Before (end of 1983) (53 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 38 · Labour 10 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 4 · Other 1
After (end of 1984) (53 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 41 · Labour 9 · Other 2 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 1
Ward results
Barton-le-Clay1 seat · turnout 43.4%
| P. Ashby | Ind Con | 531 |
| J. McGuinness | Lib/Sdp | 530 |
| D. Watson | Labour | 182 |
Beaudesert1 seat · turnout 39.4%
| V. Small | Conservative | 605 |
| M. Freeman | Lib/Sdp | 489 |
| C. Lee | Labour | 426 |
Brooklands1 seat · turnout 37.6%
| W. Gibson | Conservative | 866 |
| S. Freeman | Lib/Sdp | 703 |
| R. Byrne | Labour | 430 |
Dunstable Central1 seat · turnout 41.2%
| E. Clark | Conservative | 1,650 |
| D. Barker | Labour | 506 |
Houghton Central1 seat · turnout 30.6%
| R Turner | Labour | 921 |
| B Piggott | Conservative | 278 |
| I. Witherick | Lib/Sdp | 140 |
Houghton East1 seat · turnout 23.1%
| A. Kinchella | Labour | 567 |
| E. Bartley | Conservative | 194 |
| O. Burgess | Ecol | 62 |
Houghton South1 seat · turnout 31.9%
| S. Bird | Conservative | 683 |
| P. Hamill | Labour | 333 |
| R. Bird | Lib/Sdp | 292 |
Icknield1 seat · turnout 35.6%
| J. Hunt | Conservative | 1,192 |
| R. Shelley | Labour | 704 |
Linslade1 seat · turnout 45.5%
| I. Beesley | Conservative | 730 ✓ |
| S. Owen | Lib/Sdp | 699 |
| P. Canavan | Labour | 267 |
| R. Morrisey | Ecol | 42 |
Northfields1 seat · turnout 41.1%
| W. Cochrane | Labour | 899 |
| C. Porter | Conservative | 517 |
| G. Ebden | Lib/Sdp | 266 |
Plantation1 seat · turnout 39.0%
| F. Goldsmith | Conservative | 919 |
| J. Miller | Labour | 502 |
| B. Keeley | Lib/Sdp | 424 |
Priory1 seat · turnout 45.0%
| A. Whinnett | Conservative | 780 ✓ |
| D. Smith | Labour | 725 |
| R. Walker | Lib/Sdp | 317 |
| J. Eldridge | Ecol | 29 |
Southcott1 seat · turnout 40.3%
| M. Vince | Conservative | 847 ✓ |
| P. Snelling | Lib/Sdp | 649 |
| J. Marston | Labour | 222 |
Stanbridge1 seat · turnout 45.5%
| R Cook | Conservative | 426 |
| M. Elliot | Labour | 101 |
Streatley1 seat · turnout 53.2%
| J. Hay | Lib/Sdp | 413 |
| P. Cochrane | Conservative | 236 |
| J. Gregory | Labour | 75 |
Toddington1 seat · turnout 43.4%
| G. Hickinbottom | Conservative | 613 |
| B. Hyde | RES | 405 |
| C. Osler | Labour | 271 |
Totternhoe1 seat · turnout 47.6%
| C. Overton | Conservative | 445 |
| W. Connett | Labour | 164 |
Watling1 seat · turnout 40.0%
| W. Smith | Conservative | 868 |
| R. Harris | Labour | 474 |
| R. Pitches | Lib/Sdp | 432 |