Before (end of 1981) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 20 · Conservative 13 · Other 9 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0
After (end of 1982) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 22 · Conservative 10 · Other 4 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 3
Ward results
Billericay East2 seats · turnout 42.8%
| A. Archer | Conservative | 1,634 ✓ |
| W. Lea | Conservative | 1,611 ✓ |
| S. Davis | RES | 1,061 |
| A. Waddoups | RES | 1,011 |
| A. Lycett | Lib/Sdp | 590 |
| G. Cronkshaw | Lib/Sdp | 567 |
| Samantha Townsend | Labour | 407 |
| W. Hodge | Labour | 373 |
Billericay West1 seat · turnout 46.8%
| F. Tomlin | Conservative | 1,586 ✓ |
| T. Stansfield | RES | 1,295 |
| G. Taylor | Lib/Sdp | 420 |
| R. Pattle | Labour | 226 |
Burstead1 seat · turnout 41.4%
| M. Marshall | Conservative | 1,581 ✓ |
| B. Hooks | RES | 1,145 |
| I. Harlow | Labour | 373 |
| P. Blacklock | Lib/Sdp | 343 |
Fryerns Central1 seat · turnout 36.0%
| A Borlase | Labour | 1,524 ✓ |
| J. White | Lib/Sdp | 1,001 |
| R. Sheridan | Conservative | 610 |
| B. Chaplin | Ind RES | 165 |
Fryerns East1 seat · turnout 29.4%
| J. Potter | Labour | 1,408 |
| L. Tilt | Conservative | 552 |
| A. Hendry | Lib/Sdp | 461 |
Laindon1 seat · turnout 39.9%
| V. York | Conservative | 1,180 ✓ |
| P. Rackley | Labour | 1,020 |
| A. Clark | SDP | 395 |
| D. Wilson | LIB | 120 |
Langdon Hills1 seat · turnout 36.1%
| R. Payne | Lib/Sdp | 1,137 |
| W. Blunkell | Labour | 742 |
| J. Hunt | Conservative | 673 |
Lee Chapel North2 seats · turnout 37.5%
| P. Moloney | Labour | 1,602 |
| R. Fitzgibbon | Labour | 1,591 |
| M. Gill | Lib/Sdp | 919 |
| H. Lutton | Lib/Sdp | 771 |
| D. Almond | Conservative | 541 |
| A. Almond | Conservative | 519 |
Nethermayne2 seats · turnout 39.9%
| Bruce M. | Labour | 1,199 |
| E. Gelder | Labour | 1,099 |
| J. Bassett | Lib/Sdp | 1,035 |
| J. Lutton | Lib/Sdp | 1,021 |
| P. Cole | Conservative | 1,020 |
| H Tucker | Conservative | 984 |
Pitsea East1 seat · turnout 33.8%
| L. Hill | Labour | 1,198 |
| A. Dines | Conservative | 948 |
| P. Cannon | Lib/Sdp | 473 |
Pitsea West1 seat · turnout 32.6%
| H. Tinworth | Labour | 1,626 ✓ |
| B. Weedon | Conservative | 680 |
| A. Scott | SDP | 437 |
| D. Richardson | LIB | 118 |
Wickford North1 seat · turnout 40.6%
| B. Pummell | Conservative | 1,834 |
| G. Wright | Labour | 764 |
| I. Wakefield | Lib/Sdp | 745 |
Wickford South1 seat · turnout 43.1%
| R. Auvray | Lib/Sdp | 1,555 |
| T. Taylor | Conservative | 1,490 |
| R. Oliver | Labour | 381 |