Before (end of 1981) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 35 · Conservative 18 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 7 · Other 0
After (end of 1982) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 30 · Conservative 15 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 14 · Other 1
Ward results
Balderstone1 seat · turnout 41.8%
| V. Earnshaw | Labour | 1,203 |
| P. Fitton | Conservative | 1,103 |
| T. Fitton | Lib/Sdp | 968 |
Brimrod & Deeplish1 seat · turnout 38.7%
| P. Tweedale | Lib/Sdp | 1,171 |
| W. Collinson | Labour | 1,117 |
| S. Syed | Conservative | 493 |
Castleton1 seat · turnout 47.6%
| D. Morris | Lib/Sdp | 1,649 |
| S. Moore | Labour | 1,185 |
| J. Critten | Conservative | 702 |
Central & Falinge1 seat · turnout 38.7%
| P. Phillips | Lib/Sdp | 1,542 ✓ |
| S. Hoyle | Labour | 1,007 |
| A. Veevers | Conservative | 458 |
| P. Atkinson | COMM | 41 |
Healey1 seat · turnout 51.9%
| I. Ferguson | Lib/Sdp | 1,885 |
| J. Barker | Labour | 1,498 |
| J. Cavill | Conservative | 763 |
Heywood North2 seats · turnout 37.0%
| M. Jackson | Lib/Sdp | 926 |
| A. Rumbelow | Lib/Sdp | 894 |
| P. Keane | Conservative | 879 |
| J. Gorman | Labour | 862 |
| G. Wright | Labour | 846 |
| S. Richards | Conservative | 817 |
Heywood South2 seats · turnout 45.1%
| S. Walker | Conservative | 1,452 |
| S. Fitton | Conservative | 1,411 |
| J. Connell | Labour | 1,389 |
| A. Griffiths | Labour | 1,125 |
| M. Fernandes | Lib/Sdp | 758 |
| B. Wade | Lib/Sdp | 709 |
Heywood West1 seat · turnout 36.9%
| S. Armitage | Labour | 1,473 |
| N. Porter | Lib/Sdp | 690 |
| W. Kelly | Conservative | 676 |
Littleborough1 seat · turnout 43.8%
| J. Holden | Conservative | 1,685 |
| T. Hart | Labour | 1,287 |
| S. Kenworthy | Lib/Sdp | 950 |
Middleton Central1 seat · turnout 32.8%
| L. Dease | Labour | 1,448 |
| D. Barnes | Conservative | 666 |
| P. Duffy | Lib/Sdp | 588 |
Middleton East1 seat · turnout 37.7%
| D. Murphy | Labour | 852 |
| D. Lowe | Lib/Sdp | 837 |
| B. Regan | Conservative | 814 |
Middleton North1 seat · turnout 37.6%
| P. Roberts | Labour | 1,447 |
| J. Hinde | Lib/Sdp | 1,013 |
| C. Barnes | Conservative | 820 |
Middleton South1 seat · turnout 43.9%
| D. Liddle | Conservative | 2,081 |
| M. Murphy | Lib/Sdp | 915 |
| M. Lahan | Labour | 529 |
Middleton West1 seat · turnout 28.0%
| P. Bury | Labour | 1,333 |
| E. Pither | Lib/Sdp | 317 |
| V. Mannion | Conservative | 286 |
Milnrow1 seat · turnout 45.2%
| E. Brennan | Conservative | 1,622 |
| P. Corby | Labour | 1,168 |
| T. Burke | Lib/Sdp | 821 |
Newbold1 seat · turnout 38.4%
| D. Walker | Labour | 1,397 |
| P. Cuff | Lib/Sdp | 881 |
| K. Corcoran | Conservative | 603 |
Norden & Bamford1 seat · turnout 48.2%
| R. Giffin | Conservative | 1,951 |
| P. Fletcher | Lib/Sdp | 1,891 |
| B. Penney | Labour | 255 |
Smallbridge & Wardleworth1 seat · turnout 33.8%
| J. Haggerty | Lib/Sdp | 1,372 |
| J. Caveney | Labour | 1,296 |
Wardle1 seat · turnout 47.8%
| Alan Dear | Conservative | 1,310 |
| J. Williams | Lib/Sdp | 797 |
| M. Redfern | Labour | 678 |