Before (end of 1978) (34 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 34 · The Liberal Party 0 · Conservative 0 · Labour 0
After (end of 1979) (35 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 33 · Conservative 2 · The Liberal Party 0 · Labour 0
Ward results
Backbury1 seat · turnout 74.0%
| R. Hereford | Independent | 431 |
| R. Hutton | Independent | 151 |
Broad Oak1 seat
| R. Bickford | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Burmarsh1 seat · turnout 82.0%
| C. Manning | Independent | 742 |
| J. Smith | Independent | 374 |
Dinedor Hill1 seat
| A. Price | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Dinmore Hill1 seat
| W. Makin | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Garron1 seat
| F. Scudamore | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Golden Valley1 seat · turnout 75.4%
| E. Lewis | Independent | 644 |
| I. Ellis | Independent | 225 |
Hagley1 seat
| J. Probert | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Harewood End1 seat · turnout 77.6%
| P. Birchley | Independent | 388 |
| F. Davis | Independent | 376 |
Hollington1 seat
| G. Hardinge | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Kingsthorne1 seat
| A. Williams | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Olchon1 seat
| S. Williams | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Old Gore1 seat
| J. Edwards | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Penyard1 seat · turnout 83.5%
| E. Saunders | Independent | 703 |
| J. Newton | Conservative | 167 |
Ross-On-Wye East3 seats · turnout 45.7%
| S. Burrows | Independent | 1,419 |
| G. Gwatkin | Independent | 1,172 |
| R. Smith | Independent | 1,138 |
| W. Ogbourne | Conservative | 835 |
| B. Bramwell | Independent | 473 |
Ross-On-Wye West2 seats
| M. Dew | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| F. Pugh | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Stoney Street1 seat
| R. Peek | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Swainshill1 seat
| F. Faulkner | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Whitfield1 seat
| W. Watkins | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Wilton1 seat · turnout 75.8%
| B. Hackett | Independent | 398 |
| D. Owen | Conservative | 290 |