Before (end of 1978) (30 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 25 · The Liberal Party 4 · Labour 1 · Other 0
After (end of 1979) (26 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 20 · The Liberal Party 4 · Labour 2 · Other 0
Ward results
All Saints3 seats · turnout 60.3%
| E. Ridley | Conservative | 2,355 |
| D. Mobbs | Conservative | 2,321 |
| D. Thornton | Conservative | 2,176 |
| A. Smith | Labour | 1,405 |
| D. Smith | NF | 309 |
Bassett2 seats · turnout 69.2%
| K Chell | Conservative | 922 |
| H. Crighton | Labour | 910 |
| H. Bennett | Conservative | 909 |
| J. Whitby | Labour | 793 |
Brocks Hill3 seats · turnout 80.0%
| M. Griffiths | LIB | 1,787 |
| J. Kaufman | LIB | 1,783 |
| G. Johnson | LIB | 1,726 |
| I. Ferguson | Conservative | 1,599 |
| J. Hudson | Conservative | 1,528 |
| P. Mulligan | Conservative | 1,506 |
Brookside3 seats
| D Jolley | Conservative | 2,063 ✓ |
| T Peat | Conservative | 2,044 ✓ |
| R Money | Conservative | 2,001 ✓ |
| J Kaufman | LIB | 1,429 |
| R Kloos | LIB | 1,366 |
| C Springthorpe | LIB | 1,317 |
| Ann John | Labour | 381 |
| R Bizley | Labour | 343 |
| R Thomas | Labour | 341 |
Central3 seats · turnout 58.8%
| M. Boulter | Conservative | 1,501 |
| H. Thomas | Labour | 1,475 |
| B. Hardy | Conservative | 1,460 |
| F. Spencer | Conservative | 1,414 |
| E. Johnson | Labour | 1,230 |
| D. Gagin | NF | 206 |
Fairfield2 seats · turnout 64.2%
| R. Hughes | Conservative | 1,413 |
| P. Wray | Conservative | 1,314 |
| C. Naylor | Labour | 705 |
| C. Smith | NF | 236 |
Grange3 seats · turnout 65.3%
| R. Pollard | Conservative | 1,861 |
| K. Hannah | Conservative | 1,770 |
| W. Wall | Conservative | 1,760 |
| G. Cook | Labour | 699 |
| A. Rowe | Labour | 635 |
| M. Sansome | Labour | 592 |
St. Peters2 seats · turnout 73.7%
| O. Gibson | Conservative | 1,561 |
| S. Hill | Conservative | 1,520 |
| A. Keller | Labour | 729 |
| D. Thomas | Labour | 702 |
| R. Brown | NF | 123 |
St. Wolstans3 seats · turnout 71.2%
| N. Reynolds | Conservative | 2,154 |
| D. Chappell | Conservative | 2,083 |
| O. Lucas | LIB | 1,937 |
| D. Lewin | Conservative | 1,740 |
| R. Garratt | LIB | 1,618 |
| J. Allen | LIB | 1,557 |
Westfield2 seats · turnout 68.3%
| T. Crawcour | Conservative | 1,462 |
| E. Abbott | Conservative | 1,453 |
| J. Whitby | Labour | 835 |
| R. Allen | LIB | 784 |