Before (end of 1981) (64 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 56 · Conservative 8 · Other 0 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0
After (end of 1982) (64 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 53 · Conservative 8 · Other 3 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0
Ward results
Abbey2 seats · turnout 26.9%
| J Johnson | Labour | 775 |
| C. McKie | Labour | 677 |
| P. Wright | Lib/Sdp | 369 |
| J. Hughes | Lib/Sdp | 355 |
| M. Eaton | Conservative | 271 |
| P. Martin-Smith | Conservative | 231 |
Alleyn2 seats
| E. Headley | Labour | 802 |
| P. Cooper | Conservative | 783 |
| D. Robinson | Labour | 773 |
| A. Rowe | Conservative | 755 |
| J. Halden | Lib/Sdp | 505 |
| R. Blackwell | Lib/Sdp | 503 |
Barset2 seats · turnout 33.4%
| P. Cather | Labour | 877 |
| N. Snow | Labour | 864 |
| R. Nightingale | Lib/Sdp | 556 |
| M. Allen | Lib/Sdp | 520 |
| P. Roberts | Conservative | 281 |
| R. Percival | Conservative | 279 |
Bellenden3 seats · turnout 38.3%
| J. Cliffe | Labour | 1,346 ✓ |
| S. King | Labour | 1,291 ✓ |
| A. Ward | Labour | 1,269 ✓ |
| G. Fergus | Conservative | 1,067 |
| P. Forder | Conservative | 1,031 |
| N. Linacre | Conservative | 1,007 |
| A. Baker | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 629 |
| I. Johncock | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 585 |
| L. Phillips | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 573 |
Bricklayers2 seats · turnout 30.6%
| J. Bryan | Labour | 776 ✓ |
| S. Marsling | Labour | 731 ✓ |
| E. Langdown | Lib/Sdp | 607 |
| J. Machin | Lib/Sdp | 566 |
| A. Corps | Conservative | 312 |
| N. Picarda-Kemp | Conservative | 252 |
| W. Musgrave | Ind SDP | 198 |
Browning3 seats · turnout 29.6%
| G. Geddes | Labour | 1,201 ✓ |
| D. Fryer | Labour | 1,170 ✓ |
| R. Terrett | Labour | 1,146 ✓ |
| S. Payne | Conservative | 446 |
| G. Fergus | Conservative | 443 |
| A. Meakin | Conservative | 437 |
| M. Bennett | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 423 |
| J. Damer | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 403 |
| R. Malins | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 382 |
Brunswick3 seats · turnout 27.1%
| J. Lauder | Labour | 1,005 ✓ |
| J. Cannon | Labour | 929 ✓ |
| M. Kalia | Labour | 799 ✓ |
| H. Mooney | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 531 |
| M. Hall | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 499 |
| R. Shearer | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 491 |
| P. Bristow | Conservative | 447 |
| D. Mitchell | Conservative | 438 |
| A. Shaughnessy | Conservative | 417 |
| E. Hodson | Other | 83 |
Burgess2 seats · turnout 23.5%
| Tony Ely | Labour | 657 |
| R. Slater | Labour | 623 |
| D. Case | Conservative | 270 |
| C Jones | Conservative | 260 |
| D. Jenkins | Lib/Sdp | 249 |
| D. Ramsay | Lib/Sdp | 231 |
Cathedral2 seats · turnout 26.3%
| G. Williams | Labour | 791 |
| A. Davis | Labour | 786 |
| D. Walker | Conservative | 437 |
| M. Sherlock | Conservative | 399 |
| B. Ray | Lib/Sdp | 340 |
| G. Ruddock | Lib/Sdp | 318 |
Chaucer3 seats · turnout 35.3%
| J. Fowler | Labour | 1,219 ✓ |
| A. Matthews | Labour | 1,106 ✓ |
| J. Wanamaker | Labour | 1,091 ✓ |
| R. Colley | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 800 |
| J. Egan | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 779 |
| R. Shearman | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 740 |
| J. Bourlet | Conservative | 492 |
| B. North | Conservative | 469 |
| S. Keays | Conservative | 465 |
| A. Keane | Independent | 284 |
| J. Axon | Independent | 224 |
College2 seats · turnout 47.1%
| B. Hoskins | Conservative | 1,676 |
| M. Jackson | Conservative | 1,606 |
| Bowyer P. | Labour | 713 |
| A. Simons | Lib/Sdp | 673 |
| P. Mynott | Lib/Sdp | 661 |
| J. Rolfs | Labour | 629 |
Consort2 seats · turnout 31.1%
| E. Bendell | Labour | 828 ✓ |
| R. Smyth | Labour | 819 ✓ |
| C. Cooper | Conservative | 275 |
| J. Holland | Conservative | 268 |
| W. Jones | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 231 |
| B. McKew | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 214 |
Dockyard3 seats
| J. O'Grady | Labour | 1,300 ✓ |
| T. Sullivan | Labour | 1,219 ✓ |
| B. Quirk | Labour | 1,158 ✓ |
| G. Murphy | Lib/Sdp | 435 |
| S. Russell | Lib/Sdp | 402 |
| R. Ashworth | Lib/Sdp | 378 |
| P Gray | Conservative | 306 |
| N. Van-Der-Borgh | Conservative | 277 |
| E. Bascombe | Conservative | 272 |
| E. Wright | COMM | 140 |
Faraday3 seats · turnout 18.4%
| J. Greening | Labour | 1,205 ✓ |
| D. Payne | Labour | 1,117 ✓ |
| H. Quennell | Labour | 1,067 ✓ |
| J. Gaunt | Conservative | 541 |
