Before (end of 1981) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 25 · Conservative 22 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 1 · Other 0
After (end of 1982) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 22 · Conservative 21 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 5 · Other 0
Ward results
Bretton2 seats · turnout 34.2%
| B. Fish | Labour | 877 ✓ |
| L. Rimes | Labour | 730 ✓ |
| D. Coleman | Conservative | 612 |
| F. Hayden | Conservative | 572 |
| K. Holland | Lib/Sdp | 428 |
| D. Keen | Lib/Sdp | 410 |
| P. Brooks | WRP | 21 |
Central1 seat · turnout 45.8%
| L. Coupland | Labour | 853 |
| F Suri | Conservative | 844 |
| K. Sharp | Lib/Sdp | 455 |
Dogsthorpe1 seat · turnout 42.8%
| R. Day | Lib/Sdp | 1,654 |
| C. Gray | Labour | 947 |
| N. Green | Conservative | 277 |
East1 seat
| R. Britton | Labour | 852 ✓ |
| M. Anderson | Conservative | 756 |
| J. Devine | Lib/Sdp | 334 |
Fletton1 seat · turnout 40.6%
| K. Winfield | Labour | 1,101 |
| J. Stafford | Conservative | 962 |
| R. Parker | Lib/Sdp | 374 |
North1 seat · turnout 41.7%
| A. Sapey | Labour | 1,148 ✓ |
| A. Pallister | Lib/Sdp | 486 |
| J. Suri | Conservative | 387 |
| P. Gallagher | BM | 43 |
Orton Longueville1 seat · turnout 38.3%
| J. Rigby | Conservative | 1,149 |
| K Hubback | Labour | 809 |
| R. Crossland | Lib/Sdp | 624 |
Paston1 seat · turnout 34.4%
| G. Benn | Labour | 657 |
| P. Phillips | Conservative | 271 |
| F. Conway | Lib/Sdp | 222 |
Ravensthorpe1 seat · turnout 31.6%
| N. Thorne | Labour | 860 |
| G. Heeley | Lib/Sdp | 662 |
| C. Venmore | Conservative | 404 |
Stanground1 seat · turnout 35.5%
| R. Palmer | Labour | 1,024 |
| B. Tall | Conservative | 711 |
| P. Chilcott | Lib/Sdp | 474 |
Thorney1 seat · turnout 48.5%
| D. Howden | Conservative | 579 |
| J. Wright | Lib/Sdp | 186 |
| W. Brennan | Labour | 79 |
Walton1 seat
| J. Allen | Conservative | 875 ✓ |
| P. Ayres | Lib/Sdp | 791 |
| D. Channing | Labour | 598 |
Werrington1 seat · turnout 36.5%
| E. May | Conservative | 1,034 ✓ |
| J. Mackenzie | Lib/Sdp | 317 |
| R. Taylor | Labour | 269 |
| R. Olive | Ecol | 48 |
West1 seat · turnout 41.6%
| K. Coppen | Conservative | 1,996 ✓ |
| E. Connolly | Labour | 846 |
| E. Gilmour | Lib/Sdp | 803 |
| D. Wardell | Ecol | 108 |
Wittering1 seat · turnout 35.6%
| E. James | Conservative | 479 |
| P. Haggerty | Labour | 60 |
| J. Day | Lib/Sdp | 44 |