Before (end of 1978)
Not known.
After (end of 1979)
Not known.
Ward results
Burgess Hill Chanctonbury1 seat · turnout 79.8%
| E. Hoddell | Conservative | 837 |
| Z. Birch | LIB | 749 |
Crawley Down1 seat
| A. Jones | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Horsted Keynes1 seat
| C. Wood | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Keymer3 seats
| W. Emery | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| D. Crowe | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| M. Williams | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Lindfield Rural1 seat
| M. Johnson | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Lindfield Urban3 seats · turnout 60.0%
| E. Baird | Conservative | 2,377 |
| G. Snowling | Conservative | 2,342 |
| V. Powell | Conservative | 2,316 |
| M. Amor | Labour | 917 |
No. 24 (Cuckfield Rural)1 seat
| J. Chase | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
No. 28 (Clayton)1 seat
| P. Large | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
No. 29 (Hurstpierpoint)3 seats · turnout 52.5%
| G. Gwynne | Independent | 2,329 |
| D. Anderson | Conservative | 1,662 |
| A. Jones | Conservative | 1,515 |
| P. Best | Conservative | 1,496 |
No. 30 (Pyecombe)1 seat
| R. Powell | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| C. Bolding | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Turners Hill1 seat
| E. Lake | Independent | 0 ✓ |
West Hoathly1 seat
| O. Major | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
