Before (end of 1980) (83 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 70 · Labour 13 · The Liberal Party 0 · Other 0
After (end of 1981) (83 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 51 · Labour 27 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 4 · Other 1
Ward results
Blofield & Felgg No. 3 (West Flegg)1 seat · turnout 42.1%
| M. Carttiss | Conservative | 1,118 |
| T. Gilbert | LIB | 902 |
| M. Smart | Labour | 596 |
Blofield & Flegg No. 11 seat · turnout 39.6%
| G. Hellier | Conservative | 1,239 |
| P. Golding | Labour | 971 |
Blofield & Flegg No. 21 seat · turnout 34.9%
| C. Reynolds | Conservative | 1,562 |
| P. Hacon | Labour | 1,076 |
| A. Wilkin | LIB | 521 |
Blofield & Flegg No. 41 seat · turnout 42.1%
| A. Watts | Conservative | 1,782 |
| C. Westwood | Labour | 892 |
| G. Standwell | LIB | 583 |
Blofield & Flegg No. 51 seat · turnout 39.4%
| Mackey J. | Conservative | 2,125 |
| W. Graver | Labour | 1,045 |
Depwade No. 11 seat · turnout 36.3%
| P. Taylor | Conservative | 1,524 |
| J. Davies | Labour | 898 |
| D. Caldwell | LIB | 705 |
Depwade No. 21 seat · turnout 50.8%
| R. Grimwade | Conservative | 1,400 ✓ |
| N. Chapman | Independent | 1,133 |
| J. Salter | Labour | 774 |
| A. Moore | LIB | 376 |
Depwade No. 31 seat · turnout 48.1%
| P. Alexander | Conservative | 1,761 |
| J. Bristol | LIB | 1,182 |
| B. Warshaw | Labour | 764 |
Ditchingham1 seat · turnout 53.1%
| R. Carden | LIB | 1,218 |
| M. Cheyne | Conservative | 1,031 |
| M. Upcroft | Labour | 673 |
Docking No. 11 seat · turnout 49.9%
| H. Oliver | Conservative | 1,262 |
| M. Nurse | Labour | 1,008 |
| J. Bruce | LIB | 415 |
Docking No. 21 seat · turnout 45.4%
| J. Purdie | Conservative | 1,493 |
| W. Watson | Labour | 1,482 |
Erpingham No. 11 seat · turnout 51.4%
| J. Walpole | Conservative | 1,221 |
| W. Smith | LIB | 880 |
| E. Lynn | Labour | 666 |
Erpingham No. 21 seat · turnout 44.2%
| G. Gotts | Conservative | 1,723 |
| R. Haynes | Labour | 1,256 |
Feltwell1 seat · turnout 36.0%
| R. Marsh-Allen | Conservative | 758 |
| A. Bradley | Labour | 446 |
| H. Sixsmith | LIB | 282 |
Fincham1 seat · turnout 38.2%
| F. Rockcliffe | Conservative | 1,180 |
| G. Holding | Labour | 742 |
| A. Robson | LIB | 310 |
Forehoe & Henstead No. 1 (Henstead)1 seat · turnout 47.8%
| W. Kidner | Conservative | 1,761 |
| L. Pugh | Labour | 909 |
| C. Baxter | LIB | 672 |
Forehoe & Henstead No. 2 (Humbleyar1 seat · turnout 48.0%
| I. Coutts | Conservative | 2,233 ✓ |
| A. Cartwright | The Liberal Party | 1,318 |
| E. Parker | Labour | 1,232 |
Forehoe & Henstead No. 31 seat · turnout 49.6%
| R. East | LIB | 1,596 |
| J. Hipwell | Conservative | 958 |
| J. Morgan | Labour | 919 |
Forehoe & Henstead No. 41 seat · turnout 43.2%
| C. Gosling | Conservative | 1,276 |
| P. Field | Labour | 723 |
| D. Moore | LIB | 335 |
Great Yarmouth No. 1 (Magdalen)1 seat · turnout 35.5%
| F. Stone | Labour | 2,049 |
| A. Powell | Conservative | 601 |
Great Yarmouth No. 2 (Gorleston)1 seat · turnout 30.7%
| P. Green | Conservative | 960 |
| R. Webb | Labour | 559 |
Great Yarmouth No. 31 seat · turnout 38.2%
| R. Higgleton | Labour | 1,246 |
| G. Martin | Conservative | 787 |
Great Yarmouth No. 41 seat · turnout 32.4%
| B. Mills | Labour | 1,110 |
| J. Permenter | Conservative | 499 |
Great Yarmouth No. 5 (Nelson South)1 seat · turnout 41.3%
| C. Batley | Labour | 1,358 |
| M. Barron | Conservative | 568 |
Great Yarmouth No. 61 seat · turnout 35.9%
| G. Hayes | Labour | 674 |
| F. Cook | Conservative | 584 |
