Before (end of 1983) (56 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 39 · Conservative 8 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 6 · Other 3
After (end of 1984) (56 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 37 · Conservative 10 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 7 · Other 2
Ward results
Audley and Bignall End1 seat · turnout 37.4%
| R. Dean | Labour | 1,346 |
| Edwards | Conservative | 527 |
Butt Lane1 seat · turnout 33.5%
| J. Holdcroft | Labour | 976 |
| C. Stokes | Conservative | 527 |
Chesterton1 seat · turnout 34.0%
| B. Blaise | Labour | 1,350 |
| Poole | Conservative | 278 |
Clayton1 seat · turnout 49.2%
| M. Moores | Labour | 897 |
| P. Ridgway | Conservative | 832 |
Cross Heath1 seat · turnout 41.6%
| J. Whalley | Labour | 1,445 |
| Roberts | Conservative | 599 |
Keele1 seat · turnout 39.4%
| V. Finnemore | Labour | 768 |
| Wyld | All | 660 |
Kidsgrove1 seat · turnout 31.5%
| J. Lockett | Labour | 1,190 |
| J Barlow | Conservative | 536 |
Loggerheads1 seat · turnout 46.5%
| Brown | Conservative | 917 |
| Kaye | All | 281 |
| Maddox | Labour | 131 |
Madeley1 seat · turnout 52.2%
| B. Sumnall | Labour | 870 |
| S. Higginson | Conservative | 542 |
| D. Balfour | All | 295 |
Porthill 1 seat · turnout 36.5%
| F. Myatt | Conservative | 531 |
| B. Mayer | Labour | 515 |
| N. Williams | Ecol | 227 |
Silverdale1 seat
| Tunnicliffe | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Thistleberry1 seat · turnout 61.5%
| F. Taylor | All | 1,392 |
| M. Tappin | Labour | 1,008 |
| L. Chandler | Conservative | 554 |
Town1 seat · turnout 49.1%
| A. Thomas | Lib/Sdp | 736 ✓ |
| M. Maddox | Labour | 646 |
| B Worthington | Conservative | 289 |
| Gunter | Ecol | 60 |
Wolstanton1 seat · turnout 47.5%
| M. Clarke | Labour | 848 |
| Rowley | Conservative | 582 |
| A. Sheeran | Lib/Sdp | 418 |
