Before (end of 1983) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
SDP-Liberal Alliance 19 · Conservative 17 · Other 2 · Labour 1
After (end of 1984) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 19 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 18 · Other 2 · Labour 0
Ward results
Buckingham1 seat · turnout 38.0%
| M. Smith | Conservative | 1,039 |
| A. Miller | Lib/Sdp | 480 |
Churchill1 seat · turnout 45.0%
| A. Trotman | Lib/Sdp | 801 |
| R. Chad | Conservative | 732 |
| G. Aldrich | Labour | 162 |
Cokeham1 seat · turnout 39.0%
| M. Spalding | Lib/Sdp | 850 |
| B. Boggis | Conservative | 361 |
| F. Burns | Labour | 143 |
Eastbrook1 seat · turnout 48.0%
| A. Woolgar | Conservative | 789 |
| B. Whipp | Labour | 647 |
| K. Tullett | Lib/Sdp | 274 |
Manor1 seat · turnout 53.0%
| M. Cooper | Lib/Sdp | 918 |
| R. Woolven | Conservative | 776 |
| S. Aldrich | Labour | 87 |
Marine1 seat · turnout 53.0%
| P. Shephard | RES | 828 ✓ |
| C. Duckley | Conservative | 377 |
| A. McNay | Lib/Sdp | 92 |
| A. Deehan | Labour | 55 |
Mash Barn1 seat · turnout 38.0%
| M. Moore | Lib/Sdp | 642 |
| R. Jupp | Conservative | 366 |
| R. Grafton | Labour | 122 |
Peverel1 seat · turnout 42.0%
| P. Driscoll | Lib/Sdp | 766 |
| R. Bailey | Conservative | 432 |
| H. Atkins | Labour | 122 |
Southwick Green1 seat · turnout 54.0%
| M. King | Lib/Sdp | 911 |
| D. Parish | Conservative | 886 |
| Jean Woolgar | Labour | 117 |
St Nicolas1 seat · turnout 47.0%
| B. Finch | Conservative | 1,012 |
| N. Presley | Lib/Sdp | 443 |
| K. Matthews | Labour | 250 |
Widewater1 seat · turnout 46.0%
| D. Hammond | Lib/Sdp | 948 |
| C. Pelling | Conservative | 850 |
| W. Jacques | Labour | 146 |