Before (end of 1983) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 21 · Labour 10 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 4 · Other 1
After (end of 1984) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 16 · Labour 14 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 5 · Other 1
Ward results
Alphington1 seat · turnout 58.3%
| A. Fry | Lib/Sdp | 1,465 ✓ |
| P. Spencer | Conservative | 1,071 |
| A. Lester | Labour | 226 |
| P. Drake | Ecol | 47 |
Barton1 seat · turnout 60.1%
| P Edwards | Labour | 1,036 |
| K. Callis | Conservative | 991 |
| S. Pembroke | Lib/Sdp | 271 |
Countess Wear1 seat · turnout 50.3%
| D. Bess | Conservative | 1,247 |
| M. Taylor | Labour | 423 |
| M. Nation | Lib/Sdp | 257 |
Cowick1 seat · turnout 53.1%
| R. Slack | Labour | 1,103 |
| R. Bellamy | Conservative | 838 |
| S. Hebron | Lib/Sdp | 358 |
Exwick1 seat · turnout 52.7%
| P Bialyk | Labour | 940 ✓ |
| H. Bower | Conservative | 879 |
| P. Palmer | Lib/Sdp | 550 |
| R. Vail | Ecol | 54 |
Heavitree1 seat · turnout 52.6%
| A. Williamson | Lib/Sdp | 1,059 |
| I. Richards | Conservative | 738 |
| E. Culpeper | Labour | 316 |
Pennsylvania1 seat · turnout 51.7%
| M. McNair | Lib/Sdp | 1,144 |
| E. Whiteway | Conservative | 941 |
| J. Marshall | Labour | 221 |
Pinhoe1 seat · turnout 47.1%
| J. Pollitt | Conservative | 1,065 |
| R. Westlake | Labour | 618 |
| C. Gale | Lib/Sdp | 246 |
Rougemont1 seat · turnout 53.0%
| B. Burt | Labour | 816 ✓ |
| D Henson | Conservative | 744 |
| A. Carless | Lib/Sdp | 644 |
| S. Littlejohn | Ecol | 47 |
St David's1 seat
| R. Yeo | Conservative | 861 ✓ |
| A. Petrie | Labour | 412 |
| T. Ludkin | Lib/Sdp | 291 |
| P. Frings | Ecol | 194 |
St. Leonards1 seat · turnout 52.2%
| Owens G. | Conservative | 1,024 ✓ |
| C. Cockrell | Lib/Sdp | 910 |
| R. Snowden | Labour | 257 |
| T. Brenan | Ecol | 68 |
