Before (end of 2007) (16 seats, our estimate)
Conservative 9 · Labour 3 · Liberal Democrats 2 · Independent 2
After (end of 2008) (81 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 59 · Liberal Democrats 12 · Labour 6 · Other 4
Ward results
Alderley3 seats
| C. Andrew | Conservative | 2,992 ✓ |
| F. Keegan | Conservative | 2,928 ✓ |
| E. Gilliland | Conservative | 2,924 ✓ |
| C Browne | Liberal Democrats | 1,379 |
| B Hanson | Independent | 873 |
| A Pettifer | Labour | 606 |
Alsager3 seats · turnout 39.8%
| Rod Fletcher | Liberal Democrats | 2,165 ✓ |
| Derek Hough | Liberal Democrats | 2,095 ✓ |
| Shirley Jones | Liberal Democrats | 2,004 ✓ |
| Bill Finney | Conservative | 1,119 |
| Lynn Stocks | Conservative | 882 |
| Peter Kolker | Conservative | 877 |
| Steve Davies | BNP | 429 |
| Matthew Bee | BNP | 369 |
| Robert Ashley | Labour | 332 |
| Kathleen Clarke | Labour | 308 |
| Lee Carbutt | BNP | 297 |
| Neil Clarke | Labour | 288 |
| R. Ashley | Labour | 232 |
Bollington & Disley3 seats · turnout 40.7%
| M Davies | Conservative | 2,410 ✓ |
| H. Davenport | Conservative | 2,394 ✓ |
| D. Thompson | Conservative | 2,219 ✓ |
| Sherrie Roberts | Liberal Democrats | 1,868 |
| S. Sockett | Liberal Democrats | 1,379 |
| C. Makepeace | Liberal Democrats | 1,129 |
| H. Reid | Independent | 1,056 |
| D Laffan | Labour | 836 |
| A. Jackson-Baker | Labour | 567 |
| G. Sutton | Labour | 484 |
Broken Cross3 seats
| A. Arnold | Liberal Democrats | 1,568 ✓ |
| J. Goddard | Liberal Democrats | 1,494 ✓ |
| J. Narraway | Liberal Democrats | 1,289 ✓ |
| D. Freear | Conservative | 1,250 |
| P. Meakin | Conservative | 1,162 |
| A. Robinson | Conservative | 1,068 |
| Lois Medi Roberts | Independent | 623 |
| D Pemberton | Labour | 273 |
| M. Readman | Labour | 271 |
| S. Edwards | Labour | 252 |
Bucklow3 seats
| G. Walton | Conservative | 2,889 ✓ |
| J. Macrae | Conservative | 2,874 ✓ |
| A. Knowles | Conservative | 2,663 ✓ |
| S. Crossman | Independent | 755 |
| A. Barlow | Liberal Democrats | 737 |
| R Jackson | Labour | 625 |
| D Bailey | Independent | 335 |
Cholmondeley3 seats
| R. Bailey | Conservative | 3,350 ✓ |
| M. Hollins | Conservative | 3,119 ✓ |
| A. Richardson | Conservative | 3,117 ✓ |
| R Fox | Liberal Democrats | 821 |
| N. Kent | Labour | 543 |
| T Dunlop | Labour | 535 |
Congleton Rural3 seats
| L. Gilbert | Conservative | 2,518 ✓ |
| A Kolker | Conservative | 2,507 ✓ |
| J. Wray | Conservative | 2,352 ✓ |
| M. Oliver | Liberal Democrats | 1,287 |
| D Savage | Liberal Democrats | 1,240 |
| N Guthrie | Liberal Democrats | 1,185 |
| K. Oliver | Independent | 932 |
| Bennett R. | Independent | 814 |
Congleton Town East3 seats
| D. Brown | Conservative | 2,189 ✓ |
| P. Mason | Conservative | 2,143 ✓ |
| A. Thwaite | Conservative | 2,078 ✓ |
| D Murphy | Liberal Democrats | 709 |
| R. Boston | Labour | 688 |
| L. Hemsley | Liberal Democrats | 625 |
| T Muston | Liberal Democrats | 597 |
Congleton Town West3 seats
| G. Baxendale | Conservative | 1,978 ✓ |
| R. Domleo | Conservative | 1,861 ✓ |
| D. Topping | Conservative | 1,856 ✓ |
| J. Whitehurst | Liberal Democrats | 1,281 |
