Before (end of 2011) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 33 · Labour 21 · Other 0 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 2012) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 28 · Labour 26 · Liberal Democrats 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Ashurst1 seat · turnout 27.8%
| Gail Pamela Hodson | Labour | 1,046 ✓ |
| Stacey Griffiths | Conservative | 171 |
| Elizabeth Boorman | Green | 138 |
Aughton & Downholland1 seat · turnout 33.5%
| Una Atherley | Conservative | 913 ✓ |
| Paul Hennessy | Labour | 613 |
Birch Green1 seat · turnout 25.1%
| Lucy Hodson | Labour | 686 ✓ |
| Jane Marshall | Conservative | 60 |
| Peter Andrew Cranie | Green | 45 |
Burscough East1 seat · turnout 33.3%
| Roger Bell | Labour | 461 ✓ |
| George Ernest Pratt | Conservative | 396 |
| Brian Arthur Bailey | Independent | 241 |
Burscough West1 seat · turnout 35.8%
| Cynthia Dereli | Labour | 960 ✓ |
| Jason Grice | Conservative | 455 |
Derby1 seat · turnout 30.9%
| Adrian Owens | Conservative | 883 ✓ |
| Gareth Dowling | Labour | 575 |
| Alex Doyle | Green | 160 |
| Thomas Roughley | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 91 |
Digmoor1 seat · turnout 29.8%
| Katie Wilkie | Labour | 842 ✓ |
| Ryan Waite | Conservative | 68 |
| Peter Finnigan | Liberal Democrats | 19 |
Halsall1 seat · turnout 36.9%
| Doreen Stephenson | Conservative | 331 ✓ |
| Raymond Brookfield | Labour | 302 |
HESKETH-WITH-BECCONSALL1 seat · turnout 26.8%
| Mathew Forshaw | Conservative | 544 ✓ |
| Joan Draper | Labour | 300 |
Knowsley1 seat · turnout 41.4%
| George Oliver | Labour | 981 ✓ |
| David Meadows | Conservative | 711 |
| John Watt | Green | 161 |
Moorside1 seat · turnout 29.8%
| Terence Aldridge | Labour | 753 ✓ |
| Cynthia Miller | Conservative | 80 |
Rufford1 seat · turnout 43.4%
| Jane Houlgrave | Conservative | 333 ✓ |
| John Gordon | Independent | 293 |
| Simon Perkins | Labour | 111 |
Scott1 seat · turnout 37.3%
| Kevin Wright | Labour | 923 ✓ |
| Edward James McCarthy | Conservative | 516 |
| Mandy George | Green | 151 |
| Pam Banks | Liberal Democrats | 112 |
Skelmersdale North1 seat · turnout 34.0%
| Neil Furey | Labour | 945 ✓ |
| Anthony Shaw | Conservative | 109 |
Skelmersdale South1 seat · turnout 27.9%
| Donna West | Labour | 1,165 ✓ |
| David Gallagher | Conservative | 134 |
| Martin Lowe | Green | 114 |
TARLETON1 seat · turnout 32.4%
| Rosemary Evans | Conservative | 1,076 ✓ |
| Mark Antony Blake | Labour | 391 |
Up Holland1 seat · turnout 35.1%
| Gaynar Owen | Labour | 1,124 ✓ |
| Ruth Pollock | Conservative | 622 |
Wrightington1 seat · turnout 35.4%
| Carolyn Evans | Conservative | 589 ✓ |
| Jennifer Patterson | Labour | 451 |
| Julie Hotchkiss | Green | 152 |