Before (end of 1978) (47 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 29 · Conservative 12 · The Liberal Party 3 · Labour 3
After (end of 1979) (51 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 29 · Conservative 16 · The Liberal Party 3 · Labour 3
Ward results
Baldwin1 seat
| W. Withers | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Bringsty1 seat
| E. Harington | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Broadheath1 seat
| Bailey | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Bromyard2 seats · turnout 60.7%
| J. Coleman | Independent | 1,281 |
| B. Hunt | Independent | 972 |
| P. Wilkins | Independent | 404 |
Cradley1 seat · turnout 83.9%
| M. Prescott | Conservative | 536 |
| G. Woodford | Ecol | 376 |
Frome1 seat · turnout 69.1%
| J. Steadman | Independent | 422 |
| R. Cox | Independent | 198 |
Frome Vale1 seat · turnout 75.8%
| J. Cocker | Independent | 626 |
| A. Flaxman | Conservative | 286 |
Hallow1 seat
| K. Wainwright | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Hope End2 seats · turnout 63.0%
| P. Archer | Independent | 1,221 |
| J. Cox | Independent | 1,136 |
| R. Tavender | Independent | 580 |
KEMPSEY2 seats · turnout 62.0%
| L. Norfolk | Independent | 1,298 |
| D. Mundy | Independent | 834 |
| M. Biddle | Conservative | 699 |
| J. Davenport | Ecol | 476 |
Langland3 seats · turnout 64.4%
| P. Battisto | Labour | 1,498 |
| Tony Fish | Labour | 1,317 |
| J. Smith | Labour | 1,255 |
| D. Williams | Conservative | 1,122 |
| D. Burge | Conservative | 1,060 |
| T. Hilton | Conservative | 981 |
Laugherne Hill1 seat · turnout 78.4%
| G. Jordan | Independent | 762 |
| R. Montgomery | Conservative | 517 |
Leadon Vale1 seat
| Hone | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Ledbury3 seats
| Neal | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| A. Morris | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| P. Harling | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Leigh & Bransford1 seat
| J. Guise | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Lindridge1 seat
| W. Gardner | Independent | 0 |
Link3 seats · turnout 63.5%
| C. Smith | LIB | 1,631 |
| P. Marsh | LIB | 1,581 |
| R Morris | Conservative | 1,304 |
| T. Guiver | Conservative | 1,207 |
| P. Raven | Ecol | 927 |
| M. Combe | Labour | 773 |
Longdon1 seat · turnout 76.9%
| P. Goodman | Independent | 589 |
| J. Nicoll | Independent | 491 |
Marcle Ridge1 seat
| Dearham | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Martley1 seat
| D. Ratcliffe | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Morton1 seat
| T. Berington | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 8 (Butterley)1 seat
| D. Cave | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Priory2 seats · turnout 54.2%
| B. Bomphrey | Conservative | 793 |
| D. Woodward-Sheath | Conservative | 745 |
| M. Hart | LIB | 507 |
Ripple1 seat · turnout 77.3%
| P. Bennett | Conservative | 469 |
| H. Faulkner | Independent | 318 |
| N. Barnett | Independent | 182 |
Temeside1 seat
| F. Portman | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Tenbury Town2 seats
| T. Matthews | Independent | 0 |
| Crisp | Independent | 0 |
The Hanleys1 seat
| C. Hudson | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Trinity3 seats · turnout 53.2%
| D. Dickinson | Conservative | 1,906 |
| O. Read | Conservative | 1,568 |
| B. Flexman | LIB | 1,557 |
| W. Tromans | Conservative | 1,472 |
Upton On Severn2 seats
| D. Shepherd | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| Parkin | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Wells2 seats · turnout 71.3%
| R. Attridge | Conservative | 850 |
| B. Wilcock | LIB | 793 |
| K. Dice | Conservative | 745 |
| J. Hindley | LIB | 706 |
West Malvern2 seats · turnout 59.0%
| R Hall-Jones | Conservative | 1,031 |
| A. Scott | Conservative | 928 |
| P. Wilkins | LIB | 913 |
Woodbury1 seat
| W. Edwards | Independent | 0 ✓ |
