Before (end of 1979) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 29 · Labour 16 · The Liberal Party 0 · Other 0
After (end of 1980) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 27 · Labour 18 · The Liberal Party 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Bargate1 seat
| E. Knowles | Labour | 1,935 ✓ |
| M. Sutton | Conservative | 813 |
| R. Fitzgerald | LIB | 262 |
| A. Basden | Ecol | 77 |
Bassett1 seat
| M. Andrews | Conservative | 2,610 |
| R. Kneller | Labour | 1,285 |
| R. Stokes | LIB | 396 |
Bitterne1 seat
| J. Roost | Labour | 1,923 |
| M. Parnell | Conservative | 1,229 |
| P. Brixey | LIB | 424 |
Bitterne Park1 seat
| I. White | Conservative | 1,710 |
| W. Sanders | Labour | 1,628 |
| N. Tilling | LIB | 537 |
Coxford1 seat
| P. Ashton | Labour | 2,308 |
| A. Samuels | Conservative | 1,447 |
| M. Gausden | LIB | 369 |
Freemantle1 seat
| A. Hall | Conservative | 1,595 ✓ |
| J. Pimlott | Labour | 1,413 |
| A. Hayes | LIB | 754 |
| P. Williams | Ecol | 60 |
Harefield1 seat
| A. Zinn | Conservative | 1,894 |
| L. Crawley | Labour | 1,692 |
| F. Tilling | LIB | 485 |
Millbrook1 seat
| T. Richardson | Labour | 2,068 |
| D. Freeston | Conservative | 1,482 |
| P. Gurd | LIB | 847 |
Peartree1 seat
| A. Whitehead | Labour | 2,136 |
| K. Jones | Conservative | 1,762 |
| J. Pindar | LIB | 417 |
Portswood1 seat
| P. Franklin | Conservative | 1,704 |
| A. Mawle | Labour | 1,570 |
| M. Singerman | LIB | 651 |
Redbridge1 seat
| M. Bear | Labour | 2,549 |
| M. Johnson | Conservative | 936 |
| J. Denyer | LIB | 422 |
Shirley2 seats
| B. Welch | Conservative | 2,481 |
| S. Sutton | Conservative | 2,426 |
| K. Street | Labour | 1,306 |
| B. Tugwell | Labour | 1,292 |
| S. Yolland | LIB | 575 |
| R. Nott | LIB | 545 |
St. Lukes1 seat
| P. Lankford | Conservative | 1,567 ✓ |
| G. Ranger | Labour | 1,382 |
| R. Palmer | LIB | 395 |
| D. Shepherd | COMM | 61 |