| M. Osborne | Lib/Sdp | 509 |
| G. Cobley | Conservative | 465 |
| C. Piper | Conservative | 389 |
| A. Hussey | NF | 111 |
| D. Teanby | NF | 80 |
| S. Lewis | COMM | 57 |
Friary3 seats · turnout 28.4%
| M. Goldwin | Labour | 892 ✓ |
| D. Main | Labour | 844 ✓ |
| R. Doyle | Labour | 807 ✓ |
| J. Clark | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 360 |
| L. Brown | Conservative | 352 |
| P. Eden | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 344 |
| M. Hobsoon | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 329 |
| E. Smith | Conservative | 309 |
| G. Noorden | Conservative | 303 |
Liddle3 seats · turnout 16.9%
| D McCarthy | Labour | 985 ✓ |
| J. Fowler | Lab/Coop | 982 ✓ |
| A. McNaught | Lab/Coop | 865 ✓ |
| D. Cartwright | Lib/Sdp | 265 |
| A. Rumble | Conservative | 228 |
| D. Payne | Lib/Sdp | 228 |
| P. Rumble | Conservative | 204 |
| L. Candappa | Lib/Sdp | 204 |
| C. Rumble | Conservative | 199 |
| G. Hobbs | WRP | 69 |
Lyndhurst3 seats · turnout 39.4%
| P. Moore | Labour | 1,360 ✓ |
| A. Graham | Labour | 1,271 ✓ |
| A. Troke | Labour | 1,206 ✓ |
| D. Pearce | Conservative | 1,153 |
| A. Tanna | Conservative | 1,116 |
| R. Nicholson | Conservative | 1,063 |
| W. Payne | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 856 |
| N. Rowden | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 804 |
| J. Winter | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 778 |
Newington3 seats · turnout 32.3%
| J. Wentworth | Labour | 1,134 ✓ |
| S. Parry | Labour | 1,080 ✓ |
| T. Goss | Labour | 1,060 ✓ |
| W. Goody | Conservative | 486 |
| N. Clemens | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 475 |
| A. Kearney-Pateman | Conservative | 460 |
| G. Clemens | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 452 |
| R. Primmer | Conservative | 421 |
| J. Roberts | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 353 |
| C. Clunn | Other | 312 |
| M. Bailey | National Front | 98 |
| R. Barker | National Front | 98 |
| J. Sneath | National Front | 88 |
Riverside3 seats · turnout 45.0%
| C. Newell | Other | 1,157 ✓ |
| B. Burgess | Other | 1,016 ✓ |
| J. Patrick | Other | 956 ✓ |
| S. Hughes | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 636 |
| R. Tindall | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 634 |
| E. Crickmar | Labour | 623 |
| S. Howard | Labour | 606 |
| J. McCloud | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 594 |
| R. Dawson | Labour | 589 |
| N. Bascombe | Conservative | 264 |
| M. Corps | Conservative | 257 |
| R. Evans | Conservative | 244 |
| C. Sawyer | Other | 176 |
| M. White | Other | 162 |
Rotherhithe3 seats · turnout 30.3%
| H. Young | Labour | 909 ✓ |
| D. Brasier | Labour | 887 ✓ |
| A. Coveney | Labour | 872 ✓ |
| C. Sawyer | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 521 |
| T. Taylor | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 521 |
| R. Dutton | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 448 |
| D. Bellamy | Conservative | 336 |
| M. Pike | Conservative | 301 |
| A. Pike | Conservative | 292 |
| R. Gordon | Other | 50 |
Ruskin3 seats · turnout 52.5%
| J. Meakin | Conservative | 2,186 ✓ |
| C. Clough | Conservative | 2,170 ✓ |
| T. Eckersley | Conservative | 2,152 ✓ |
| B. Bishop | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,268 |
| A. Plumb | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,248 |
| J. Mitchell | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,239 |
| D. Jones | Labour | 638 |
| D. Hayling | Labour | 634 |
| M. Idun | Labour | 626 |
Rye2 seats
| R. Clouth | Conservative | 1,320 |
| R. Spilberg | Conservative | 1,267 |
| P. Bibby | Labour | 933 |
| G. Cravitz | Labour | 862 |
| J. Murrell | Lib/Sdp | 684 |
| R. Skelly | Lib/Sdp | 681 |
St Giles3 seats · turnout 27.4%
| L. Alden | Labour | 1,391 |
| A Ritchie | Labour | 1,272 |
| M. Geater | Lab/Coop | 1,266 |
| J. Bennett | Lib/Sdp | 749 |
| V. Hunt | Lib/Sdp | 602 |
| L. Patrick | Lib/Sdp | 543 |
| J. Hoskinson | Conservative | 489 |
| F. Smith | Conservative | 472 |
| J. Villiers | Conservative | 470 |
The Lane2 seats
| S. Goss | Labour | 861 ✓ |
| A. Macpherson | Labour | 797 ✓ |
| J. Lewis | Lib/Sdp | 620 |
| J. Hunt | Lib/Sdp | 584 |
| D Pearce | Conservative | 431 |
| Twinn I. | Conservative | 427 |
| G. Dunkin | NF | 53 |
| P. Core | NF | 43 |
Waverley2 seats · turnout 39.1%
| B. Kelly | Labour | 914 ✓ |
| H. Penn | Labour | 821 ✓ |
| A. Paterson | Conservative | 819 |
| F. Tristram | Conservative | 740 |
| F. Brean | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 431 |
| D. Barrett | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 427 |
| W. Macfarlane | Other | 74 |
