Before (end of 1983) (57 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 30 · Conservative 24 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 · Other 0
After (end of 1984) (57 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 31 · Conservative 21 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 5 · Other 0
Ward results
Avenham1 seat · turnout 48.1%
| Mair Ratcliffe | Labour | 1,101 |
| I. Thomas | Lib/Sdp | 1,043 |
| F. Wilkins | Conservative | 252 |
Brookfield1 seat · turnout 45.3%
| Jonathan Saksena | Labour | 1,288 |
| B. Loffler | Conservative | 1,057 |
Cadley1 seat · turnout 42.2%
| A. Gittins | Conservative | 1,650 |
| Rosemary Tait | Labour | 332 |
| A. Thomas | Lib/Sdp | 320 |
Central1 seat · turnout 36.4%
| J. Ward | Labour | 802 |
| J. Bosson | Conservative | 287 |
| R. McGarry | Lib/Sdp | 170 |
Deepdale1 seat · turnout 46.3%
| E. Jewell | Labour | 1,309 |
| A. Bentham | Conservative | 821 |
| J. Adam | Lib/Sdp | 194 |
Greyfriars1 seat · turnout 43.1%
| J. Hood | Conservative | 1,946 |
| C. Wootton | Labour | 275 |
Ingol1 seat · turnout 47.3%
| M. Thorpe | Lib/Sdp | 1,170 |
| F. Loffler | Conservative | 462 |
| A. Reid | Labour | 345 |
Preston Rural East1 seat · turnout 30.7%
| A. Parker | Conservative | 986 |
| C. Oldcorn | Labour | 220 |
Preston Rural West1 seat · turnout 33.9%
| D. Kehoe | Conservative | 1,826 |
| C. Sutherland | Labour | 421 |
| A. Hodge | Lib/Sdp | 341 |
Ribbleton1 seat · turnout 41.1%
| E. Butcher | Labour | 1,380 |
| J. Harrison | Conservative | 476 |
Sharoe Green1 seat · turnout 37.5%
| H. Jordan | Conservative | 2,050 |
| D. Norris | Labour | 491 |
| L. Freestone | Lib/Sdp | 471 |
St. Johns1 seat · turnout 55.4%
| J. Brincat-Smith | Lib/Sdp | 1,097 |
| J Pownall | Labour | 1,030 |
| G. Wilkins | Conservative | 164 |
St. Matthews2 seats
| J. Newsham | Labour | 1,086 |
| J. Riding | Labour | 1,004 |
| W. Chadwick | Lib/Sdp | 615 |
| M. Turner | Conservative | 329 |
| Cartwright B. | Conservative | 281 |
Tulketh1 seat · turnout 47.0%
| P. Jackson | Labour | 1,089 |
| S Baines | Conservative | 1,063 |
| M. Connolly | Lib/Sdp | 238 |
