Before (end of 1983) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 43 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 · Labour 1 · Other 1
After (end of 1984) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 40 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 5 · Other 2 · Labour 1
Ward results
Brenchley1 seat · turnout 35.8%
| R. Barsley | Conservative | 578 |
| D. Court | All | 90 |
| R. Kirk | Labour | 59 |
Capel1 seat · turnout 55.0%
| P. Holman | Conservative | 552 |
| D. Farley | All | 233 |
| P. Funnell | Labour | 66 |
Hawkhurst1 seat · turnout 28.9%
| L. Dickens | Conservative | 601 ✓ |
| K. Hoare | Lib/Sdp | 132 |
| D. Burgess | Labour | 125 |
| H. Reynolds | Independent | 83 |
Horsmonden1 seat · turnout 28.5%
| E. Armitage | Conservative | 333 |
| P. Donachie | All | 85 |
Lamberhurst1 seat · turnout 39.8%
| A. Wilson | Conservative | 213 ✓ |
| B. Bryant | Lib/Sdp | 85 |
| P. Tedham | Independent | 58 |
| S. Fowler | Labour | 53 |
Pantiles1 seat · turnout 50.0%
| L. Lee | Lib/Sdp | 1,024 |
| R. Hardcastle | Conservative | 857 |
| D. Turpin | Labour | 142 |
Park1 seat · turnout 37.8%
| J. Spare | Conservative | 1,028 |
| D. Patterson | Lib/Sdp | 545 |
| G. Lelliott | Labour | 178 |
PEMBURY1 seat · turnout 50.9%
| H. Richards | Lib/Sdp | 1,226 |
| A. Toler | Conservative | 971 |
| L. Evans | Labour | 109 |
Rusthall1 seat · turnout 30.7%
| R. Birley-Wilson | Conservative | 759 |
| M. Lawson | Lib/Sdp | 356 |
| M. Richards | Labour | 297 |
Sherwood1 seat · turnout 42.7%
| H. Blakeway | Labour | 883 |
| R. Jones | All | 634 |
| P. Hurst | Conservative | 573 |
Speldhurst & Bidborough1 seat · turnout 35.1%
| E. Sturley | Conservative | 1,048 |
| R. Plank | All | 357 |
| P. Sellers | Labour | 93 |
St. Johns1 seat · turnout 30.8%
| S. Higginson | Conservative | 839 |
| A. Bullion | All | 428 |
| E. Fitzgerald | Labour | 218 |
St. Marks1 seat · turnout 36.5%
| B. Sandford | Conservative | 956 |
| T. Shapcott | All | 307 |
| J. Jeffery | Labour | 189 |
