Before (end of 1977) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 37 · Labour 3 · The Liberal Party 1 · Other 1
After (end of 1978) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 37 · Labour 2 · The Liberal Party 2 · Other 1
Ward results
Bletchingley1 seat · turnout 53.4%
| J. Hart | Labour | 621 |
| E. Chew | Conservative | 507 |
Burstow, Horne and Outwood2 seats
| C. Wood | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| M. Davison | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Dormans1 seat · turnout 44.1%
| P. Kemp | Conservative | 780 |
| T. Liddell | LIB | 307 |
| L. Dimmock | Labour | 155 |
Godstone1 seat · turnout 47.5%
| A. Dumville | LIB | 1,100 |
| M. Selby | Conservative | 919 |
Harestone1 seat · turnout 39.1%
| R. Platt | Conservative | 908 |
| D. Burkitt | Labour | 178 |
Limpsfield1 seat · turnout 47.7%
| E. Tibbetts | Conservative | 769 |
| J. Gladstone | LIB | 406 |
Lingfield and Crowhurst1 seat · turnout 49.8%
| A. Deane | Conservative | 931 |
| D. Allonby | Labour | 500 |
| J. Matthews | LIB | 187 |
OXTED NORTH & TANDRIDGE1 seat · turnout 43.3%
| W. Maclachlan | Conservative | 1,201 |
| B. Fogarty | LIB | 406 |
| B. Johnstone | Labour | 172 |
Oxted South1 seat · turnout 52.8%
| W. Russell | Conservative | 1,148 |
| G. Cornish | Labour | 918 |
QUEENS PARK1 seat · turnout 49.5%
| R. Dabbs | Conservative | 671 |
| M. Shaw | LIB | 400 |
| A Batham | Labour | 144 |
Warlingham East1 seat · turnout 45.2%
| M. Kelly | Conservative | 990 |
| A. Tandridge | Labour | 404 |
| S. Paterson | LIB | 356 |
Warlingham West1 seat · turnout 43.7%
| F. Thompson | Conservative | 798 |
| G. Smith | LIB | 244 |
| R Jacques | Labour | 180 |
Westway1 seat · turnout 50.3%
| J. Courtenay | Conservative | 585 |
| D. Cadogan | Labour | 580 |
| J. Notman | LIB | 253 |
Whyteleafe1 seat · turnout 36.9%
| I. Brown | Conservative | 605 |
| M. Bates | Labour | 231 |