Before (end of 2011) (57 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 34 · Liberal Democrats 17 · Conservative 6 · Other 0
After (end of 2012) (57 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 41 · Liberal Democrats 12 · Conservative 4 · Other 0
Ward results
Appleton1 seat
| Brian Axcell | Liberal Democrats | 1,660 ✓ |
| Phil Marshall | Conservative | 1,067 |
| Paul Carter | Labour | 453 |
Bewsey and Whitecross1 seat · turnout 20.0%
| Jeffrey Richards | Labour | 1,478 ✓ |
| Judith Wheeler | Liberal Democrats | 309 |
Birchwood1 seat · turnout 29.5%
| Pauline Nelson | Labour | 1,663 ✓ |
| Nigel Balding | Conservative | 633 |
| Charlie Hulse | Liberal Democrats | 157 |
Burtonwood and Winwick1 seat · turnout 32.8%
| Terry O'Neill | Labour | 1,241 ✓ |
| June Rios | Conservative | 316 |
| Stefan Krizanac | Liberal Democrats | 89 |
Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft1 seat · turnout 43.2%
| Chris Vobe | Labour | 2,134 ✓ |
| Keith Bland | Conservative | 1,350 |
| Merril Cummerson | Liberal Democrats | 264 |
Fairfield and Howley1 seat · turnout 20.9%
| Kevin Bennett | Labour | 1,505 ✓ |
| Lyndsay McAteer | Green | 245 |
| Nicola Brent | Liberal Democrats | 220 |
Grappenhall and Thelwall1 seat
| Ted Finnegan | Liberal Democrats | 1,191 ✓ |
| Mark Littler | Labour | 622 |
| Roger Cawthorne | Conservative | 615 |
| Richard Vaughan | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 168 |
| Michael Smith | Green | 94 |
Great Sankey South1 seat · turnout 26.8%
| Tony Williams | Labour | 1,507 ✓ |
| Sam Baxter | Conservative | 370 |
| Roy Alfred Smith | Liberal Democrats | 343 |
| Paul Kennedy | Conservative | 533 ✓ |
| Jack Park | Labour | 197 |
| David Hockenhull | Liberal Democrats | 145 |
Lymm1 seat · turnout 37.5%
| Sheila Woodyatt | Conservative | 1,458 ✓ |
| Susan Williams | Labour | 1,195 |
| Graham Gowland | Liberal Democrats | 591 |
| James Ashington | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 395 |
Orford1 seat · turnout 21.7%
| Mike Hannon | Labour | 1,517 ✓ |
| John Edwin Meirion Davies | Liberal Democrats | 206 |
Penketh and Cuerdley1 seat · turnout 36.5%
| Allin Dirir | Labour | 1,603 ✓ |
| Peter Campbell | Conservative | 824 |
| Timothy Price | Liberal Democrats | 97 |
Poplars and Hulme1 seat · turnout 21.2%
| Brian Maher | Labour | 1,312 ✓ |
| Helena Campbell | Conservative | 196 |
| Iona Gillis | Liberal Democrats | 144 |
Poulton North1 seat · turnout 27.9%
| Billy Lines-Rowlands | Labour | 1,226 ✓ |
| Simon Bradshaw | Liberal Democrats | 802 |
| Maddy Chapman | Conservative | 241 |
Poulton South1 seat · turnout 28.4%
| Colin Froggatt | Labour | 1,109 ✓ |
| Jeff Butler | Liberal Democrats | 262 |
| Eveline van der Steen | Green | 132 |
Rixton and Woolston1 seat · turnout 29.0%
| Tony McCarthy | Labour | 1,446 ✓ |
| Luke Houghton | Conservative | 426 |
| Ross Lloyd | Green | 208 |
| Diana Grylls | Liberal Democrats | 90 |
Stockton Heath1 seat · turnout 36.8%
| Laurence Murphy | Labour | 664 ✓ |
| Stephen Howard Taylor | Conservative | 605 |
| Ann Raymond | Liberal Democrats | 434 |
| Kenneth Robin Wilson | Green | 140 |
Westbrook1 seat · turnout 26.3%
| Judith Mary Guthrie | Labour | 674 ✓ |
| David Earl | Liberal Democrats | 507 |
| Michael Foxall | Conservative | 183 |
Whittle Hall1 seat · turnout 26.9%
| Wyn Hughes | Labour | 1,119 ✓ |
| Kevin Reynolds | Liberal Democrats | 865 |
| Jez Levy | Conservative | 361 |
| Stephanie Davies | Green | 126 |