Before (end of 2005) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 25 · Labour 9 · Liberal Democrats 1 · Other 1
After (end of 2006) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 25 · Labour 10 · Other 1 · Liberal Democrats 0
Ward results
EDEN2 seats · turnout 31.9%
| J Cheetham | Conservative | 684 |
| D. Smith | Conservative | 666 |
| W. Barnfield | Labour | 415 |
Goodshaw1 seat · turnout 36.2%
| A. Barnes | Labour | 596 |
| H. Marsden | Conservative | 528 |
Greenfield1 seat · turnout 36.1%
| R. Morris | Conservative | 684 |
| C. Pilling | Liberal Democrats | 582 |
| J. Shilliday | Labour | 275 |
Greensclough1 seat · turnout 40.3%
| J. Eaton | Conservative | 876 |
| M. Carr | Liberal Democrats | 512 |
| E. Thomas | Labour | 379 |
Healey & Whitworth1 seat · turnout 35.5%
| R. Neal | Independent | 587 |
| V. Pearson | Conservative | 258 |
| B. O’Connor | Labour | 175 |
Helmshore1 seat · turnout 38.0%
| B. Essex | Conservative | 897 |
| S Haines | Labour | 549 |
| J. Pilling | Liberal Democrats | 275 |
Irwell1 seat · turnout 33.0%
| G. Haworth | Labour | 432 |
| M. Christie | Conservative | 409 |
| K Bryan | BNP | 369 |
Longholme1 seat · turnout 36.3%
| J. Forshaw | Labour | 642 |
| N. Lumb | Conservative | 564 |
| L. Hemsley | Green | 299 |
Stacksteads1 seat · turnout 31.2%
| F. Lynskey | Conservative | 452 |
| D. Hancock | Labour | 440 |
Whitewell1 seat · turnout 32.2%
| David Hancock | Labour | 740 |
| J. Blezard | Conservative | 646 |
Worsley1 seat · turnout 32.5%
| H. Dickinson | Conservative | 564 |
| M. Procter | Labour | 478 |
| R. Sheffield | Liberal Democrats | 345 |
