Before (end of 1979) (51 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 26 · Labour 17 · The Liberal Party 7 · Other 1
After (end of 1980) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 23 · Labour 22 · The Liberal Party 9 · Other 0
Ward results
Brighouse1 seat · turnout 46.2%
| A. Bake | Labour | 1,584 |
| J. Goldthorpe | Conservative | 1,241 |
| D. Ellis | LIB | 651 |
Calder1 seat · turnout 33.1%
| L. Harrison | Labour | 744 |
| S. Nightingale | Ind Con | 235 |
Calder Valley3 seats · turnout 44.3%
| P. Round | LIB | 1,443 ✓ |
| G. Scott | LIB | 1,302 ✓ |
| R Greenwood | Conservative | 1,299 ✓ |
| A. Dickinson | LIB | 1,212 |
| D. Featherstone | Conservative | 1,204 |
| D. Chaytor | Labour | 1,070 |
| J. McConachie | Labour | 1,059 |
| D. Laing | Labour | 1,020 |
| P. Baldwin | Conservative | 979 |
| M. Hilton | Ecol | 280 |
Elland1 seat · turnout 40.9%
| J. Beeby | Labour | 1,356 |
| G. Butler | LIB | 1,209 |
| G. Astwood | Conservative | 763 |
Greetland & Stainland1 seat · turnout 46.5%
| D. Fox | LIB | 2,017 |
| G. Cozens | Conservative | 899 |
| H. Davies | Labour | 767 |
Hipperholme and Lightcliffe1 seat · turnout 45.1%
| B. Binns | Conservative | 1,796 |
| R. Preston | Labour | 1,181 |
| B. Shave | LIB | 464 |
Illingworth1 seat · turnout 33.3%
| T. Sutcliffe | Labour | 1,761 |
| J. Guinan | Conservative | 933 |
Luddendenfoot1 seat · turnout 43.2%
| R. Galley | Conservative | 1,345 ✓ |
| L. Sleigh | Labour | 1,335 |
| T. McAvoy | LIB | 793 |
| B. Wadsworth | NF | 57 |
Mixenden1 seat · turnout 36.1%
| S. Tipp | Labour | 1,802 |
| J. Maudsley | Conservative | 960 |
| J. Bratton | COMM | 39 |
Northowram and Shelf1 seat · turnout 47.4%
| G. Hall | Conservative | 1,869 |
| D. Thompson | Labour | 1,208 |
| D. Adams | LIB | 738 |
Ovenden1 seat · turnout 31.6%
| J. Tolan | Labour | 1,928 |
| A. Patterson | Conservative | 621 |
Rastrick1 seat · turnout 42.3%
| W. Carpenter | Conservative | 1,519 |
| C. Stout | Labour | 1,089 |
| P. Binns | LIB | 531 |
Ryburn1 seat · turnout 38.4%
| D. Wood | Conservative | 1,456 |
| Judy Gannon | Labour | 1,180 |
| G. Browne | LIB | 506 |
Skircoat1 seat · turnout 43.8%
| Jonathan Hesketh Ford | Conservative | 2,494 |
| D. Helliwell | Labour | 1,320 |
Sowerby Bridge1 seat · turnout 38.7%
| G. Fielden | Labour | 1,237 |
| J. Sutcliffe | Conservative | 1,156 |
| C. Lythgoe | LIB | 640 |
St. Johns2 seats · turnout 38.1%
| M. Berry | Labour | 2,108 |
| R. Deadman | Labour | 2,097 |
| A. Viney | LIB | 569 |
| M. Greenwood | LIB | 569 |
| M. Brook | Conservative | 510 |
| R. Talbot | Independent | 338 |
Todmorden1 seat · turnout 51.0%
| M. Taylor | LIB | 1,681 |
| J. Heaton | Conservative | 1,194 |
| J. Connolly | Labour | 1,106 |
Town1 seat · turnout 40.1%
| J Mitchell | Labour | 2,034 |
| J. Durkin | Conservative | 1,352 |