Before (end of 1981) (26 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 20 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 · Labour 3 · Other 0
After (end of 1982) (26 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 22 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 · Labour 1 · Other 0
Ward results
All Saints1 seat · turnout 37.2%
| D. Mobbs | Conservative | 983 |
| M. Jacobs | Lib/Sdp | 551 |
| J. Sherwin | Labour | 275 |
Brocks Hill1 seat · turnout 51.8%
| R. Rudham | Conservative | 1,090 |
| J. Kaufman | Lib/Sdp | 989 |
| S. Kapur | Labour | 100 |
Brookside1 seat · turnout 41.9%
| C. Wicks | Conservative | 1,410 |
| C. Springthorpe | Lib/Sdp | 778 |
| V. Wilkes | Labour | 131 |
St. Wolstans1 seat · turnout 37.8%
| D. Chappell | Conservative | 1,342 |
| G. Cavanagh | Lib/Sdp | 555 |
| J. Ford | Labour | 233 |
Westfield1 seat · turnout 36.3%
| F. Spencer | Conservative | 650 |
| J. Davies | Lib/Sdp | 373 |
| W. Denney | Labour | 197 |
