Before (end of 1978) (35 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 27 · Other 6 · Labour 2 · The Liberal Party 0
After (end of 1979) (35 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 20 · Labour 8 · Other 7 · The Liberal Party 0
Ward results
Abbey North2 seats · turnout 96.8%
| W. Brown | Labour | 1,141 ✓ |
| A. Proctor | Labour | 824 ✓ |
| A. Meacock | Conservative | 810 |
| J. Punch | Conservative | 630 |
| J. Foster | Independent | 591 |
Abbey South2 seats · turnout 74.5%
| J. Ward | Conservative | 1,118 |
| M. Matthews | Conservative | 961 |
| B. Ridley | Labour | 885 |
| T. Bryce | Labour | 603 |
Boughton and Pitsford1 seat · turnout 81.6%
| D. Isaacs | Independent | 471 |
| M. Goodall | Conservative | 400 |
Brampton1 seat
| J. Wagstaff | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Braunston1 seat
| D. Biddell | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Byfield1 seat · turnout 80.1%
| A. Checkley | Conservative | 616 |
| J. Woolley | Labour | 172 |
Clipston1 seat
| W. Guinness | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Crick1 seat
| F. Daniels | Conservative | 911 |
| P. Baldwin | Independent | 379 |
Crick & West Haddon1 seat · turnout 80.4%
| F. Daniels | Conservative | 911 |
| P. Baldwin | Independent | 379 |
Drayton3 seats · turnout 64.5%
| G. Blundell | Labour | 974 |
| R. Green | Labour | 956 |
| W. Goodridge | Labour | 949 |
| E. Baker | Conservative | 792 |
| E. Fairbairn | Conservative | 776 |
| R. Burke | Conservative | 700 |
| B. Juctice | Independent | 681 |
| A. Bickers | Env | 413 |
Everdon1 seat
| A. Rickett | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Flore1 seat · turnout 80.6%
| F. Chaplin | Conservative | 695 ✓ |
| D. Robbins | Labour | 324 |
| C. Barker | Independent | 87 |
| H. Floyer | Ind Con | 64 |
Guilsborough1 seat · turnout 84.1%
| E. Westaway | Conservative | 530 |
| R. Knight | Independent | 394 |
Hill3 seats · turnout 68.7%
| D. Tooby | Labour | 936 |
| J. Grainger | Labour | 902 |
| J. Humphries | Labour | 889 |
| Luke Eric Dawson | Conservative | 566 |
| T. Pearson | Conservative | 551 |
| C. Markham | LIB | 439 |
| P. Hawkley | LIB | 366 |
| S. Baldon | Independent | 279 |
Long Buckby2 seats
| J. Jackson | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| F. Wright | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Overstone & Walgrave1 seat · turnout 80.3%
| A. Walker | Independent | 765 |
| G. Sturgess | Conservative | 543 |
Ravensthorpe1 seat
| M. Pulford | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Walgrave1 seat
| A. Walker | Independent | 765 |
| G. Sturgess | Conservative | 543 |
Weedon1 seat · turnout 79.1%
| E. Buswell | Conservative | 667 |
| R. Ogden | Labour | 605 |
Welford1 seat · turnout 78.1%
| R. Wheatley | Conservative | 398 |
| P. Lowe | Labour | 376 |
Woodford1 seat · turnout 77.2%
| J. Masters | Conservative | 732 |
| P. Woolley | Labour | 416 |
Yelvertoft1 seat
| W. Bray | Conservative | 0 ✓ |