry | Liberal Democrats | 1,648 ✓ |
| B. Hart | Labour | 1,269 |
| W. Highcock | Conservative | 237 |
Newton1 seat
| N. Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 1,787 ✓ |
| S. Hughes | Labour | 756 |
| Mike Harvey | Conservative | 244 |
Parr1 seat
| T. Shields | Labour | 1,384 ✓ |
| Janet Hennessy | Liberal Democrats | 595 |
| Madeleine Patricia Wilcock | Conservative | 117 |
Rainford1 seat
| J. Parr | Conservative | 1,740 ✓ |
| D. Wood | Labour | 798 |
| Sandra Ferry | Liberal Democrats | 369 |
Rainhill1 seat
| S. Glover | Labour | 1,463 ✓ |
| Spriggs H. | Conservative | 961 |
| Christina Duncan | Liberal Democrats | 749 |
Sutton1 seat
| Julie Jones | Liberal Democrats | 1,721 ✓ |
| Marlene Newman | Labour | 873 |
| Barbara Johnson | Conservative | 207 |
Thatto Heath1 seat
| Richard McCauley | Labour | 1,308 ✓ |
| Carol Pearl | Liberal Democrats | 453 |
| M. Perry | CmtyA | 363 |
| Barbara Evelyn Woodcock | Conservative | 217 |
Town Centre1 seat
| Crowther D. | Liberal Democrats | 1,052 ✓ |
| Margaret McLachlan | Labour | 1,005 |
| M. Pearcey | BNP | 308 |
| Jill Jones | Conservative | 113 |
| L. Teeling | CmtyA | 89 |
West Park1 seat
| Marie Rimmer | Labour | 1,900 ✓ |
| S. Broughton | Liberal Democrats | 1,443 |
| Charlotte Wood | Conservative | 210 |
| Tracy Lavelle | CmtyA | 116 |
Windle1 seat
| K. Roughley | Conservative | 1,418 ✓ |
| G. Almond | Labour | 986 |
| K. Knowles | Liberal Democrats | 494 |