Before (end of 1981) (62 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 43 · Labour 18 · Other 1 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0
After (end of 1982) (62 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 41 · Labour 14 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 5 · Other 2
Ward results
Barnehurst2 seats
| J. Connors | Conservative | 1,418 ✓ |
| R. Barman | Conservative | 1,315 ✓ |
| P. Jefferson | Lib/Sdp | 554 |
| P. White | