*Audrey Bennett (Lab) 769

Malcolm Parr (Con) 348

Majority 421

% poll: 12.4

No change

ASHTON/GOLBORNE

Nigel Ash (Lab) 1065

Robert Rees (Con) 588

Majority 477

% poll: 15.7

Labour hold

ATHERTON

*Joe Clarke (Lab) 1108

Colin Thomson (Lib Dem) 363

Rosina Oxley (Con) 276

Majority 745

% poll: 20.27

No change

BEDFORD/ASTLEY

Charles Rigby (Lab) 1230

Nigel Dugmore (Con) 656

Freda Graham (Lib Dem) 281

Linda Maile (EE) 94

Majority 574

% poll: 26

Labour hold

HINDLEY

*Alfred Robinson (Lab) 877

Barry Worthington (Ind) 683

Simon Isherwood (Con) 210

Majority 194

% poll: 17.47

No change

HINDLEY GREEN

*Stephen Murphy (Lab) 843

John Vickers (HG/Westleigh Ind) 566

Ann Davies (Con) 331

Majority 277

% poll: 16

No change

HINDSFORD

Graham Lingings (Lib Dem) 1163

Mark Aldred (Lab) 1107

Dorothy Angell (Con) 124

Thomas Norris (Ind) 108

Majority 56

% poll: 23.75

Lib Dem hold

HOPE CARR

Lynne Liptrot (Lab) 946

Andrew Oxley (Con) 672

Peter Hough (Lib Dem) 511

Christopher Maile (EE) 289

Majority 274

% poll: 23.78

Labour hold

LEIGH CENTRAL

Kathleen Thomas (Lab) 877

Nigel Isherwood (Con) 372

Majority 505

% poll: 14.7

Labour hold

LEIGH EAST

Brian Jarvis (Lab) 877

John Sumner (Ind) 416

Derek Davies (Con) 309

Majority 461

% poll: 15

Labour hold

LIGHTSHAW

*David Kelly (Lab) 1552

James Grundy (Con) 1024

Majority 528

% poll: 21.5

No change

TYLDESLEY EAST

*Alan Stephenson (Lab) 1023

Christopher Jones (Lib Dem) 592

Susan Vickers (No Busway) 183

Majority 431

% poll: 15.36

No change