Before (end of 1979) (33 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 21 · Labour 9 · Other 3 · The Liberal Party 0
After (end of 1980) (33 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 17 · Labour 16 · The Liberal Party 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Abbey1 seat · turnout 40.0%
| J. Robertson | Labour | 1,066 ✓ |
| J. Frost | Conservative | 567 |
| C. Sanderson | Dem Lab | 235 |
| Feeney | LIB | 232 |
Boultham1 seat · turnout 42.8%
| A. Toofany | Labour | 877 ✓ |
| B. Stanton | Conservative | 698 |
| H. Buttery | Dem Lab | 293 |
| Raisen | LIB | 187 |
| C. Moulton | Ecol | 52 |
Bracebridge1 seat · turnout 40.5%
| P. Roe | Conservative | 988 |
| S. Close | Labour | 876 |
| J. Gill | LIB | 280 |
Castle1 seat · turnout 48.1%
| D Chambers | Conservative | 1,060 ✓ |
| Townrow | Labour | 994 |
| F. Goulding | LIB | 272 |
| Barnes | Dem Lab | 118 |
Longdales1 seat · turnout 42.1%
| D. Miller | Labour | 934 ✓ |
| R Long | Conservative | 856 |
| Turver | LIB | 216 |
| L. Davis | Dem Lab | 113 |
Moorland1 seat · turnout 37.5%
| N. Baldock | Labour | 921 |
| A. Parker | Conservative | 897 |
Park1 seat · turnout 39.3%
| J Plant | Labour | 577 ✓ |
| P. Taylor | LIB | 484 |
| F. Allen | Dem Lab | 422 |
| J. Kay | Conservative | 393 |
| Camidge | Ecol | 44 |
Tritton1 seat · turnout 39.3%
| H. Hubbard | Labour | 1,039 |
| Phillips | Dem Lab | 338 |
| Burgess | Conservative | 332 |
