Before (end of 1981) (33 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 17 · Labour 16 · Other 0 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0
After (end of 1982) (33 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 20 · Conservative 13 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Abbey1 seat · turnout 39.6%
| A. Gibbons | Labour | 1,012 |
| M. Mellows | Conservative | 601 |
| E. Coles | Lib/Sdp | 519 |
Birchwood1 seat · turnout 40.5%
| R. Hall | Labour | 950 |
| W. Crumblehulme | Conservative | 658 |
| F. Hyde | Lib/Sdp | 525 |
Boultham1 seat · turnout 44.4%
| P. Archer | Labour | 945 ✓ |
| P. Samways | Conservative | 710 |
| B. Smith | Lib/Sdp | 502 |
| C. Moulton | Ecol | 33 |
Bracebridge1 seat · turnout 45.5%
| R. Bracey | Conservative | 1,224 |
| R. Hurst | Labour | 859 |
| J. Gill | Lib/Sdp | 500 |
Carholme1 seat · turnout 47.5%
| I. Campbell | Conservative | 1,040 ✓ |
| L. Wells | Labour | 781 |
| F. Goulding | Lib/Sdp | 752 |
| S. Moulton | Ecol | 52 |
Longdales1 seat · turnout 49.0%
| N. McDonald | Conservative | 1,030 |
| N. Murray | Labour | 973 |
| L. Davis | Lib/Sdp | 426 |
Minster1 seat · turnout 51.7%
| Ric Metcalfe | Labour | 1,228 ✓ |
| Y. Bodger | Conservative | 1,175 |
| B. Bagnall | Lib/Sdp | 722 |
| M. Erskine | Independent | 53 |
Moorland1 seat
| L. Greenhalgh | Labour | 839 ✓ |
| Jordan Ronald Turner | Conservative | 723 |
| G Quixley | Lib/Sdp | 606 |
| T. Kyle | Rev Reform | 11 |
Park1 seat · turnout 41.8%
| R. Mason | Labour | 780 ✓ |
| P. Taylor | Lib/Sdp | 699 |
| G. Close | Conservative | 619 |
| K. Yates | Ecol | 31 |
Tritton1 seat · turnout 43.4%
| C. Meanwell | Labour | 992 |
| R. Barnes | Lib/Sdp | 483 |
| S. Stanton | Conservative | 422 |