Before (end of 2007) (38 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 19 · Labour 16 · Other 3 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 2008) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 17 · Other 10 · Labour 8 · Liberal Democrats 1
Ward results
Barrow Island1 seat · turnout 24.9%
| Emily Wood | Independent | 381 ✓ |
| Trevor Alan Biggins | Labour | 90 |
Central2 seats · turnout 16.4%
| Mary Irwin | Labour | 232 ✓ |
| Rosemarie Hamezeian | — | 224 ✓ |
| Norman Hill | Independent | 176 |
| Margaret Thomson | Labour | 174 |
| Sarah Martinez | — | 158 |
Dalton North3 seats
| John Heath | Conservative | 870 ✓ |
| Katherine Unwin | Conservative | 812 ✓ |
| Bill Bleasdale | Conservative | 730 ✓ |
| Denis Bell | Labour | 502 |
| Jayne Phizacklea | Labour | 432 |
| Dermot O'Connor | Labour | 386 |
| Lynn Murray | Liberal Democrats | 376 |
Dalton South3 seats · turnout 27.4%
| Timothy Bell | Conservative | 689 ✓ |
| Dorothy James | Conservative | 623 ✓ |
| John Millar | Independent | 577 ✓ |
| David Gill | Conservative | 576 |
| Frances Murray | Liberal Democrats | 377 |
| Wendy Elizabeth Maddox | Labour | 369 |
| Barry Doughty | Labour | 347 |
| Graham Chester | Labour | 329 |
Hawcoat3 seats · turnout 32.5%
| Michael Stephenson | Independent | 922 ✓ |
| Dave Roberts | Conservative | 779 ✓ |
| Judy Richardson | Conservative | 720 ✓ |
| Chloe Lancaster | Independent | 719 |
| Bill Joughin | Conservative | 705 |
| Rebecca Melling | Labour | 290 |
Hindpool3 seats · turnout 15.2%
| David Pidduck | Labour | 445 ✓ |
| Michelle Roberts | Labour | 441 ✓ |
| Phil Murray | Conservative | 359 ✓ |
| Kenneth Beeres | Labour | 335 |
Newbarns3 seats
| Dorothy Dawes | Conservative | 609 ✓ |
| Colin Liversedge | Conservative | 516 ✓ |
| Philip Solloway | Independent | 511 ✓ |
| Bob Maltman | Conservative | 486 |
| Charles Elliott | Labour | 299 |
| Lorraine Biggins | Labour | 243 |
| Allison Johnston | Labour | 216 |
Ormsgill3 seats
| Jim Hamezeian | — | 632 ✓ |
| William McEwan | — | 407 ✓ |
| Sheila Begley | — | 407 ✓ |
| Stephen Forbes | Labour | 360 |
| Alison Giles | Conservative | 341 |
| Stephen Groundwater | Labour | 295 |
| Ernest Wilson | Labour | 280 |
| Margie Arts | Independent | 235 |
| James Tongue | Independent | 226 |
| Michael Ashburner | BNP | 185 |
| Eion McPoland | BNP | 136 |
Parkside3 seats · turnout 27.9%
| Jim Jefferson | Independent | 495 ✓ |
| Lisa Hammond | Independent | 476 ✓ |
| Dominic McCavish | Liberal Democrats | 420 ✓ |
| David McCormick | Labour | 403 |
| Marie Derbyshire | Labour | 390 |
| Tricia Kegg | Labour | 375 |
| Linda Last | Conservative | 371 |
| Tina Macur | Conservative | 300 |
| Shirley Richardson | Conservative | 299 |
Risedale3 seats
| Des English | Conservative | 461 ✓ |
| Jean Waiting | Labour | 427 ✓ |
| Jeffrey Garnett | Labour | 395 ✓ |
| Debra Michelle Seward | Labour | 387 |
Roosecote3 seats · turnout 28.6%
| Ray Guselli | Conservative | 805 ✓ |
| Kenneth Williams | Conservative | 761 ✓ |
| Rory McClure | Conservative | 743 ✓ |
| Wayne Butler | Independent | 493 |
| Kenneth Thomson | Labour | 290 |
| Lovinia Williams | Labour | 241 |
Walney North3 seats
| Desmond Barlow | Labour | 746 ✓ |
| Anita Husband | Labour | 680 ✓ |
| Anthony Callister | Labour | 614 ✓ |
| Stephen Smart | Conservative | 518 |
| Shahnaz Asghar | Conservative | 436 |
| Mike Macur | Conservative | 424 |
Walney South3 seats · turnout 26.6%
| David Marcus | Conservative | 637 ✓ |
| Ollie Flitcroft | Conservative | 594 ✓ |
| Alan James Pemberton | Conservative | 592 ✓ |
| Colin Thomson | Labour | 528 |
| John Murphy | Labour | 525 |
| Robert Pointer | Labour | 506 |