Before (end of 1978) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 32 · Labour 16 · The Liberal Party 0 · Other 0
After (end of 1979) (43 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 28 · Labour 15 · The Liberal Party 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Billing2 seats
| W. Price | Conservative | 1,098 |
| B. Yates | Conservative | 961 |
| C. Brown | Labour | 754 |
| Perry-Stone B. | Labour | 733 |
Lumbertubs2 seats
| A. Berry | Labour | 1,519 |
| T. Bailey | Labour | 1,499 |
| R. Farrell | Conservative | 1,064 |
| G. Russell | Conservative | 1,046 |
South2 seats · turnout 67.5%
| J. Ambidge | Conservative | 2,094 ✓ |
| J. Dove | Conservative | 2,048 ✓ |
| L. Clarke | Labour | 1,171 |
| G. Taylor | Labour | 1,073 |
St. Georges2 seats
| Janet Dicks | Conservative | 1,939 ✓ |
| R Harris | Conservative | 1,855 ✓ |
| H Buckle | Labour | 1,212 |
| V Barker | LIB | 824 |
| A Lishman | LIB | 721 |
Welford2 seats
| R Liddington | Conservative | 2,491 ✓ |
| M Liddington | Conservative | 2,478 ✓ |
| I Bryan | Labour | 1,353 |
| Anne Wishart | Labour | 1,347 |
Weston2 seats
| A. Stimpson | Conservative | 3,035 |
| L. Smith | Conservative | 2,976 |
| M. Anstey | Labour | 1,339 |
| D. Vivian | Labour | 1,284 |