Before (end of 1979) (59 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 37 · Labour 14 · Other 5 · The Liberal Party 3
After (end of 1980) (59 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 34 · Labour 17 · Other 5 · The Liberal Party 3
Ward results
Bramley1 seat
| K. Chapman | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Brighton Hill1 seat
| J. Yates | Labour | 879 ✓ |
| K Brant | Conservative | 850 |
| S. Watts | LIB | 255 |
Buckskin1 seat
| M. Morris | Labour | 840 ✓ |
| V. Compton | Conservative | 422 |
| A. Girdler | LIB | 379 |
Eastrop1 seat
| R. Morris | Independent | 692 ✓ |
| J. Mulgrew | Conservative | 239 |
| R. Downhill | Labour | 135 |
Kempshott1 seat
| J. Shears | Conservative | 1,074 ✓ |
| H. Croft | Labour | 218 |
| K. Bonugli | LIB | 185 |
| D. Warms | Independent | 89 |
Kings Furlong1 seat · turnout 40.6%
| J. Ludgate | Conservative | 704 ✓ |
| L. Tribello | Labour | 641 |
| C. Williams | LIB | 186 |
Kingsclere1 seat
| R. Nicholls | Conservative | 756 ✓ |
| D. New | Labour | 192 |
Norden2 seats
| M. Brian | Labour | 1,039 ✓ |
| R. Donnelly | Labour | 1,026 ✓ |
| R. Clarke | Conservative | 599 |
| C. Taylor | Conservative | 559 |
| B. Fleming | LIB | 156 |
| L. Fleming | LIB | 147 |
Overton & Laverstoke1 seat · turnout 52.0%
| J. Tompkinson | LIB | 581 ✓ |
| S. Rodgers | Labour | 525 |
| Gwyn Stobart Lewis | Conservative | 460 |
Popley1 seat
| R. Dicker | Labour | 830 ✓ |
| J. Davis | Conservative | 208 |
| D. Hurford | LIB | 82 |
Sherborne St John1 seat
| J. Shelley | Conservative | 483 ✓ |
| J. Brown | Dem | 105 |
Sherfield-On-Loddon1 seat
| R. Gaiger | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Upton Grey1 seat
| R. Horne | Conservative | 499 ✓ |
| D. Flack | Labour | 75 |
Viables2 seats
| D. Keep | Conservative | 782 ✓ |
| J Greenwood | Conservative | 729 ✓ |
| M Brocklehurst | LIB | 339 |
| S Brocklehurst | LIB | 294 |
| G Noyes | Labour | 174 |
| S Risbridger | Labour | 154 |
Westside1 seat
| J. Hampton | Labour | 1,154 ✓ |
| S. Knight | Conservative | 664 |
Winklebury1 seat
| B. Morgan | Labour | 1,019 ✓ |
| G. Childs | Conservative | 741 |