Before (end of 1978) (37 seats, Elections Centre)
The Liberal Party 17 · Conservative 16 · Labour 2 · Other 2
After (end of 1979) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 20 · The Liberal Party 17 · Other 2 · Labour 0
Ward results
Buckingham3 seats · turnout 71.4%
| A. Merrick | Conservative | 1,960 ✓ |
| H. Morris | Conservative | 1,890 ✓ |
| M. Smith | Conservative | 1,850 ✓ |
| A. Symonds | LIB | 891 |
| G. Wright | LIB | 861 |
| A. Jewiss | LIB | 795 |
| K. Bovingdon | Labour | 372 |
Churchill1 seat
| Y. Burley | Conservative | 1,322 |
| C. Kemp | Conservative | 1,283 |
| L. Stepney | Conservative | 1,226 |
| G. Davis | LIB | 1,213 |
| P. Denyer | LIB | 1,132 |
| M. Hall | LIB | 1,107 |
| R. Dolding | LIB | 1,093 |
| E. Martin | LIB | 1,046 |
| J. Woods | Labour | 389 |
Cokeham3 seats · turnout 96.1%
| J. Cheal | LIB | 1,413 ✓ |
| D. Martin | LIB | 1,340 ✓ |
| M. Spalding | LIB | 1,277 ✓ |
| R. Lodge | Conservative | 1,061 |
| V. Causabon-Vincent | Conservative | 858 |
| H. Newman | Conservative | 852 |
| B. Atkinson | Labour | 377 |
Eastbrook3 seats
| J. Coghlan | Conservative | 1,338 ✓ |
| Dunn R. | Conservative | 1,318 ✓ |
| D. Parish | Conservative | 1,238 ✓ |
| J. Hobbis | Labour | 1,087 |
| I. Barnard | Labour | 1,059 |
| J. Boreham | Labour | 666 |
| R. Richards | Conservative | 345 |
Hillside3 seats · turnout 63.3%
| B. Barber | Conservative | 1,613 ✓ |
| G. Wey | Conservative | 1,495 ✓ |
| M. Moore | Conservative | 1,436 ✓ |
| P. Colville | Labour | 840 |
| D. Hammond | LIB | 754 |
| R. Kimmings | LIB | 684 |
| C. Ongley | LIB | 569 |
Manor3 seats · turnout 71.4%
| C. Robinson | LIB | 1,444 ✓ |
| J. Barton | LIB | 1,313 ✓ |
| M. Cooper | LIB | 1,195 ✓ |
| J. Lewis | Conservative | 1,101 |
| L. Hockett | Conservative | 1,058 |
| P. Shackleton | Conservative | 1,039 |
Marine2 seats
| B. Warner | RES | 1,408 |
| P. James | RES | 1,369 |
| I. Harding | Conservative | 618 |
| D. Kell | Labour | 134 |
Mash Barn3 seats · turnout 70.8%
| C. Allen | LIB | 1,046 |
| J. Hartley | LIB | 1,017 |
| D. Deedman | LIB | 1,001 |
| J. Floyd | Conservative | 755 |
| W. Clothier | Conservative | 724 |
| M. Grover | Conservative | 709 |
| R. Harwood | Labour | 243 |
| R. Grafton | Labour | 237 |
| W. Jacques | Labour | 233 |
Peverel3 seats
| G Davis | LIB | 1,213 ✓ |
| W Green | LIB | 1,203 ✓ |
| M Hall | LIB | 1,107 ✓ |
| E Glynn | Conservative | 829 |
| I Donegan | Conservative | 818 |
| P Martin | Conservative | 773 |
| H Atkins | Labour | 343 |
Southlands3 seats
| S Little | LIB | 1,147 ✓ |
| A Edwards | LIB | 1,095 ✓ |
| J Robinson | LIB | 1,055 ✓ |
| P Osmond | Conservative | 866 |
| J Cakebread | Conservative | 776 |
| W Thomson | Conservative | 696 |
| Brian Whipp | Labour | 344 |
| A Paling | Labour | 327 |
| M Paling | Labour | 292 |
Southwick Green3 seats
| B. Davies | Conservative | 1,298 |
| N. Divers | Conservative | 1,286 |
| I. Sweet | Conservative | 1,245 |
| J. Hutchinson | LIB | 686 |
| A. Biggs | LIB | 642 |
| P. Isherwood | LIB | 557 |
| D. Munnery | Labour | 511 |
St Mary's1 seat
| R. Richards | Conservative | 345 |
| C. Bienati | LIB | 279 |
| L. Whipp | Labour | 98 |
St Nicolas3 seats
| G Carr | Conservative | 1,404 ✓ |
| J Huber | Conservative | 1,372 ✓ |
| Ed Potter | Conservative | 1,332 ✓ |
| D Atrill | LIB | 1,017 |
| M Lock | LIB | 902 |
| A Stanley | LIB | 867 |
| J Phillips | Labour | 373 |
| Moira Pirie | Labour | 310 |
Widewater3 seats
| J Gasson | LIB | 1,342 ✓ |
| T Melvey | Conservative | 1,309 ✓ |
| M Sherlock | LIB | 1,299 ✓ |
| M Mitchell | Conservative | 1,276 |
| D Isherwood | LIB | 1,268 |
| Sheila Charlton | Conservative | 1,232 |
| J Harwood | Labour | 341 |