Before (end of 1983) (66 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 58 · Other 3 · Conservative 3 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 2
After (end of 1984) (66 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 59 · Conservative 3 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 2 · Other 2
Ward results
Ardsley1 seat · turnout 27.2%
| H. Wilson | Labour | 1,731 |
| B. Cousins | Conservative | 330 |
Athersley1 seat · turnout 31.1%
| H. Dancer | Labour | 1,964 |
| M. Linstead | Lib/Sdp | 266 |
Brierley1 seat · turnout 46.1%
| M Harper | Labour | 2,675 ✓ |
| C. Hirst | Lib/Sdp | 319 |
| D. Schofield | Conservative | 219 |
| N. Vodden | Ind Lab | 209 |
Cudworth1 seat · turnout 35.3%
| R. Rigby | Labour | 2,277 |
| A. Fairclough | Lib/Sdp | 506 |
Darton1 seat · turnout 42.5%
| A. Ibbotson | Labour | 2,497 |
| A. Smith | Lib/Sdp | 907 |
| A. Slater | Conservative | 473 |
Dearne South1 seat · turnout 33.9%
| S. Whitehouse | Labour | 2,183 |
| J. Gregory | Ind Lab | 853 |
Dearne Thurnscoe1 seat · turnout 34.0%
| K. Young | Labour | 2,488 |
| M. Burke | Lib/Sdp | 418 |
Dodworth1 seat · turnout 44.6%
| G. Mason | Labour | 2,458 |
| D. Hallam | Lib/Sdp | 851 |
| G. Colquhoun | Conservative | 443 |
Hoyland East1 seat · turnout 34.0%
| P. Beardshall | Labour | 2,013 |
| J. Chantrey | Lib/Sdp | 700 |
Hoyland West1 seat · turnout 41.1%
| C. Wroe | Labour | 2,144 |
| K. Burd | Lib/Sdp | 678 |
Monk Bretton1 seat · turnout 35.6%
| T. Sheard | Labour | 2,757 |
| J. White | Conservative | 476 |
North West1 seat · turnout 36.9%
| J. Wilde | Labour | 1,747 |
| J. Harris | RES | 716 |
| H. Oldfield | Conservative | 410 |
Park1 seat · turnout 36.7%
| K. Borrett | Labour | 1,763 |
| J. Appleyard | Lib/Sdp | 250 |
| R. Dews | Conservative | 206 |
Penistone East1 seat · turnout 47.6%
| G. Tue | Conservative | 1,337 |
| D. Hunter | Labour | 1,294 |
| O. Hanstock | Lib/Sdp | 620 |
Penistone West1 seat · turnout 41.0%
| N. Collett | Labour | 1,228 |
| D. Harrison | RES | 1,131 |
| G. Papworth | Conservative | 925 |
South West1 seat · turnout 52.4%
| B. Goodyear | Labour | 2,008 |
| K. Bickley | Lib/Sdp | 1,649 |
| J. Dobbin | Conservative | 341 |
Wombwell North1 seat
| A. Storey | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Wombwell South1 seat · turnout 50.2%
| S. Mahatme | Independent | 2,020 |
| G. Turp | Labour | 1,996 |
Worsbrough1 seat · turnout 40.0%
| G. Hadfield | Labour | 2,775 |
| R. Pappworth | Conservative | 555 |
