Councillors not seeking re-election:
- Conservative – Bob Allen (Heaton and Lostock), Marie Brady (Horwich North East), Beverley Fletcher (Breightmet), Stuart Haslam (Bradshaw), Christopher Hill (Westhoughton South), Jackie Radcliffe (Bradshaw)
- Labour – Shamim Abdullah (Rumworth), Hamid Khurram (Harper Green), Madeline Murray (Great Lever), Elaine Sherrington (Tonge with the Haulgh)
- Farnworth and Kearsley First – Lisa Weatherby (Farnworth)
- Independent – Martin McMulkin (Crompton)
Councillors transferring to a new seat:
- Kate Challender (Labour) – standing in Bradshaw, was councillor for Halliwell
- Susan Howarth (Labour) – standing in Farnworth North, was councillor for Harper Green
- Rabiya Jiva (Labour) – standing in Halliwell, was councillor for Crompton
- Champak Mistry (Labour) – standing in Farnworth South, was councillor for Harper Green
- Emily Mort (Labour) – standing in Tonge with the Haulgh, was councillor for Crompton
- Richard Silvester (Labour) – standing in Queen’s Park and Central, was councillor for Horwich North East
- Linda Thomas (Labour) – standing in Queen’s Park and Central, was councillor for Halliwell
- Akhtar Zaman (Labour) – standing in Queen’s Park and Central, was councillor for Halliwell
Councillors standing in existing division or new division with similar boundary:
- Conservative – Susan Baines (Horwich South and Blackrod), Derek Bullock (Hulton), Samantha Connor (Bromley Cross), Amy Cowen (Bromley Cross), Martyn Cox (Heaton, Lostock and Chew Moor), Mudasir Dean (Bradshaw), Bernadette Eckersley-Fallon (Westhoughton North and Hunger Hill), Hilary Fairclough (Astley Bridge), Andrea Finney (Westhoughton North and Hunger Hill), Anne Galloway (Heaton, Lostock and Chew Moor), Stuart Hartigan (Breightmet), Toby Hewitt (Hulton), David Meehan (Little Lever and Darcy Lever), Andy Morgan (Heaton, Lostock and Chew Moor), Nadim Muslim (Bromley Cross), Ayyub Patel (Rumworth), Shafi Patel (Hulton), Samuel Rimmer (Astley Bridge), Andrea Taylor-Burke (Little Lever and Darcy Lever), John Walsh (Astley Bridge), Adele Warren (Breightmet)
- Labour – Abdul Atcha (Rumworth), Mohammed Ayub (Great Lever), Nadeem Ayub (Farnworth North, was Farnworth), Martin Donaghty (Tonge with the Haulgh), Mohammed Iqbal (Great Lever), Kevin McKeon (Horwich North), Nick Peel (Tonge with the Haulgh)
- Liberal Democrat – Roger Hayes (Smithills), Deirdre McGeown (Westhoughton South), Sue Priest (Smithills), Garry Veevers (Smithills), David Wilkinson (Westhoughton South)
- Farnworth and Kearsley First – Paul Sanders (Farnworth South, was Farnworth), Tracy Wilkinson (Kearsley)
- Horwich and Blackrod First – David Grant (Horwich South and Blackrod), Peter Wright (Horwich South and Blackrod)
- One Kearsley – Paul Heslop (Kearsley), Debbie Newall (Kearsley)
- Little Lever and Darcy Lever First – Sean Hornby (Little Lever and Darcy Lever)
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