Great Yarmouth No. 71 seat · turnout 42.3%
| D. Saunders | Labour | 1,507 |
| E. White | Conservative | 1,353 |
Hilgay1 seat · turnout 41.3%
| J. Gault | Conservative | 989 |
| B. Marjoram | Labour | 635 |
| F. Bailey | LIB | 370 |
Hunstanton1 seat · turnout 40.5%
| R. Willans | Conservative | 1,487 |
| J. Mee | Labour | 1,129 |
| A. Bates | LIB | 228 |
Kings Lynn (Central)1 seat · turnout 48.9%
| D. Collis | Labour | 672 |
| P. Rippon | Conservative | 544 |
| B. Goldstone | LIB | 267 |
Kings Lynn (Gaywood)1 seat · turnout 42.5%
| P. Wilkinson | Labour | 2,323 |
| J. Whitehouse | Conservative | 1,407 |
| J. Loveless | LIB | 1,146 |
Kings Lynn (North)1 seat · turnout 40.8%
| J. Donaldson | Labour | 1,556 |
| D. Fitt | LIB | 225 |
| A. Stopforth | Conservative | 216 |
Kings Lynn South1 seat · turnout 43.0%
| F. Juniper | Labour | 1,344 |
| B. Barton | Conservative | 759 |
Loddon1 seat · turnout 51.6%
| A. Gunson | Conservative | 1,942 |
| M. Tabeart | Labour | 829 |
| S. Revell | LIB | 535 |
Lothingland North1 seat · turnout 32.4%
| H. Aldiss | Conservative | 1,463 |
| E. Martin | LIB | 857 |
| I. Webb | Labour | 756 |
Mitford & Launditch No. 1 (Elmham)1 seat · turnout 46.2%
| J. Rivett | Conservative | 1,046 |
| B. Barnard | Labour | 835 |
Mitford & Launditch No. 21 seat · turnout 44.6%
| J. Birkbeck | Conservative | 1,696 |
| R. Potter | Labour | 1,161 |
Mitford & Launditch No. 3 (Mattisha1 seat · turnout 37.1%
| F. Nicholson | Conservative | 1,344 ✓ |
| K. Potter | Labour | 677 |
North Walsham1 seat · turnout 45.2%
| A. Gaymer | Conservative | 2,309 |
| J. Reilly | Labour | 1,972 |
Northern Freebridge Lynn1 seat · turnout 53.9%
| J. Dutton | Conservative | 2,014 |
| J. Tilbury | Labour | 1,738 |
Norwich (Bowthorpe)1 seat · turnout 40.6%
| R. Phelan | Labour | 1,152 ✓ |
| G. Fisher | Conservative | 433 |
| B. Wheatley | LIB | 242 |
| K. Knight | Ecol | 85 |
Norwich (Catton)1 seat · turnout 38.8%
| J. McKay | Labour | 1,567 |
| S. Starling | Conservative | 745 |
| C. Smith | LIB | 331 |
Norwich (Coslany)1 seat · turnout 45.3%
| B. Horner | Labour | 1,726 |
| A. Gidney | Conservative | 827 |
| M. Cawdron | LIB | 340 |
Norwich (Crome)1 seat · turnout 38.1%
| A. Fisher | Labour | 1,631 |
| F. Motts | Conservative | 484 |
| D. Williment | LIB | 410 |
Norwich (Earlham)1 seat · turnout 36.9%
| R. Roe | Labour | 1,748 ✓ |
| H Collins | Conservative | 342 |
| D. Ellis | LIB | 279 |
| D. Wimberley | Ecol | 121 |
Norwich (Eaton)1 seat · turnout 56.2%
| G. Shepherd | Conservative | 1,989 |
| L. Stevenson | Labour | 1,020 |
| J. Phillips | LIB | 483 |
Norwich (Heigham)1 seat · turnout 40.1%
| P. Hollis | Labour | 1,521 ✓ |
| B. Harrold | Conservative | 367 |
| S. Beare | The Liberal Party | 311 |
Norwich (Hellesden)1 seat · turnout 34.5%
| R. Frostick | Labour | 1,407 ✓ |
| A. Hall | Conservative | 207 |
| R. Ellis | LIB | 163 |
| R. Casey | Ecol | 43 |
| K. Garnham | WRP | 36 |
Norwich (Lakenham)1 seat · turnout 42.6%
| R Durrant | Labour | 1,677 |
| J Wyatt | Conservative | 539 |
| A. Wheatley | LIB | 353 |
Norwich (Mancroft)1 seat · turnout 37.3%
| J. Sheppard | Labour | 1,353 |
| D. Keefe | Conservative | 538 |
| D. Pendle | LIB | 310 |
Norwich (Mousehold)1 seat · turnout 36.1%
| M. Ferris | Labour | 1,458 |
| C. Browne | Conservative | 357 |
| J. Swift | LIB | 248 |
Norwich (Nelson)1 seat · turnout 57.4%
| P. Dodd | Conservative | 1,154 ✓ |
| E. Bartram | Labour | 1,122 |
| D. O'Neill | LIB | 382 |
| D. Colley | Ecol | 116 |
Norwich (St.Stephen)1 seat · turnout 57.1%
| C. Cameron | Labour | 1,201 |
