Before (end of 1981) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 24 · Conservative 21 · Other 0 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0
After (end of 1982) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 26 · Conservative 18 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 1 · Other 0
Ward results
Blackbird Leys1 seat
| A. Smith | Labour | 1,503 |
| P. Wray | Lib/Sdp | 443 |
| R. Porter | Conservative | 320 |
Central1 seat
| I. McLean | Lib/Sdp | 818 ✓ |
| M. O'Reilly | Conservative | 729 |
| A. Towse | Labour | 674 |
| J. Carpenter | Ecol | 154 |
East1 seat
| P. Gray | Labour | 1,102 ✓ |
| D. Pratley | Conservative | 935 |
| C. Anwar | Lib/Sdp | 397 |
| V. Cullen | Ecol | 65 |
Headington1 seat
| N. Tiffany | Conservative | 1,167 |
| A. Dent | Labour | 1,099 |
| S. Walker | Lib/Sdp | 593 |
Iffley1 seat
| P. Yardley | Conservative | 1,314 ✓ |
| B. Keen | Labour | 1,183 |
| L. Hudson | Lib/Sdp | 455 |
| R. Hitchens | Ecol | 49 |
Marston1 seat
| B. Standingford | Labour | 1,235 |
| D. Coleman | Conservative | 812 |
| E. Miles | Lib/Sdp | 445 |
North1 seat
| M. Proudfoot | Conservative | 971 ✓ |
| I Davies | Lib/Sdp | 864 |
| T Smith | Labour | 729 |
Quarry1 seat
| J. Hamilton | Conservative | 1,016 |
| J. Saunders | Labour | 544 |
| M. Watney | Lib/Sdp | 540 |
South1 seat · turnout 47.0%
| D. Townsend | Labour | 1,198 ✓ |
| T. Curtin | Conservative | 712 |
| E. Mort | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 527 |
| J. Dougill | Green | 99 |
St Clement's1 seat
| D. Whitfield | Labour | 1,143 ✓ |
| B. Tennant | Conservative | 1,058 |
| M. Godden | Lib/Sdp | 684 |
| J. Helling | Ecol | 107 |
Temple Cowley1 seat
| K. Bradley | Labour | 975 |
| G. Dixon | Conservative | 827 |
| R. Brooker | Lib/Sdp | 322 |
West1 seat
| R. Dudman | Labour | 937 ✓ |
| E. Ward | Conservative | 769 |
| C. Brice | Lib/Sdp | 538 |
| J. Carpenter | Ecol | 185 |
Wolvercote2 seats
| Q. Whorley | Conservative | 1,293 |
| G. Jones | Conservative | 1,185 |
| P. Glees | Lib/Sdp | 868 |
| N. Bower | Lib/Sdp | 834 |
| A. Hicks | Labour | 454 |
| M. Bluden | Labour | 447 |
Wood Farm1 seat
| R. Walsh | Labour | 922 |
| V. Simonson | Conservative | 651 |
| E. Crutch | Lib/Sdp | 501 |