Before (end of 1983) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 43 · Other 11 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 5 · Labour 1
After (end of 1984) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 36 · Other 14 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 8 · Labour 2
Ward results
Bilton1 seat
| P. Jowett | Labour | 1,188 |
| T. Crystal | Conservative | 963 |
| J. Webb | Lib/Sdp | 272 |
East Central1 seat
| G. Crowther | Lib/Sdp | 683 |
| Farmer N. | Conservative | 572 |
| C. Dixon | Labour | 364 |
Granby1 seat
| J. Marshall | Lib/Sdp | 939 |
| L. Wassell | Conservative | 460 |
| G. Foxall | Labour | 270 |
Harlow1 seat
| R. Kent | Lib/Sdp | 1,070 ✓ |
| P. Couttie | Conservative | 925 |
| D. John | Independent | 288 |
| N. Knott | Labour | 100 |
Knaresborough East1 seat
| P. Allott | Conservative | 818 |
| M. Ferguson | Lib/Sdp | 631 |
| G. Gray | Labour | 382 |
Knaresborough West1 seat
| P. Hopkinson | Conservative | 531 ✓ |
| S. Emmett | Lib/Sdp | 459 |
| E. Ferguson | Independent | 367 |
| J. Gowing | Labour | 349 |
New Park1 seat
| R. Cooper | Conservative | 379 |
| N. Putnam | Lib/Sdp | 363 |
| P. Sutcliffe | Labour | 208 |
Ripon East1 seat
| R. Simpson | Independent | 904 |
| J. Baslington | Conservative | 286 |
Ripon West1 seat
| A. Marron | Lib/Sdp | 968 |
| B. Price | Conservative | 603 |
Starbeck1 seat
| D. Barrett | Independent | 679 ✓ |
| M. Ellerker | Lib/Sdp | 426 |
| P. Morton | Conservative | 369 |
| S. Abbott | Labour | 308 |
Wedderburn1 seat
| F. Pickles | Conservative | 1,135 |
| S. Taylor | Lib/Sdp | 1,107 |
| T. Peters | Labour | 182 |
West Central1 seat
| R. McCarroll | Conservative | 962 |
| A. Baker | Lib/Sdp | 941 |
| T. Anderson | Labour | 122 |