Before (end of 2009) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 27 · Conservative 23 · Liberal Democrats 9 · Other 1
After (end of 2010) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 30 · Conservative 22 · Liberal Democrats 8 · Other 0
Ward results
Astley Bridge1 seat
| John Patrick Walsh | Conservative | 3,204 ✓ |
| Abdel Ibrahim | Labour | 2,034 |
| Christopher Atty | Liberal Democrats | 1,257 |
| Neville Mercer | Independent | 396 |
Bradshaw1 seat
| Paul Brierley | Conservative | 3,464 ✓ |
| Kate Challender | Labour | 1,733 |
| Stephen Frederick Howarth | Liberal Democrats | 1,090 |
| Anne Mumberson | Green | 163 |
Breightmet1 seat
| Lynda Byrne | Labour | 2,787 ✓ |
| Sandra MacNeill | Conservative | 1,951 |
| David Charles Tyas Cooper | Liberal Democrats | 876 |
Bromley Cross1 seat
| David Greenhalgh | Conservative | 4,236 ✓ |
| Anthony Muscat Terribile | Labour | 1,774 |
| Stewart Malcolm Ball | Liberal Democrats | 1,456 |
| Lynne Hyland | Green | 303 |
Crompton1 seat
| Sufrana Bashir-Ismail | Labour | 3,749 ✓ |
| Amina Khilji | Conservative | 1,325 |
| Jaleh Salari | Liberal Democrats | 938 |
Farnworth1 seat
| Noel Spencer | Labour | 2,612 ✓ |
| Ethel Kenny | Conservative | 1,040 |
| David Connor | Liberal Democrats | 994 |
| Diana Hayes | Green | 260 |
Great Lever1 seat
| Mohammed Ayub | Labour | 2,844 ✓ |
| Mohammad Idrees | Conservative | 1,805 |
| M Cooper | Liberal Democrats | 785 |
| Astrid Johnson | Green | 270 |
Halliwell1 seat
| Akhtar Zaman | Labour | 3,228 ✓ |
| Francine Godfrey | Liberal Democrats | 882 |
| Gareth Morris | Conservative | 845 |
Harper Green1 seat
| Marc Francis | Labour | 2,312 ✓ |
| Wendy Connor | Liberal Democrats | 1,203 |
| Bill Dawson | Conservative | 903 |
| L. Williamson | Independent | 625 |
| Eric Hyland | Green | 114 |
Heaton and Lostock1 seat
| Carol Ann Shaw | Conservative | 4,643 ✓ |
| John William Gillatt | Labour | 1,973 |
| Christine Joyce Macpherson | Liberal Democrats | 1,265 |
| Daniel Mann | Green | 184 |
Horwich and Blackrod1 seat
| Stephen Pickup | Labour | 2,423 ✓ |
| Michael Hollick | Conservative | 2,229 |
| Kenneth Thomson | Liberal Democrats | 1,319 |
| Graham Chadwick | Green | 388 |
Horwich North East1 seat
| Kevin Peter McKeon | Labour | 2,243 ✓ |
| Stephen Rock | Liberal Democrats | 2,153 |
| Carol Forshaw | Conservative | 1,970 |
| Ivan Cooper | BNP | 421 |
Hulton1 seat
| Andrew Morgan | Conservative | 2,873 ✓ |
| Shafaqat Shaikh | Labour | 1,928 |
| Paul Harasiwka | Liberal Democrats | 888 |
| James Tomkinson | Green | 364 |
Kearsley1 seat
| Derek Burrows | Labour | 2,706 ✓ |
| Tracey Kane | Liberal Democrats | 1,797 |
| Diane Bamber | Conservative | 1,331 |
| Maureen Connell | Labour | 2,036 ✓ |
| Rees Gibbon | Conservative | 1,794 |
| Eric John Hyde | Liberal Democrats | 1,342 |
| Sean Colin Hornby | Independent | 1,118 |
| Alwynne Ann Cartmell | Green | 161 |
Rumworth1 seat
| Ismail Ibrahim | Labour | 3,928 ✓ |
| Glen Carl Atkinson | Liberal Democrats | 855 |
| Michelle Ionn | Conservative | 825 |
Smithills1 seat
| Anthony Radlett | Liberal Democrats | 2,741 ✓ |
| Richard Silvester | Labour | 1,699 |
| Christine Flanigan | Conservative | 1,632 |
| Anthony Backhouse | BNP | 461 |
| Rachel Mann | Green | 153 |
Tonge with the Haulgh1 seat
| Nicholas Peel | Labour | 2,495 ✓ |
| Kath Kavanagh | Conservative | 1,418 |
| Michael Langdon | Liberal Democrats | 756 |
| David Sayers | BNP | 525 |
| Martyn Cox | Conservative | 2,826 ✓ |
| Karen Lawrinson | Labour | 2,263 |
| Derek John Gradwell | Liberal Democrats | 2,087 |
| Ian David McHugh | Green | 222 |
Westhoughton South1 seat
| Kevan Jones | Labour | 2,113 ✓ |
| Julia Silvester | Liberal Democrats | 1,790 |
| Paul Wild | Conservative | 1,605 |
| Richard Bates | BNP | 458 |
| Kirsty Upham | Green | 146 |