Before (end of 1981) (56 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 34 · Conservative 18 · Other 2 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 2
After (end of 1982) (56 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 37 · Conservative 11 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 8 · Other 0
Ward results
Audley and Bignall End1 seat · turnout 40.4%
| T. Heler | Independent | 1,113 |
| E. Boden | Labour | 921 |
Bradwell1 seat · turnout 37.4%
| W. Welsby | Labour | 970 |
| A. Goulden | Lib/Sdp | 522 |
| G. Mottram | Conservative | 364 |
Chesterton1 seat · turnout 30.6%
| H. Cork | Labour | 1,257 |
| G. McBeath | Conservative | 208 |
Clayton1 seat · turnout 44.8%
| A. Dalgarno | Labour | 689 |
| P. Ridgway | Conservative | 683 |
| P. Bridden | Independent | 202 |
Cross Heath1 seat · turnout 36.7%
| T. Naylor | Labour | 1,285 |
| C. Boden | Conservative | 524 |
Halmerend1 seat · turnout 53.7%
| I. Wise | Labour | 753 |
| C. Wyld | Lib/Sdp | 322 |
| J. Griffith | Conservative | 306 |
Holditch1 seat · turnout 30.5%
| F. Pattison | Labour | 786 |
| C. Fairholme | Conservative | 173 |
May Bank1 seat · turnout 37.5%
| M. Fyson | Lib/Sdp | 872 |
| J. McKimmie | Conservative | 831 |
Newchapel1 seat · turnout 36.1%
| N. Salt | Conservative | 655 |
| H Dunning | Labour | 584 |
| S. Hadgett | Lib/Sdp | 372 |
Porthill 1 seat · turnout 39.5%
| B. Lawton | Labour | 516 |
| C. Nunn | Lib/Sdp | 429 |
| C. Bennett | Conservative | 399 |
Seabridge1 seat · turnout 45.3%
| B. Brownridge | Conservative | 1,225 |
| R. Lane | Labour | 730 |
Silverdale1 seat · turnout 38.0%
| B. Cox | Labour | 1,373 |
| H. Bowen | Lib/Sdp | 475 |
| C. Savery | Conservative | 219 |
Talke1 seat · turnout 45.2%
| S. Cooper | Labour | 798 |
| P. Forster | Lib/Sdp | 731 |
Thistleberry1 seat · turnout 53.6%
| N. Rogers | Labour | 1,003 |
| D. Westrup | Conservative | 982 |
| T. Clewlow | Lib/Sdp | 621 |
Wolstanton1 seat · turnout 46.5%
| M Brereton | Labour | 666 |
| A. Sheeran | Lib/Sdp | 586 |
| F. Myatt | Conservative | 561 |