| M. Gartside | Liberal Democrats | 1,085 |
| K Heron | Liberal Democrats | 931 |
| L. Bossons | Labour | 609 |
Crewe East3 seats · turnout 25.0%
| Chris Thorley | Labour | 1,512 ✓ |
| Peggy Martin | Labour | 1,481 ✓ |
| Steve Conquest | Labour | 1,359 ✓ |
| Eddie Ankers | Conservative | 1,063 |
| Paul Morrey | Conservative | 935 |
| Stuart Davies | Conservative | 922 |
| Robert Icke | Liberal Democrats | 901 |
| Lawrence Leat | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 523 |
Crewe North3 seats · turnout 26.6%
| Terry Beard | Labour | 1,135 ✓ |
| Derek Bebbington | Conservative | 1,118 ✓ |
| John Frederick Jones | Conservative | 1,085 ✓ |
| Maureen Grant | Labour | 1,047 |
| Peter Nurse | Labour | 923 |
| Robert Handford | Conservative | 883 |
| Brian Evans | Independent | 766 |
| Maggie Bray | Independent | 525 |
Crewe South3 seats
| D. Cannon | Liberal Democrats | 1,568 ✓ |
| Elizabeth Howell | Liberal Democrats | 1,367 ✓ |
| Dorothy Flude | Labour | 1,249 ✓ |
| S Krizanac | Liberal Democrats | 1,196 |
| P. Minshall | Labour | 1,119 |
| S. Hogben | Labour | 1,096 |
| C. Murphy | Conservative | 638 |
| K. Healey | Conservative | 634 |
| F Lepisz | Conservative | 491 |
| A Jardine | Independent | 211 |
Crewe West3 seats
| M. Weatherill | Conservative | 1,257 ✓ |
| R. Cartlidge | Labour | 1,235 ✓ |
| R. Parker | Conservative | 1,188 ✓ |
| D. Newton | Labour | 1,135 |
| C. Goff | Conservative | 1,088 |
| L. Musa | Labour | 1,071 |
| J Phillips | Liberal Democrats | 456 |
| P Wilson | Green | 339 |
Doddington3 seats
| D. Brickhill | Conservative | 2,821 ✓ |
| J. Hammond | Conservative | 2,700 ✓ |
| R Walker | Conservative | 2,538 ✓ |
| M Nield | Independent | 997 |
| M. Campbell | Independent | 953 |
| P. Dowling | Labour | 668 |
| T. Eatough | Independent | 651 |
| Hancock A. | Liberal Democrats | 620 |
| G Gower | Green | 480 |
| S. Gower | Green | 459 |
Knutsford3 seats
| Bert Grange | Conservative | 2,396 ✓ |
| Olivia Hunter | Conservative | 2,352 ✓ |
| Tony Ranfield | Conservative | 2,328 ✓ |
| Caroline Aldhouse | Liberal Democrats | 1,000 |
| Francis Aldhouse | Liberal Democrats | 922 |
| Roger Barlow | Liberal Democrats | 904 |
| Laurie Burton | Labour | 769 |
Macclesfield Forest3 seats
| Hilda Gaddum | Conservative | 2,021 ✓ |
| Lesley Smetham | Conservative | 1,864 ✓ |
| M. Asquith | Conservative | 1,586 ✓ |
| B. Puddicombe | Labour | 931 |
| S Carter | Labour | 833 |
| Gillian Boston | Labour | 788 |
| Belinda Brett | Green | 703 |
Macclesfield Town3 seats
| S. Broadhurst | Liberal Democrats | 1,521 ✓ |
| D. Neilson | Liberal Democrats | 1,480 ✓ |
| Christine Tomlinson | Liberal Democrats | 1,369 ✓ |
| M. Slater | Conservative | 689 |
| L Williamson | Conservative | 671 |
| S. Truss | Labour | 670 |
| Valerie Lipworth | Conservative | 635 |
| N. Carter | Labour | 604 |
| R. Watson | Labour | 593 |
| D Hare | Green | 497 |
Macclesfield West3 seats
| S. Bentley | Conservative | 1,486 ✓ |
| D. Beckford | Conservative | 1,457 ✓ |
| M. Hardy | Conservative | 1,350 ✓ |
| Jennifer Jackson | Labour | 1,142 |
| Alift Iris Eugenie Harewood | Labour | 1,090 |
