Before (end of 2010) (57 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 27 · Liberal Democrats 24 · Conservative 6 · Other 0
After (end of 2011) (57 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 34 · Liberal Democrats 17 · Conservative 6 · Other 0
Ward results
Appleton1 seat · turnout 51.2%
| Peter Walker | Liberal Democrats | 1,861 ✓ |
| Phil Marshall | Conservative | 1,745 |
| Paul Carter | Labour | 655 |
Bewsey and Whitecross1 seat · turnout 28.2%
| Steve Parish | Labour | 1,576 ✓ |
| Bob Timmis | Liberal Democrats | 450 |
| Jez Levy | Conservative | 230 |
| Mike Philips | BNP | 115 |
Birchwood1 seat · turnout 38.2%
| Chris Fitzsimmons | Labour | 1,789 ✓ |
| Judith Wise | Conservative | 1,105 |
| Christine Oliver | Liberal Democrats | 310 |
Burtonwood and Winwick1 seat · turnout 40.8%
| John Joyce | Labour | 1,406 ✓ |
| Frank Allen | Conservative | 656 |
Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft1 seat · turnout 46.6%
| Susan Bland | Conservative | 1,958 ✓ |
| Chris Vobe | Labour | 1,598 |
| Merril Cummerson | Liberal Democrats | 468 |
Fairfield and Howley1 seat · turnout 28.0%
| Tony Higgins | Labour | 1,738 ✓ |
| Ileyne Hutchinson | Conservative | 429 |
| Simon Bradshaw | Liberal Democrats | 215 |
| Lyndsay McAteer | Green | 196 |
Grappenhall and Thelwall1 seat · turnout 46.0%
| Mike Biggin | Liberal Democrats | 1,543 ✓ |
| Roger Cawthorne | Conservative | 990 |
| Helen Dutton | Labour | 833 |
| Richard Vaughan | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 194 |
Great Sankey North1 seat · turnout 42.2%
| Dan Price | Labour | 858 ✓ |
| Roy Alfred Smith | Liberal Democrats | 807 |
| David Scott McNeilage | Conservative | 345 |
| Stephanie Davies | Green | 114 |
Great Sankey South1 seat · turnout 37.7%
| Jean Carter | Labour | 1,629 ✓ |
| James Regan | Liberal Democrats | 848 |
| Sam Baxter | Conservative | 633 |
Latchford East1 seat · turnout 31.8%
| Hans Mundry | Labour | 1,471 ✓ |
| Lance Reah | Conservative | 272 |
| Timothy Price | Liberal Democrats | 165 |
Latchford West1 seat · turnout 39.8%
| Maureen McLaughlin | Labour | 971 ✓ |
| Ted Finnegan | Liberal Democrats | 857 |
| Matthew Harris | Conservative | 229 |
| Mike Smith | Green | 106 |
Lymm1 seat · turnout 48.4%
| Ian George Marks | Liberal Democrats | 1,624 ✓ |
| Harish Sharma | Conservative | 1,505 |
| Susan Williams | Labour | 1,207 |
| James Ashington | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 291 |
Orford1 seat · turnout 29.8%
| Kate Hannon | Labour | 1,879 ✓ |
| Brian Lambert | Conservative | 364 |
| Edgar John Davies | Liberal Democrats | 139 |
Penketh and Cuerdley1 seat · turnout 44.6%
| Linda Susan Dirir | Labour | 1,842 ✓ |
| Peter Elton | Conservative | 1,221 |
Poplars and Hulme1 seat · turnout 28.8%
| Steve Roberts | Labour | 1,694 ✓ |
| James Leslie | Conservative | 353 |
| Bob Haskew-Jones | Liberal Democrats | 182 |
Poulton North1 seat
| Graham Jeffrey Friend | Labour | 1,442 ✓ |
| C. Oliver | Liberal Democrats | 1,204 |
| M Chapman | Conservative | 426 |
Rixton and Woolston1 seat · turnout 38.0%
| Paul Bretherton | Labour | 1,611 ✓ |
| Nigel Balding | Conservative | 906 |
| Ross Lloyd | Green | 188 |
| Diana Grylls | Liberal Democrats | 150 |
Stockton Heath1 seat · turnout 59.3%
| Celia Jordan | Liberal Democrats | 817 ✓ |
| Stephen Howard Taylor | Conservative | 755 |
| Laurence Murphy | Labour | 670 |
| L Murphy | Labour | 617 |
| Kenneth Robin Wilson | Green | 123 |
Westbrook1 seat · turnout 62.3%
| Jan Davidson | Labour | 792 ✓ |
| Stefan Krizanac | Liberal Democrats | 515 |
| Robert MacLaren | Conservative | 480 |
| Derek Clark | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 113 |
Whittle Hall1 seat · turnout 35.4%
| Faisal Rashid | Labour | 1,285 ✓ |
| Judith Wheeler | Liberal Democrats | 1,021 |
| Stephen Bradley | Conservative | 802 |