Before (end of 1983) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 35 · Conservative 18 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 1 · Other 0
After (end of 1984) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 39 · Conservative 12 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 · Other 0
Ward results
Barclay1 seat · turnout 37.1%
| T. Bradley | Labour | 1,119 |
| C. Park | Conservative | 294 |
Burnley Wood1 seat · turnout 43.5%
| B. Williams | Labour | 805 |
| J. Scott | Conservative | 418 |
| D. Pound | Lib/Sdp | 179 |
Coal Clough2 seats · turnout 41.9%
| L. Clark | Labour | 658 |
| W. Croft | Labour | 593 |
| N. Holt | Conservative | 352 |
| W. Smith | Conservative | 348 |
| P. French | Lib/Sdp | 268 |
| J. Anforth | Lib/Sdp | 217 |
Daneshouse1 seat · turnout 38.8%
| E. Booth | Labour | 606 |
| J. Christie | Lib/Sdp | 515 |
| V. Horne | Conservative | 211 |
Fulledge1 seat · turnout 42.6%
| M. Bayliff | Labour | 906 |
| P. Wilkinson | Conservative | 317 |
| R. Field | Lib/Sdp | 171 |
Gawthorpe1 seat · turnout 39.0%
| P. Grice | Labour | 797 |
| C. Stinton | Conservative | 628 |
Heasandford1 seat · turnout 47.4%
| I. Cooney | Labour | 1,230 |
| D. Ormerod | Conservative | 496 |
| M. Booth | Lib/Sdp | 185 |
Lanehead1 seat · turnout 43.3%
| H. McCormack | Labour | 729 |
| E. Parker | Conservative | 702 |
| I. Elliott | Lib/Sdp | 326 |
Lowerhouse1 seat · turnout 41.8%
| J. Keller | Labour | 891 |
| J. Stuttard | Conservative | 351 |
| R. Riley | Lib/Sdp | 224 |
Park1 seat · turnout 44.3%
| T. Lynch | Labour | 824 |
| A. Lord | Conservative | 314 |
| K. Kirkham | Lib/Sdp | 288 |
Queensgate1 seat · turnout 46.3%
| A. Duffield | Labour | 791 |
| E. Loder | Conservative | 618 |
| A. Stuttard | Lib/Sdp | 278 |
Rosehill1 seat · turnout 49.0%
| T. Spruce | Conservative | 792 |
| Johnstone M. | Labour | 568 |
| W. Booth | Lib/Sdp | 523 |
Simonstone Hill1 seat · turnout 61.1%
| P. Agar | Lib/Sdp | 401 |
| D. Oates | Conservative | 400 |
| R. Tempest | Labour | 30 |
Whittlefield1 seat · turnout 58.6%
| D. Jackson | Conservative | 1,133 |
| J. Herbert | Labour | 761 |
| C. White | Lib/Sdp | 241 |
Worsthorne1 seat · turnout 44.9%
| G. Halsted | Conservative | 566 |
| C. Platt | Labour | 288 |
| G. Small | Lib/Sdp | 153 |