Before (end of 1978) (66 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 42 · Labour 22 · The Liberal Party 1 · Other 1
After (end of 1979) (66 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 38 · Labour 26 · The Liberal Party 1 · Other 1
Ward results
Halesowen North1 seat · turnout 75.9%
| A. Brodie | Conservative | 4,031 |
| F. Hingley | Labour | 3,215 |
No. 1 (Dudley: Brierley Hill)1 seat · turnout 69.2%
| M. Pargeter | Labour | 3,665 |
| R. Dangerfield | Conservative | 2,324 |
No. 10 (Dudley: Quarry Bank)1 seat · turnout 73.9%
| G. Willetts | Labour | 4,452 |
| Fletcher | Conservative | 3,174 |
No. 12 (Dudley: St. James)1 seat · turnout 66.2%
| M. Whitehouse | Labour | 3,600 |
| G. Griffiths | Conservative | 3,112 |
No. 13 (Dudley: Sedgley)1 seat · turnout 78.0%
| F. Wooldridge | Conservative | 6,049 |
| Wallington A. | Labour | 3,436 |
No. 14 (Dudley: Wordsley)1 seat · turnout 75.6%
| S. Fairfold | Conservative | 7,599 |
| E. Watkins | Labour | 4,797 |
No. 15 (Halesowen: Belle Valeand Cradley)1 seat · turnout 75.4%
| T. Clitheroe | Labour | 4,875 |
| A. Woodward | Conservative | 3,831 |
| J. Worrall | NF | 258 |
No. 17 (Halesowen: Central & Lapal)1 seat · turnout 76.7%
| E. Hedges | Conservative | 5,138 |
| M. Sparks | Labour | 2,887 |
No. 18 (Halesowen: Hasbury & Hayley Green)1 seat · turnout 79.5%
| F. Goddard | Conservative | 5,705 |
| W. Green | Labour | 3,683 |
No. 19 (Stourbridge: Amblecote & Wollaston)1 seat · turnout 76.6%
| J. Watteson | Conservative | 4,159 |
| J. Simpson | Labour | 3,534 |
No. 2 (Dudley: Brockmoor & Pensnett)1 seat · turnout 69.6%
| C. Hough | Labour | 4,179 |
| M. Wise | Conservative | 2,004 |
No. 20 (Stourbridge: Lye & Wollescote)1 seat · turnout 73.9%
| F. Hunt | Labour | 5,175 |
| V. Boon | Conservative | 1,885 |
| S. Goodwin | NF | 290 |
No. 21 (Stourbridge: Norton Andwest)1 seat · turnout 79.1%
| M. Knowles | Conservative | 5,271 |
| E. Topliss | Labour | 3,089 |
No. 22 (Stourbridge: Pedmore & East)1 seat · turnout 79.3%
| P. Douglas-Osborne | Conservative | 6,211 |
| A. Cook | Labour | 2,675 |
No. 3 (Dudley: Castle & St. Thomas)1 seat · turnout 67.4%
| D. Flynn | Labour | 4,555 |
| R. Smith | Conservative | 3,830 |
No. 4 (Dudley: Coseley East)1 seat · turnout 72.6%
| L. Millard | Labour | 3,116 |
| W. Froggatt | Conservative | 2,183 |
No. 5 (Dudley: Coseley West)1 seat · turnout 74.5%
| R. Griffiths | Conservative | 3,249 |
| J. Daly | Labour | 2,844 |
No. 6 (Dudley: Gornal)1 seat · turnout 75.5%
| R. Bartlett | Labour | 4,439 |
| R. Plumb | Conservative | 3,249 |
No. 7 (Dudley: Kingswinford Andwall Heath)1 seat · turnout 78.1%
| G. Greenwood | Conservative | 5,614 |
| D. Savage | Labour | 3,613 |
No. 8 (Dudley: Netherton & Woodside)1 seat · turnout 67.5%
| S. Davies | Labour | 2,448 |
| A. Bowater | Conservative | 1,908 |
No. 9 (Dudley: Priory)1 seat · turnout 63.3%
| L. Smart | Labour | 2,385 |
| D. Porter | Conservative | 1,020 |
| D. Gough | LIB | 804 |
St. Andrews1 seat · turnout 71.3%
| W. Smith | Labour | 4,177 |
| A. Higgs | Conservative | 2,408 |