Before (end of 1983) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 19 · Labour 14 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 2 · Other 1
After (end of 1984) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 19 · Labour 15 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 1 · Other 1
Ward results
Cribden1 seat
| Simpson B. | Conservative | 994 |
| H. Harding | Labour | 916 |
| K. Cannon | Lib/Sdp | 350 |
EDEN1 seat
| J. Dunne | Conservative | 773 |
| E. Popplewell | Labour | 415 |
Facit And Shawforth1 seat
| J. Hennighan | Labour | 655 |
| J. Grogan | Conservative | 621 |
Greenfield1 seat
| D. Ramsden | Conservative | 1,242 |
| N. O'Brien | Labour | 826 |
Greensclough1 seat
| P. Navin | Labour | 721 |
| J. Taylor | Conservative | 642 |
| M. Rourke | Lib/Sdp | 482 |
Hareholme1 seat
| G. Pearson | Labour | 1,078 |
| D. Lloyd | Conservative | 987 |
| H. Malley | COMM | 73 |
Helmshore1 seat
| S. Oldham | Conservative | 1,272 |
| E. Chadwick | Labour | 782 |
| W. Holt | Lib/Sdp | 431 |
Longholme1 seat
| A. Fishwick | Labour | 1,311 |
| B. Parrott | Conservative | 723 |
| A. Cowley | COMM | 38 |
Stacksteads1 seat
| M. Leach | Labour | 1,027 |
| J. Butterworth | Conservative | 840 |
Whitewell1 seat
| J. Patterson | Conservative | 1,151 |
| P. Coward | Labour | 1,022 |