Before (end of 1983) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 22 · Conservative 20 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 11 · Other 1
After (end of 1984) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 22 · Conservative 16 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 15 · Other 1
Ward results
Brighouse1 seat · turnout 46.3%
| A. Bake | Labour | 1,428 |
| O'Connor A. | Conservative | 1,391 |
| I. Sutcliffe | Lib/Sdp | 752 |
Calder1 seat · turnout 40.2%
| L. Harrison | Labour | 680 |
| M. Ali | Conservative | 292 |
Calder Valley1 seat · turnout 50.2%
| E. Scott | Labour | 1,673 |
| P. Merritt | Lib/Sdp | 1,308 |
| E. Barnes | Conservative | 1,214 |
Elland1 seat · turnout 39.9%
| T. Wood | Lib/Sdp | 1,711 |
| J. Beeby | Labour | 1,105 |
| J. Goldthorpe | Conservative | 513 |
Greetland & Stainland1 seat · turnout 40.4%
| D. Fox | Lib/Sdp | 2,037 |
| G. Cozens | Conservative | 820 |
| P. Leighton | Labour | 460 |
Hipperholme and Lightcliffe1 seat · turnout 40.4%
| B. Binns | Conservative | 1,664 |
| R. Armitage | Labour | 923 |
| G. Robinson | Lib/Sdp | 543 |
Illingworth1 seat · turnout 24.9%
| P. Squibb | Labour | 1,545 |
| P. Bell | Conservative | 836 |
Luddendenfoot1 seat · turnout 45.3%
| T. McAvoy | Lib/Sdp | 1,537 |
| M. Marshall | Conservative | 1,148 |
| E. Hoad | Labour | 1,065 |
Mixenden1 seat · turnout 30.6%
| S. Tipp | Labour | 1,562 |
| D. Sutcliffe | Conservative | 521 |
| G. Wilson | Lib/Sdp | 362 |
Northowram and Shelf1 seat · turnout 37.5%
| R. Thrower | Conservative | 1,582 |
| M. Reynolds | Labour | 903 |
| M. Plunkett | Lib/Sdp | 614 |
Rastrick2 seats · turnout 50.1%
| M. Binns | Lib/Sdp | 1,483 |
| R. Marsden | Lib/Sdp | 1,414 |
| W. Carpenter | Conservative | 1,377 |
| H. Lewis | Conservative | 1,278 |
| C. Stout | Labour | 925 |
| R. Linstead | Labour | 767 |
Ryburn1 seat · turnout 36.3%
| D. Wood | Conservative | 1,523 |
| P. Davis | Labour | 1,142 |
| G. Williams | Lib/Sdp | 431 |
Skircoat1 seat · turnout 39.5%
| Jonathan Hesketh Ford | Conservative | 2,471 |
| D. Helliwell | Labour | 1,005 |
Sowerby Bridge1 seat · turnout 40.3%
| G. Fielden | Labour | 1,451 |
| M. Haley | Conservative | 1,154 |
| C. Lythgoe | Lib/Sdp | 568 |
Town1 seat · turnout 39.0%
| P. Smith | Labour | 1,965 |
| B. Greenwood | Conservative | 1,383 |
