Before (end of 1979) (35 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 20 · Labour 8 · Other 7 · The Liberal Party 0
After (end of 1980) (35 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 17 · Labour 10 · Other 8 · The Liberal Party 0
Ward results
Abbey North1 seat · turnout 26.6%
| A. Proctor | Labour | 389 |
| J. Moser | Independent | 305 |
Abbey South1 seat · turnout 36.0%
| M. Matthews | Conservative | 484 |
| C. Ridley | Labour | 375 |
Boughton and Pitsford1 seat
| D. Isaacs | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Braunston1 seat · turnout 61.7%
| D. Webb | Labour | 444 |
| D. Biddell | Conservative | 243 |
Drayton1 seat · turnout 28.3%
| W. Goodridge | Labour | 633 |
| E. Fairbairn | Conservative | 338 |
Flore1 seat · turnout 53.1%
| F. Chaplin | Conservative | 510 |
| D. Robbins | Labour | 259 |
Hill1 seat · turnout 33.9%
| J. Humphreys | Labour | 539 |
| Luke Eric Dawson | Conservative | 157 |
| C. Markham | LIB | 145 |
Ravensthorpe1 seat · turnout 55.2%
| M. Pulford | Conservative | 401 |
| J. Penrose | Labour | 198 |
Welford1 seat · turnout 66.4%
| R. Wheatley | Conservative | 342 |
| P. Lowe | Labour | 326 |
