Before (end of 1979) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 24 · Conservative 23 · The Liberal Party 1 · Other 0
After (end of 1980) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 25 · Conservative 22 · The Liberal Party 1 · Other 0
Ward results
Barnack1 seat · turnout 52.5%
| J. Powell | Conservative | 896 |
| D. Worlding | Labour | 182 |
| N. Sopp | LIB | 75 |
Bretton1 seat · turnout 30.9%
| H Lakhanpaul | Labour | 847 |
| E. May | Conservative | 622 |
| K. Sell | LIB | 179 |
Central1 seat · turnout 44.1%
| W. Sharp | Labour | 1,091 |
| F. Holdich | Conservative | 799 |
| Z. Shaikh | LIB | 109 |
Dogsthorpe1 seat · turnout 41.0%
| A Miners | LIB | 1,208 |
| G. Bradley | Labour | 1,054 |
| D. Buckley | Conservative | 437 |
East1 seat · turnout 35.9%
| J. Farrell | Labour | 1,125 |
| K. Shouls | Conservative | 793 |
| S. Sopp | LIB | 81 |
Fletton1 seat · turnout 40.5%
| N. Fitzjohn | Conservative | 1,188 |
| B. White | Labour | 1,048 |
| J. Thorpe | LIB | 125 |
Glinton1 seat · turnout 54.5%
| J. Holdich | Conservative | 895 |
| D. Farrally | Labour | 278 |
| D. Fuller | LIB | 78 |
North1 seat · turnout 44.6%
| C. Swift | Labour | 1,693 |
| D. Coleman | Conservative | 418 |
| J. Mountain | LIB | 70 |
Orton Longueville1 seat · turnout 37.3%
| D. Murray | Conservative | 947 |
| E. Williams | Labour | 942 |
| K. Stevens | LIB | 159 |
Paston1 seat · turnout 40.7%
| G. Chestney | Labour | 766 |
| H. Fairchild | Conservative | 355 |
| G. Cousins | LIB | 52 |
Ravensthorpe1 seat · turnout 31.1%
| Dowson A. | Labour | 1,132 |
| J. Mirza | Conservative | 562 |
| C. Barnes-White | LIB | 160 |
South1 seat · turnout 41.5%
| P. Adams | Labour | 1,234 |
| A. Andrews | Conservative | 756 |
| D. Quigley | LIB | 147 |
Stanground1 seat · turnout 37.5%
| W. Cashmore | Labour | 1,140 |
| J. Hurford | Conservative | 1,081 |
| A. Adams | LIB | 102 |
Walton1 seat · turnout 40.5%
| R. Topley | Labour | 1,222 |
| M. Chapman | Conservative | 818 |
| J. Mackenzie | LIB | 159 |
Werrington1 seat · turnout 38.1%
| R. Burke | Conservative | 1,031 |
| J. Devine | Labour | 533 |
| S. Fuller | LIB | 87 |
West2 seats · turnout 41.4%
| G. Ridgway | Conservative | 2,212 |
| K. Coppen | Conservative | 2,094 |
| B. Keegan | Labour | 1,146 |
| M. Hodgson | Labour | 966 |
| P. Pritchard | LIB | 297 |