Before (end of 1983) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 18 · Labour 17 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 10 · Other 0
After (end of 1984) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 19 · Conservative 18 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 8 · Other 0
Ward results
Acomb1 seat · turnout 51.0%
| E. Witcombe | Conservative | 974 |
| B. Watson | Labour | 966 |
| L. Marsh | Lib/Sdp | 768 |
Beckfield1 seat · turnout 46.2%
| R. Pulleyn | Labour | 907 |
| D. Evans | Conservative | 906 |
| C. Sherrard | Lib/Sdp | 674 |
Bishophill1 seat · turnout 50.6%
| R. Edwards | Labour | 1,046 |
| C Greaves | Conservative | 804 |
| J. Ives | Lib/Sdp | 531 |
Clifton1 seat · turnout 45.3%
| S. Whitehead | Labour | 1,104 |
| D. Metcalfe | Conservative | 988 |
| S. Gildener | Lib/Sdp | 358 |
Fishergate1 seat · turnout 42.0%
| J. Long | Conservative | 1,069 |
| D. Smallwood | Labour | 890 |
| M. Lapper | Lib/Sdp | 303 |
Foxwood1 seat · turnout 41.3%
| D. Horwell | Lib/Sdp | 1,574 |
| K. Cox | Conservative | 525 |
| M. McCarthy | Labour | 508 |
Guildhall1 seat · turnout 43.6%
| P. Morrison | Labour | 1,094 |
| D. Nicholson | Conservative | 865 |
| A. Feinstein | Lib/Sdp | 347 |
Holgate1 seat · turnout 44.8%
| D. Parlabeam | Labour | 1,152 |
| L Daley | Conservative | 938 |
| K. Harper | Lib/Sdp | 296 |
Knavesmire1 seat · turnout 47.3%
| R Fletcher | Labour | 1,063 |
| D. Dawson | Conservative | 916 |
| D. Lickley | Lib/Sdp | 407 |
Micklegate1 seat · turnout 45.9%
| A. Milling | Conservative | 1,180 |
| W. Atkinson | Labour | 832 |
| V. Campbell | Lib/Sdp | 401 |
Monk1 seat · turnout 45.6%
| M. Heppell | Conservative | 1,126 |
| C. Adams | Labour | 662 |
| A. Jones | Lib/Sdp | 587 |
Westfield1 seat · turnout 47.4%
| G. Robinson | Lib/Sdp | 1,141 |
| D. Horton | Labour | 868 |
| J. Fitzgerald | Conservative | 355 |