Before (end of 1981) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 20 · Labour 15 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 10 · Other 0
After (end of 1982) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 19 · Labour 15 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 11 · Other 0
Ward results
Acomb1 seat · turnout 44.8%
| R. Fischer | Conservative | 836 |
| A. Garside | Lib/Sdp | 789 |
| A. Cryans | Labour | 772 |
Beckfield1 seat · turnout 41.9%
| R. Anderson | Lib/Sdp | 945 |
| N. Bottom | Conservative | 688 |
| B. Hardaker | Labour | 610 |
Bishophill1 seat · turnout 45.7%
| D Merrett | Labour | 794 |
| Gillies J. | Conservative | 725 |
| C. Jones | Lib/Sdp | 634 |
Clifton1 seat · turnout 43.4%
| A. Bond | Conservative | 1,005 |
| S. Whitehead | Labour | 883 |
| P. Gales | Lib/Sdp | 458 |
Fishergate1 seat · turnout 44.7%
| D Thornton | Conservative | 1,205 |
| K. Cooke | Labour | 667 |
| A. Jones | Lib/Sdp | 539 |
Foxwood1 seat · turnout 46.0%
| S. Auckland | Lib/Sdp | 1,356 |
| R. Youngson | Conservative | 703 |
| D. Horton | Labour | 450 |
Guildhall1 seat · turnout 41.0%
| J. Yeomans | Conservative | 878 |
| C. Haines | Labour | 672 |
| P. Doig | Lib/Sdp | 576 |
Heworth1 seat · turnout 47.7%
| M. Bartram | Conservative | 917 |
| W. Moore | Lib/Sdp | 847 |
| D. Smallwood | Labour | 820 |
Knavesmire1 seat · turnout 41.5%
| A. Havering | Lib/Sdp | 789 |
| C Greaves | Conservative | 788 |
| S. Haines | Labour | 499 |
Micklegate1 seat · turnout 53.8%
| G Dean | Conservative | 1,406 |
| A. Ives | Lib/Sdp | 777 |
| W. Atkinson | Labour | 590 |
Walmgate1 seat · turnout 43.0%
| D Wilde | Labour | 986 |
| J. Hargrave | Conservative | 778 |
| P. Thomas | Lib/Sdp | 508 |
Westfield1 seat · turnout 44.5%
| C. Fairclough | Lib/Sdp | 1,314 |
| R. Pulleyn | Labour | 704 |
| M. Murphy | Conservative | 229 |