| K. Edwards | Labour | 995 |
| J. Knight | Green | 623 |
Middlewich3 seats · turnout 26.5%
| Paul Edwards | MF | 1,417 ✓ |
| Michael Parsons | MF | 1,397 ✓ |
| Simon Nicholas McGrory | MF | 1,255 ✓ |
| Alan Hardern | Conservative | 907 |
| Matthew Carey | Conservative | 721 |
| Ian Huffer | Conservative | 717 |
| Keith Bagnall | Liberal Democrats | 507 |
| Peter Hirst | Liberal Democrats | 456 |
| Donna Caffyn | Liberal Democrats | 415 |
| Christopher Parkes | Labour | 274 |
| Alan Johnson | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 257 |
Nantwich3 seats
| A. Moran | NIP | 1,786 ✓ |
| A Martin | Conservative | 1,776 ✓ |
| B. Dykes | Conservative | 1,546 ✓ |
| R McCay | Conservative | 1,368 |
| W. McGinnis | NIP | 1,265 |
| S Hope | NIP | 1,211 |
| P. Butterill | Independent | 1,120 |
| A. Knapper | Labour | 638 |
| J O’Mahoney | Labour | 605 |
| B Halson | Liberal Democrats | 449 |
Poynton3 seats
| C. Beard | Conservative | 3,007 ✓ |
| H. Murray | Conservative | 2,753 ✓ |
| Richard West | Conservative | 2,734 ✓ |
| Frances Ball | Liberal Democrats | 984 |
| C. Robinson | Liberal Democrats | 858 |
| C. Claxton | Independent | 715 |
| L. Middleton | Labour | 544 |
| Judith Elderkin | Labour | 445 |
| M Robertson | Labour | 420 |
Prestbury & Tytherington3 seats · turnout 40.1%
| T. Jackson | Conservative | 2,231 ✓ |
| J. Findlow | Conservative | 2,133 ✓ |
| W Livesley | Conservative | 1,810 ✓ |
| J. Nicholas | Independent | 1,796 |
| B. Murphy | Independent | 1,777 |
| K. Stewart | Labour | 302 |
| D. Brown | Labour | 258 |
| M Stedman | Labour | 240 |
Rope3 seats
| M. Simon | Conservative | 2,774 ✓ |
| R. Westwood | Conservative | 2,622 ✓ |
| B Silvester | Conservative | 2,557 ✓ |
| M. Jones | Labour | 1,259 |
| R Hancock | Liberal Democrats | 1,114 |
| J. Roberts | Labour | 994 |
| A Sharp | Labour | 830 |
Sandbach3 seats
| Gillian Merry | Conservative | 1,781 ✓ |
| B. Moran | Conservative | 1,695 ✓ |
| Stella Furlong | Conservative | 1,562 ✓ |
| B. Scragg | Liberal Democrats | 1,003 |
| D. Robinson | Liberal Democrats | 896 |
| P. Darnes | Liberal Democrats | 857 |
| N. Price | Independent | 682 |
| K. Haines | Labour | 553 |
Sandbach East & Rode3 seats · turnout 32.0%
| R. Bailey | Conservative | 1,976 ✓ |
| A. Barratt | Conservative | 1,902 ✓ |
| E. Alcock | Liberal Democrats | 1,800 ✓ |
| A. Large | Conservative | 1,744 |
| T. Barlow | Liberal Democrats | 1,705 |
| K Moller | Liberal Democrats | 1,376 |
| B Howell | Labour | 479 |
| J. Cliff | Independent | 224 |
Wilmslow North3 seats
| J. Crockatt | Conservative | 2,502 ✓ |
| D Stockton | Conservative | 2,284 ✓ |
| P. Whiteley | Conservative | 2,204 ✓ |
| A. Bradley | Liberal Democrats | 1,681 |
| M. Toombs | Liberal Democrats | 1,397 |
| O Romain | Liberal Democrats | 1,292 |
| J. Kelly | Labour | 470 |
Wilmslow South3 seats
| G. Barton | Conservative | 2,603 ✓ |
| R. Menlove | Conservative | 2,589 ✓ |
| W. Fitzgerald | Conservative | 2,531 ✓ |
| M. Bradley | Liberal Democrats | 1,317 |
| P. Fearnley | Liberal Democrats | 1,291 |
| R Duncalf | Liberal Democrats | 1,069 |
| N Jones | Labour | 291 |
