Before (end of 1979) (52 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 34 · Labour 12 · Other 4 · The Liberal Party 2
After (end of 1980) (52 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 31 · Labour 16 · Other 3 · The Liberal Party 2
Ward results
Adderbury1 seat · turnout 49.8%
| Anne Catherine Smith | Conservative | 730 |
| Le Mare P | Labour | 173 |
Ambrosden1 seat
| A. Tallents | Conservative | 363 |
| G. Lloyd | Labour | 181 |
Bicester East1 seat · turnout 31.9%
| K. Taylor | Labour | 425 |
| P. Grater | Conservative | 421 |
| A. Keeys | Independent | 144 |
Bicester South1 seat · turnout 42.9%
| G. Kelly | Labour | 608 |
| V. Duclos | Conservative | 578 |
Bicester West1 seat · turnout 32.0%
| M. Chaddick | Conservative | 430 |
| M. Derrington | Labour | 385 |
| W. Nicholson | Independent | 205 |
Bodicote1 seat · turnout 42.0%
| D. Bishop | Independent | 538 |
| D. Malcolm | Labour | 84 |
Calthorpe1 seat · turnout 29.6%
| S. Spaul | Conservative | 571 |
| W. Humphries | Labour | 449 |
| Y. Stowe | LIB | 194 |
Caversfield1 seat · turnout 42.3%
| S. Mills | Conservative | 259 |
| P. Morgan | Labour | 116 |
North West Kidlington1 seat · turnout 33.0%
| H Munday | Conservative | 738 |
| P. Reading | Labour | 627 |
Ruscote1 seat · turnout 36.2%
| J. Steer | Labour | 1,068 ✓ |
| D. Kite | Conservative | 324 |
| G. Fisher | LIB | 187 |
| R. Ankers | Ind Lab | 75 |
South East Kidlington1 seat · turnout 34.6%
| D. Green | Labour | 849 |
| R Pacey | Conservative | 657 |
