Before (end of 1983) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 27 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 9 · Labour 3 · Other 0
After (end of 1984) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 25 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 11 · Labour 3 · Other 0
Ward results
Belfairs1 seat
| R. Streeter | Lib/Sdp | 2,328 |
| R. Marriott | Conservative | 1,845 |
| P. Haines | Labour | 306 |
Eastwood1 seat
| N. Goodman | Lib/Sdp | 1,946 |
| M. Myers | Conservative | 1,601 |
| R. Kennedy | Labour | 365 |
Leigh1 seat
| G. Robson | Lib/Sdp | 2,145 |
| A. Hall | Conservative | 1,618 |
| L. Davidson | Labour | 282 |
Prittlewell1 seat
| P. Herbert | Lib/Sdp | 1,981 |
| J. Gibbs | Conservative | 1,271 |
| S. Laycock | Labour | 497 |
Southchurch1 seat
| E. Lockhart | Conservative | 1,843 |
| G. White | Labour | 649 |
| S. Gibeon | Lib/Sdp | 479 |
St. Luke's1 seat
| R. Copley | Labour | 1,248 |
| R. Reid | Conservative | 906 |
| Y. Rushman | Lib/Sdp | 379 |
Victoria2 seats
| A. Hurst | Labour | 1,825 ✓ |
| A. Dunn | Labour | 1,805 ✓ |
| S. Carr | Conservative | 1,055 |
| C. Gymer | Conservative | 1,030 |
| J. Overy | Lib/Sdp | 635 |
| N. Baker | Lib/Sdp | 619 |
| C. Smith | Local Res | 98 |
Westborough1 seat
| R. Price | Lib/Sdp | 1,726 |
| J. Rowswell | Conservative | 1,163 |
| A. Smith | Labour | 581 |
