Before (end of 1981) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 32 · Conservative 16 · Other 0 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0
After (end of 1982) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 32 · Conservative 16 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Bixley1 seat · turnout 40.6%
| G. Pulford | Conservative | 1,637 ✓ |
| I. Grimwood | Labour | 372 |
| J. Coombes | All | 368 |
| P. Watkins | NDP | 25 |
Bridge1 seat · turnout 36.9%
| J. Powell | Labour | 1,282 |
| S. Knights | Conservative | 492 |
| B. Oliver | All | 240 |
Broom Hill1 seat · turnout 40.9%
| A. Rampling | Conservative | 1,231 |
| T. Barnard | All | 494 |
| A. Ross | Labour | 470 |
Castle Hill1 seat · turnout 39.1%
| G. Scotcher | Conservative | 1,334 |
| J. Dymond | Labour | 554 |
| E. Pearl | All | 443 |
Gainsborough1 seat · turnout 34.7%
| D. Edwards | Labour | 1,383 ✓ |
| J. Young | Conservative | 327 |
| I. Roche | All | 187 |
| D. Patten | WRP | 37 |
Priory Heath1 seat · turnout 39.0%
| R Risebrow | Labour | 1,280 ✓ |
| B. Moore | Conservative | 534 |
| P. Hennessey | All | 398 |
| P. Green | SDP | 25 |
Sprites1 seat · turnout 28.4%
| D. Packard | Labour | 1,068 |
| B. Paternoster | Conservative | 532 |
| N. Sanderson | All | 326 |
St John's1 seat
| M. Hammond | Conservative | 1,085 |
| R. Canty | Labour | 1,065 |
| P. Saunders | All | 422 |
St Margaret's1 seat
| D. Marriott | Conservative | 1,453 |
| T. Hagan | Labour | 573 |
| A. Holden | All | 388 |
St. Clements1 seat · turnout 45.2%
| E. Grant | Labour | 1,140 |
| J. Cooper | Conservative | 1,013 |
| K. Prior | All | 504 |
Stoke Park1 seat · turnout 35.2%
| J. West | Labour | 857 |
| G. Catling | Conservative | 711 |
| K. Pettican | All | 471 |
Whitehouse1 seat · turnout 33.8%
| H. Beales | Labour | 1,008 |
| D. Eaton | All | 421 |
| M. Hutton | Conservative | 397 |
Whitton1 seat · turnout 35.3%
| P. Gardiner | Labour | 1,251 |
| P. Bartrum | Conservative | 424 |
| L. Miernik | All | 252 |
