Before (end of 1983) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 31 · Conservative 17 · Other 0 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0
After (end of 1984) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 30 · Conservative 18 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Bixley1 seat · turnout 35.4%
| J Shorten | Conservative | 1,397 |
| E. Urry | Labour | 394 |
| A. Howlett | Lib/Sdp | 297 |
Bridge1 seat · turnout 34.8%
| D. Turnbull | Labour | 1,265 |
| S. Knight | Conservative | 458 |
| E. Pearl | Lib/Sdp | 182 |
Broom Hill1 seat · turnout 36.8%
| C. Carlton | Conservative | 1,171 |
| J. Selway | Labour | 538 |
| D. Eaton | Lib/Sdp | 281 |
Castle Hill1 seat · turnout 35.7%
| P. Claxton | Conservative | 1,133 |
| I. Grimwood | Labour | 662 |
| R. Howell | Lib/Sdp | 350 |
Chantry1 seat · turnout 29.3%
| John Cannan | Labour | 960 |
| L. Howard | Conservative | 248 |
| C. Betts | Lib/Sdp | 86 |
Gainsborough1 seat · turnout 33.5%
| J. Mowles | Labour | 1,488 |
| M. Allen | Conservative | 300 |
| N. Cheeseman | Lib/Sdp | 100 |
Priory Heath2 seats · turnout 32.6%
| W. Quinton | Labour | 1,249 |
| D. Warsop | Labour | 1,195 |
| P. Bartlett | Conservative | 527 |
| F. Brown | Conservative | 469 |
| A. Holden | Lib/Sdp | 139 |
Rushmere1 seat · turnout 52.4%
| G. Auton | Labour | 1,460 |
| J Williams | Conservative | 1,228 |
| B. Taylor | Lib/Sdp | 454 |
Sprites1 seat · turnout 30.9%
| M. Fricska | Labour | 1,102 ✓ |
| D. Morris | Conservative | 584 |
| M. Smith | Lib/Sdp | 201 |
| P. Watkins | Ecol | 16 |
St John's1 seat
| R. Canty | Labour | 1,352 |
| Morris G. | Conservative | 1,142 |
| N. Sanderson | Lib/Sdp | 256 |
St Margaret's1 seat
| J. Swindin | Conservative | 1,367 |
| I. Chevous | Labour | 777 |
| J. Groves | Lib/Sdp | 321 |
St. Clements1 seat · turnout 50.2%
| R. Baldry | Conservative | 1,227 |
| B. Messenger | Labour | 1,223 |
| K. Prior | Lib/Sdp | 487 |
Stoke Park1 seat · turnout 35.0%
| K. Wilson | Labour | 934 |
| M. Doyle | Conservative | 749 |
| K. Pettican | Lib/Sdp | 396 |
Town1 seat · turnout 41.2%
| A. Nicholls | Labour | 1,240 |
| B. Castle | Conservative | 552 |
| J. Marley | Lib/Sdp | 200 |
Whitehouse1 seat · turnout 29.4%
| G. King | Labour | 992 |
| B. Ferguson | Conservative | 469 |
| M. Redband | Lib/Sdp | 155 |