| F. Chaplin | Conservative | 1,053 |
| J. Wharry | LIB | 391 |
Norwich (Thorpe)1 seat · turnout 60.0%
| A. Williment | LIB | 1,354 |
| J. Perkins | Labour | 1,201 |
| C. Gregory | Conservative | 510 |
Norwich (Town Close)1 seat · turnout 63.2%
| L. Addison | Labour | 1,676 |
| G Drake | Conservative | 1,468 |
| B. Watkins | LIB | 1,108 |
Norwich (University)1 seat · turnout 47.4%
| Graham Turner | Labour | 1,546 ✓ |
| D. Fearnley | Conservative | 722 |
| J. Ford | LIB | 493 |
| D. Brunsden | Ecol | 141 |
Sheringham1 seat · turnout 38.6%
| M. English | Conservative | 1,674 |
| P. Hartigan | Labour | 784 |
Smallburgh (North)1 seat · turnout 38.0%
| L. Eales | Conservative | 1,359 |
| P. Farmer | Labour | 1,204 |
Smallburgh (South)1 seat · turnout 41.5%
| L. Carey | Conservative | 1,803 |
| J. Farrington | Labour | 930 |
Southern Freebridge Lynn1 seat · turnout 48.0%
| K. Richardson | Conservative | 1,566 |
| D. Heron | Labour | 1,337 |
St. Faiths & Aylsham No. 1 (Aylsham1 seat · turnout 38.2%
| F. Roualle | Conservative | 1,673 ✓ |
| R. Wymer | Labour | 1,078 |
| R. Smith | Green | 228 |
St. Faiths & Aylsham No. 2 (Reepham1 seat · turnout 46.9%
| S. Marshall | Conservative | 1,018 ✓ |
| J. Nobbs | Labour | 879 |
| J. Widmer | Green | 152 |
St. Faiths & Aylsham No. 31 seat · turnout 40.2%
| A. Hood | Conservative | 1,728 |
| R Dyball | Labour | 1,534 |
| S. Beadle | LIB | 1,105 |
St. Faiths & Aylsham No. 41 seat · turnout 41.1%
| A. Mackay | Conservative | 1,727 |
| E. Wilson | Labour | 1,524 |
| A. Young | LIB | 700 |
St. Faiths & Aylsham No. 51 seat · turnout 37.9%
| Peel J. | Conservative | 2,257 |
| R. Clarke | Labour | 838 |
| V. Beadle | LIB | 713 |
St. Faiths & Aylsham No. 61 seat · turnout 44.0%
| J. Bell | Conservative | 1,281 |
| R. Fowkes | LIB | 855 |
| R. Perry | Labour | 350 |
St. Faiths & Aylsham No. 71 seat · turnout 34.6%
| G. Godfrey | Conservative | 1,257 |
| P. Watson | Labour | 828 |
Swaffham1 seat · turnout 45.9%
| T. Wilding | Conservative | 1,290 |
| M. Boddy | Labour | 1,100 |
| E. Baxter | LIB | 530 |
Swaffham Rural1 seat · turnout 45.5%
| S. Steward | Conservative | 1,683 |
| W. Spalding | Labour | 1,067 |
| R. Green | LIB | 720 |
Terrington1 seat · turnout 40.4%
| W. Kerkham | Conservative | 1,379 |
| W. Cowen | Labour | 703 |
Thetford No. 11 seat · turnout 44.2%
| D. Jeffrey | LIB | 1,299 ✓ |
| A. Leslie | Conservative | 1,182 |
| T. Paines | Labour | 1,046 |
| H. Gallacher | WRP | 59 |
Thetford No. 21 seat · turnout 40.3%
| Ramm J. | Labour | 1,393 |
| L. Frost | Conservative | 465 |
| P. Bradshaw | LIB | 351 |
Walsingham No. 1 (Fakenham)1 seat · turnout 38.6%
| D. Parsons | Labour | 1,284 |
| R. Bagshaw | Conservative | 1,263 |
Walsingham No. 2 (Melton Constable)1 seat · turnout 35.1%
| D. Kinnear | Independent | 990 |
| A. Barnard | Conservative | 662 |
| N. Bacon | Labour | 372 |
Walsingham No. 31 seat · turnout 47.3%
| G. Cawdron | Conservative | 1,483 |
| F. Sawbridge | Labour | 1,376 |
Wayland No. 1 (Attleborough)1 seat · turnout 40.4%
| J. Alston | Conservative | 1,495 |
| J. Hendrie | Labour | 838 |
| R. Hamerton | LIB | 694 |
Wayland No. 2 (Watton)1 seat · turnout 41.8%
| G. Mitchell | Conservative | 1,292 ✓ |
| G. Bailey | Independent | 460 |
| C. Walford | LIB | 374 |
| E. Williams | Labour | 282 |
Wayland No. 31 seat · turnout 41.4%
| P. Rollin | Conservative | 1,400 |
| C. Phillips | Labour | 651 |
| R. Stacey | LIB | 451 |
Wymondham1 seat · turnout 52.9%
| J. Jackson | Labour | 1,536 |
| R. Bunn | Conservative | 1,445 |
| D. Cudby | LIB | 973 |
