*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
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