Before (end of 1983) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 36 · Other 8 · Labour 5 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 5
After (end of 1984) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 37 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 7 · Labour 5 · Other 5
Ward results
Boarhunt & Southwick1 seat · turnout 44.6%
| K. Carter | Lib/Sdp | 233 |
| E. Bazalgette | Conservative | 157 |
Denmead1 seat · turnout 35.3%
| P. Goodman | Conservative | 1,067 |
| C. Phillips | Lib/Sdp | 146 |
Littleton & Harestock1 seat · turnout 59.8%
| G. Fothergill | Lib/Sdp | 926 |
| D. Evans | Conservative | 648 |
| M. Pettigrew | Labour | 81 |
Shedfield1 seat
| V. Richards | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
St Barnabas1 seat
| E. Starkey | Conservative | 829 |
| A. Mitchell | Lib/Sdp | 776 |
| J. Smith | Labour | 338 |
St. John & All Saints1 seat · turnout 48.4%
| C. Pines | Labour | 1,045 |
| L. Shaw | Conservative | 538 |
| R. Bond | Lib/Sdp | 415 |