Before (end of 1979)
Not known.
After (end of 1980)
Not known.
Ward results
Central1 seat · turnout 38.2%
| P. Furkins | Labour | 1,069 |
| V. Horsbrugh | Ind Lab | 559 |
| M. Miles | Conservative | 466 |
Covingham1 seat · turnout 42.7%
| A. Huzzey | Labour | 599 |
| N. Butters | LIB | 501 |
| G. Clasper | Conservative | 327 |
Gorse Hill1 seat · turnout 26.6%
| J. Masters | Labour | 1,090 |
| D. Jones | Conservative | 644 |
Highworth1 seat · turnout 44.3%
| G. Law | Conservative | 1,175 ✓ |
| A. White | Independent | 692 |
| D. Bye | Labour | 622 |
| A. Wilson | LIB | 179 |
Lawns1 seat · turnout 34.1%
| S. Macpherson | Conservative | 1,709 |
| G. Sargeant | Labour | 483 |
| J. Turner | LIB | 352 |
Park1 seat · turnout 18.7%
| M. Sargeant | Labour | 1,276 |
| J. Hayes | Conservative | 268 |
| B. Packer | NF | 29 |
Ridgeway1 seat
| P. De Frates | Independent | 0 ✓ |
St. Margarets1 seat · turnout 26.2%
| A. Paginton | Labour | 1,016 |
| E. Keeling | Conservative | 812 |
| P. Chartier | LIB | 384 |
St. Philip1 seat · turnout 35.1%
| A. Miles | Labour | 1,432 |
| B. Kingstree | Conservative | 514 |
Walcot1 seat · turnout 31.2%
| D. Montaut | Labour | 1,060 |
| S. Halden | Conservative | 732 |
| M. Biermann | LIB | 100 |
Western1 seat · turnout 39.1%
| E. Hackett | Labour | 1,449 |
| K. Savage | Conservative | 1,185 |
| R. Wintle | LIB | 163 |
Wroughton1 seat · turnout 40.8%
| P. Leo | Labour | 1,117 |
| W. Reynolds | Conservative | 1,064 |
