Before (end of 2007) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 21 · Liberal Democrats 20 · Conservative 6 · Other 1
After (end of 2008) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 23 · Liberal Democrats 19 · Conservative 6 · Other 0
Ward results
Billinge & Seneley Green1 seat · turnout 35.3%
| Ward R. | Labour | 1,335 ✓ |
| M. Hodgson | Conservative | 1,292 |
| R. Gadsden | Liberal Democrats | 574 |
Blackbrook1 seat
| E. Smith | Labour | 1,207 ✓ |
| R. Morgan Smith | Liberal Democrats | 1,016 |
| Joanna Collins | Conservative | 381 |
Bold1 seat
| T. Hargreaves | Labour | 984 ✓ |
| M. Roberts | Liberal Democrats | 974 |
| C Telford | BNP | 218 |
| Charmain Pyke | Conservative | 198 |
Earlestown1 seat
| L. McGuire | Labour | 1,242 ✓ |
| D. Smith | Liberal Democrats | 951 |
| B. Honey | Conservative | 196 |
Eccleston1 seat
| Teresa Sims | Liberal Democrats | 2,606 ✓ |
| Kathleen Sheila Barton | Conservative | 549 |
| Patricia Ireland | Labour | 417 |
| H. Berridge | BNP | 197 |
Haydock1 seat
| J. Caunce | Labour | 1,390 ✓ |
| S. Broughton | Liberal Democrats | 1,087 |
| A. Rigby | Conservative | 299 |
| Karen Smith | BNP | 278 |
Moss Bank1 seat
| Carole Kavanagh | Liberal Democrats | 1,911 ✓ |
| Fletcher J. | Labour | 864 |
| Elizabeth Black | Conservative | 285 |
Newton1 seat
| Suzanne Knight | Liberal Democrats | 2,028 ✓ |
| G. Barr | Labour | 605 |
| Mike Harvey | Conservative | 293 |
Parr1 seat
| K. Pinder | Labour | 1,252 ✓ |
| Josephine Ellison | Liberal Democrats | 506 |
| Madeleine Patricia Wilcock | Conservative | 212 |
Rainford1 seat
| Betty Lowe | Conservative | 1,938 ✓ |
| D. Wood | Labour | 562 |
| M Berridge-James | BNP | 202 |
| F. Barrett | Liberal Democrats | 184 |
Rainhill1 seat
| Mhairi Doyle | Labour | 1,740 ✓ |
| Helen Smith | Conservative | 877 |
| Christina Duncan | Liberal Democrats | 455 |
| Frances Chesney | BNP | 299 |
Sutton1 seat
| B. Spencer | Liberal Democrats | 1,826 ✓ |
| D. Maylor | Labour | 686 |
| J. Chesney | BNP | 273 |
| Pauline Wilcock | Conservative | 158 |
Thatto Heath1 seat
| Sheila Seddon | Labour | 1,328 ✓ |
| Carol Pearl | Liberal Democrats | 581 |
| Barbara Evelyn Woodcock | Conservative | 301 |
| P. Telford | BNP | 284 |
Town Centre1 seat
| J. Beirne | Liberal Democrats | 1,193 ✓ |
| G. Almond | Labour | 876 |
| D. Smith | BNP | 237 |
| Jill Jones | Conservative | 134 |
West Park1 seat
| R. Ayres | Labour | 1,493 ✓ |
| David Robert Cynlais Evans | Liberal Democrats | 814 |
| E. Swindells | BNP | 331 |
| R. Barton | Conservative | 329 |
Windle1 seat
| W. Ashcroft | Conservative | 1,466 ✓ |
| Lee Glover | Labour | 750 |
| Noreen Knowles | Liberal Democrats | 346 |
| K. Davies | BNP | 209 |