Before (end of 1983) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 27 · Labour 21 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0 · Other 0
After (end of 1984) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 26 · Labour 22 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Besses1 seat
| A. Matthews | Labour | 1,828 |
| A. Barker | Conservative | 910 |
East1 seat
| J. Byrne | Labour | 2,338 |
| D. Bennett | Conservative | 817 |
| V. D'Albert | Lib/Sdp | 141 |
Holyrood1 seat
| M. Turnberg | Conservative | 1,726 |
| D. Wright | Labour | 1,620 |
Pilkington Park1 seat
| K Williams | Conservative | 1,522 |
| S. Norwood | Labour | 1,427 |
| M. Gordon | Lib/Sdp | 283 |
Radcliffe Central1 seat
| W. Campbell | Labour | 2,103 |
| M. Chudleigh | Conservative | 927 |
Radcliffe North1 seat
| P. Whitehead | Labour | 1,762 |
| E. Coates | Conservative | 1,754 |
| S. Johnson | Lib/Sdp | 286 |
Radcliffe South1 seat
| D. Neath | Labour | 1,644 |
| J. McGilvray | Conservative | 1,358 |
| P. Newns | Lib/Sdp | 443 |
Ramsbottom1 seat
| A. Hamer | Labour | 2,147 |
| S. Glover | Conservative | 1,976 |
| N. Larder | Lib/Sdp | 557 |
Redvales1 seat
| D. Crausby | Labour | 2,201 |
| D. Read | Conservative | 915 |
| S. Howard | Lib/Sdp | 302 |
Sedgley1 seat
| E. Adler | Labour | 1,528 |
| S. Fogal | Conservative | 1,125 |
| D. Wachmann | Lib/Sdp | 722 |
Tottington1 seat
| H. Taylor | Conservative | 2,259 |
| J. Turner | Lib/Sdp | 1,068 |
| G. Reed | Labour | 879 |
Unsworth1 seat
| D. Eccleston | Conservative | 1,549 |
| G. Sharkey | Labour | 1,487 |
| G. Young | Lib/Sdp | 379 |
