Before (end of 2010) (64 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 31 · Conservative 19 · Liberal Democrats 9 · Other 5
After (end of 2011) (64 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 37 · Conservative 17 · Liberal Democrats 6 · Other 4
Ward results
Audley1 seat · turnout 44.1%
| Yusuf Jan-Virmani | Labour | 2,202 ✓ |
| Saadat Ali | Conservative | 318 |
Bastwell1 seat · turnout 64.4%
| Iftakhar Hussain | Labour | 1,840 ✓ |
| Sajid Ali | Liberal Democrats | 1,404 |
| Naseer Sajid | Conservative | 98 |
Beardwood with Lammack1 seat · turnout 46.1%
| Michael Lee | Conservative | 1,256 ✓ |
| A. Whalley | Labour | 691 |
| S Lorgat | Liberal Democrats | 134 |
Corporation Park1 seat · turnout 50.1%
| Arshid Mahmood | Labour | 1,876 ✓ |
| Julie Margaret Daley | Conservative | 531 |
Earcroft1 seat · turnout 32.4%
| Trevor Maxfield | Labour | 455 ✓ |
| Andrew Baker | Conservative | 223 |
| Stephen Potter | — | 209 |
| Mark Davies | Liberal Democrats | 169 |
Ewood1 seat · turnout 31.7%
| Maureen Bateson | Labour | 1,002 ✓ |
| Lee Black | Conservative | 467 |
Fernhurst1 seat · turnout 48.4%
| Jacquie Slater | Conservative | 936 ✓ |
| K. Hawarth | Labour | 581 |
Higher Croft1 seat · turnout 29.9%
| Martyn Johnson | Labour | 980 ✓ |
| Paul Marrow | Conservative | 417 |
| Darren Jeal | BNP | 179 |
Little Harwood1 seat · turnout 45.8%
| Naushad Surve | Labour | 1,464 ✓ |
| Mohamed Sidat | Conservative | 463 |
| Atash Shaikh | Liberal Democrats | 118 |
Livesey with Pleasington1 seat · turnout 46.8%
| Derek James Hardman | Conservative | 1,743 ✓ |
| Jason Groves | Labour | 797 |
Marsh House1 seat · turnout 38.8%
| Frank Connor | Labour | 676 ✓ |
| Neil Slater | Conservative | 472 |
| Simon Pearce Huggill | Liberal Democrats | 434 |
| Heather Ashurst | — | 240 |
Meadowhead1 seat · turnout 39.7%
| Carl Peter Nuttall | Labour | 963 ✓ |
| Andrew Barry | Conservative | 786 |
Mill Hill1 seat · turnout 34.0%
| Damian Talbot | Labour | 967 ✓ |
| Des Lovett | Conservative | 264 |
| Alan Dean | Liberal Democrats | 220 |
North Turton with Tockholes1 seat · turnout 50.1%
| Jean Valerie Rigby | Conservative | 1,115 ✓ |
| Bernadette Oxley | Labour | 646 |
Queens Park2 seats · turnout 37.9%
| M. Yasin | Labour | 2,114 ✓ |
| M Masud | Labour | 1,767 ✓ |
| P Akhtar | Conservative | 1,383 |
| Mustafa Desai | Labour | 1,111 ✓ |
| N Islam | Conservative | 898 |
| Imtiaz Ali | Conservative | 294 |
| Faraz Ali | Liberal Democrats | 196 |
| S Miah | Independent | 186 |
| R Struck | Liberal Democrats | 118 |
| M Rogers | Liberal Democrats | 103 |
Roe Lee1 seat · turnout 44.4%
| Phil Riley | Labour | 983 ✓ |
| Maureen McGarvey | Conservative | 917 |
| Nancy Shaw-Farmer | BNP | 175 |
Shadsworth with Whitebirk1 seat · turnout 30.9%
| Jim Shorrock | Labour | 1,222 ✓ |
| Robin Evans | BNP | 244 |
| Edward Merriman | Conservative | 216 |
Shear Brow1 seat · turnout 51.0%
| Hanif Khonat | Labour | 1,746 ✓ |
| Muntazir Patel | Liberal Democrats | 695 |
| Maryam Batan | Conservative | 179 |
Sudell1 seat · turnout 31.7%
| Roger Davies | Liberal Democrats | 703 ✓ |
| Tom Evans | Labour | 582 |
| Wilf Helliwell | — | 244 |
Sunnyhurst1 seat · turnout 43.2%
| Barry Taylor | Labour | 1,053 ✓ |
| Gary Mayer | Conservative | 300 |
| Tony Melia | Darwen | 296 |
| John East | Liberal Democrats | 289 |
Wensley Fold1 seat · turnout 39.5%
| Kate Hollern | Labour | 1,465 ✓ |
| Lorraine Chesterton | Conservative | 277 |
| Waseem Hassan | Liberal Democrats | 50 |