Before (end of 1979) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 37 · Labour 5 · The Liberal Party 0 · Other 0
After (end of 1980) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 31 · Labour 9 · The Liberal Party 2 · Other 0
Ward results
Beechings1 seat · turnout 38.6%
| P. Harriott | Labour | 1,131 |
| N. Fryer | Conservative | 664 |
| M. Danton | LIB | 128 |
Hempstead & Wigmore1 seat · turnout 32.0%
| J. Rhodes-Caulfield | Conservative | 1,077 |
| D. Early | LIB | 256 |
| D. Hawley | Labour | 254 |
North2 seats · turnout 36.3%
| H. Clother | Labour | 851 |
| C. Kiff | Labour | 791 |
| M. Dickinson | Conservative | 611 |
| P. Roser | Conservative | 532 |
| M. Lewis | LIB | 187 |
| S. Hannant | LIB | 147 |
Park Wood1 seat · turnout 28.0%
| K. Taylor | Conservative | 604 |
| B. Yexley | LIB | 324 |
| M. Winwood | Labour | 308 |
Priestfield1 seat · turnout 41.3%
| F. Wise | The Liberal Party | 744 ✓ |
| S. Shaw | Conservative | 707 |
| M. Anderson | Labour | 515 |
Rainham1 seat · turnout 35.3%
| A. Kemp | Conservative | 790 |
| P. Gunthorpe | Labour | 626 |
| T. Douglas | LIB | 247 |
Rainham Mark1 seat · turnout 32.2%
| R. Jones | Conservative | 1,076 |
| F. Bloor | Labour | 352 |
| I. Easton | LIB | 227 |
Riverside1 seat · turnout 35.2%
| W. Ellis | Conservative | 701 ✓ |
| U. Ratcliffe | The Liberal Party | 520 |
| R. Manning | Labour | 388 |
South1 seat · turnout 35.0%
| M. Whitehouse | Conservative | 669 |
| B. Herley | Labour | 531 |
| T. Luckhurst | LIB | 251 |
St. Margarets1 seat · turnout 31.6%
| G. Payne | Conservative | 1,035 |
| J. Baker | Labour | 534 |
| M. Kirby | LIB | 353 |
Twydall1 seat · turnout 40.9%
| J. Brady | Labour | 1,012 |
| V. Pond | Conservative | 678 |
| M. Finucane | LIB | 186 |
Watling Street1 seat · turnout 46.3%
| F. Shaw | Conservative | 1,016 |
| C. Lewcock | LIB | 645 |
| L. Kiff | Labour | 237 |