Before (end of 1983) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 28 · Conservative 15 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 2 · Other 0
After (end of 1984) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 27 · Conservative 15 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 · Other 0
Ward results
Blackbird Leys1 seat
| B. Gatehouse | Labour | 1,621 ✓ |
| L. Wicks | Conservative | 290 |
| P. Farrar | Lib/Sdp | 160 |
Central1 seat
| A. Griffiths | Labour | 1,051 ✓ |
| M. Robson | Lib/Sdp | 851 |
| A. Hughes | Conservative | 493 |
| O. Murphy | Ecol | 237 |
Cherwell1 seat
| F. Garside | Conservative | 1,236 ✓ |
| S. Martin | Labour | 513 |
| E. Humi | Lib/Sdp | 447 |
East1 seat
| R. Anchors | Labour | 1,433 ✓ |
| D. Pratley | Conservative | 735 |
| D. Sealey | Lib/Sdp | 296 |
Headington1 seat
| W. Fagg | Labour | 1,394 ✓ |
| M. O'Reilly | Conservative | 1,076 |
| C. Gilbert | Lib/Sdp | 403 |
Iffley1 seat
| F. Shellard | Conservative | 1,280 ✓ |
| B. Keen | Labour | 1,270 |
| M. Thomas | Lib/Sdp | 378 |
North1 seat
| J. Allen | Lib/Sdp | 868 ✓ |
| D. Coleman | Conservative | 820 |
| T. Smith | Labour | 664 |
| S. Starmer | Ecol | 134 |
Quarry1 seat
| A. Turner | Conservative | 995 ✓ |
| G. Kershaw | Lib/Sdp | 765 |
| D. Coster | Labour | 611 |
South1 seat · turnout 46.0%
| R. Brown | Labour | 1,290 ✓ |
| S. Mort | Conservative | 713 |
| J. Szechi | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 334 |
| R. Maccormac | Green | 113 |
St Clement's1 seat
| P. Moss | Labour | 1,388 ✓ |
| B. Tannant | Conservative | 788 |
| M. Godden | Lib/Sdp | 603 |
| D. Brooks | Ecol | 136 |
Temple Cowley1 seat
| N. Thomas | Labour | 1,292 ✓ |
| G. Dixon | Conservative | 777 |
| C. Hammond | Lib/Sdp | 210 |
West1 seat
| J. Power | Labour | 1,422 ✓ |
| M. Matthews | Conservative | 609 |
| D. Barraclough | Lib/Sdp | 393 |
Wolvercote1 seat
| G. Jones | Conservative | 1,079 ✓ |
| T. Jones | Lib/Sdp | 629 |
| J. Plaskitt | Labour | 613 |