Before (end of 1983) (68 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 32 · Labour 30 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 6 · Other 0
After (end of 1984) (68 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 33 · Conservative 29 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 6 · Other 0
Ward results
Avonmouth1 seat · turnout 50.7%
| A. Crowley | Labour | 2,400 ✓ |
| S. Morris | Conservative | 1,347 |
| M. Brown | Lib/Sdp | 373 |
| A. Bradstock | Ecol | 41 |
Bishopston1 seat · turnout 51.0%
| M. Withers | Conservative | 1,794 ✓ |
| H. Bashforth | Labour | 1,735 |
| P. Nagle | Lib/Sdp | 1,139 |
| A. Clarke | Ecol | 101 |
Bishopsworth1 seat · turnout 32.3%
| D. Jackson | Labour | 1,312 ✓ |
| W. Goodland | Conservative | 1,137 |
| M. Norman | Lib/Sdp | 229 |
| M. Pitt | Ecol | 29 |
Brislington East1 seat · turnout 47.4%
| C. Reid | Labour | 2,470 ✓ |
| R. Wynne | Conservative | 1,421 |
| R. Parsons | Lib/Sdp | 558 |
| G. Dorey | Ecol | 30 |
Brislington West1 seat · turnout 49.4%
| O. Scantlebury | Conservative | 1,585 ✓ |
| B. Clarke | Lib/Sdp | 1,505 |
| Jim Smith | Labour | 1,250 |
| P. Tonkin | Ecol | 46 |
Clifton1 seat · turnout 41.0%
| J. Lloyd-Kirk | Conservative | 1,767 ✓ |
| J. Gray | Lib/Sdp | 1,486 |
| C. Woods | Labour | 537 |
| J. Scott | Ecol | 133 |
Cotham1 seat · turnout 42.1%
| W. Blackmore | Conservative | 1,680 ✓ |
| G. Box | Lib/Sdp | 1,355 |
| S Sim | Labour | 652 |
| G. Collard | Ecol | 143 |
Hartcliffe1 seat · turnout 29.1%
| B. Richards | Labour | 1,495 ✓ |
| R Hodges | Conservative | 790 |
| R. Sharland | Lib/Sdp | 418 |
| R. Martin | Ecol | 40 |
Henbury1 seat · turnout 51.8%
| J. Patterson | Labour | 1,871 ✓ |
| P. Gollop | Conservative | 1,861 |
| R. Coombs | Lib/Sdp | 546 |
| E. Lyon | Ecol | 36 |
Hengrove1 seat · turnout 40.3%
| S. Williams | Conservative | 2,145 |
| P. Roberts | Labour | 1,728 |
| D. Long | Ecol | 132 |
Horfield1 seat · turnout 55.5%
| F. Apperley | Conservative | 1,924 ✓ |
| C. Boney | Lib/Sdp | 1,770 |
| J. McLaren | Labour | 1,032 |
| J. Jameson | Ecol | 28 |
Kingsweston1 seat · turnout 47.1%
| A. Tudball | Labour | 1,862 ✓ |
| R. Mellor | Conservative | 1,824 |
| P. Bennett | Lib/Sdp | 371 |
| C. Robinson | Ecol | 52 |
Knowle1 seat · turnout 44.8%
| J. Clancy | Labour | 2,126 ✓ |
| T. Skipp | Conservative | 1,190 |
| D. Usher | Lib/Sdp | 275 |
| M. Corrigan | Ecol | 63 |
Redland1 seat · turnout 41.1%
| R. Trench | Conservative | 2,088 ✓ |
| J. Freeland | Lib/Sdp | 847 |
| T Morgan | Labour | 776 |
| T. Leegwater | Ecol | 217 |
Southmead1 seat · turnout 39.7%
| P. Knowland | Labour | 1,931 ✓ |
| D Dowling | Conservative | 1,091 |
| P. Cole | Lib/Sdp | 337 |
| C. Jameson | Ecol | 40 |
St George East1 seat · turnout 39.1%
| P Hammond | Labour | 1,635 ✓ |
| R. King | Conservative | 1,463 |
| A. Sadiq | Lib/Sdp | 276 |
| M. Weekes | Ecol | 96 |
St George West1 seat · turnout 40.8%
| J. Myers | Lib/Sdp | 1,576 ✓ |
| J. McLaren | Labour | 1,184 |
| P. Hole | Conservative | 738 |
| A. Young | Ecol | 15 |
Stockwood1 seat · turnout 48.0%
| C. Williams | Conservative | 2,250 ✓ |
| M. Broussine | Labour | 2,009 |
| R. Bingham | Lib/Sdp | 695 |
| A. Hosegood | Ecol | 34 |
Stoke Bishop1 seat · turnout 48.5%
| C. Alderson | Conservative | 2,995 ✓ |
| K. Purnell | Lib/Sdp | 939 |
| M. Waddington | Labour | 523 |
| C. Rose | Ecol | 189 |
Westbury-on-Trym1 seat · turnout 54.7%
| R. Wall | Conservative | 3,390 ✓ |
| A. West | Lib/Sdp | 716 |
| R. Bridle | Labour | 437 |
| S. Powell | Ecol | 116 |
Whitchurch Park1 seat · turnout 31.2%
| C. Draper | Labour | 1,840 ✓ |
| D. Rollings | Conservative | 783 |
| A. Akerman | Lib/Sdp | 241 |
| S. Woodhouse | Ecol | 43 |
Windmill Hill1 seat · turnout 43.0%
| P. Tatlow | Labour | 2,427 ✓ |
| W Biggs | Conservative | 1,432 |
| J. Osborne | Lib/Sdp | 466 |
| S. Campbell | Ecol | 111 |
