Before (end of 1983) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 25 · Labour 11 · Other 2 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 1
After (end of 1984) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 25 · Labour 11 · Other 2 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 1
Ward results
Charles Dickens1 seat · turnout 29.0%
| J. Sugrue | Labour | 1,710 |
| W. Ironmonger | All | 638 |
| S. Armitage | Conservative | 610 |
Copnor1 seat · turnout 39.2%
| E. Thompson | Conservative | 2,260 |
| D. Horne | Labour | 1,363 |
| J. Dixon | All | 695 |
Drayton & Farlington1 seat · turnout 38.7%
| F. Wood | Conservative | 2,567 |
| E. Moors | All | 934 |
| P. Wimbleton | Labour | 538 |
Fratton1 seat · turnout 37.1%
| T. Cook | Labour | 1,545 |
| T. Henderson | Conservative | 1,294 |
| A. Bentley | All | 1,085 |
Havelock1 seat · turnout 43.5%
| S. Thomas | Labour | 2,107 ✓ |
| M. Smith | Conservative | 1,543 |
| A. Hunter | All | 562 |
| E. Elliott | Ind Con | 508 |
Highland1 seat · turnout 37.1%
| H. Hornby | Conservative | 1,791 |
| A Chafer | Labour | 1,416 |
| F. Burgess | All | 749 |
Nelson1 seat · turnout 38.4%
| T. Gregory | Conservative | 2,298 |
| L. Gee | Labour | 2,171 |
Paulsgrove1 seat · turnout 27.1%
| B Bundy | Labour | 1,806 |
| M. Blaine | Conservative | 1,034 |
St Jude1 seat
| E. Robinson | Conservative | 1,680 |
| E. Entwistle | Labour | 601 |
| M. Southwell | All | 486 |
St Thomas1 seat
| F. Worley | Conservative | 1,972 ✓ |
| Burnett A. | Labour | 1,064 |
| S. Brown | All | 525 |
| S. Kerrison | Independent | 53 |
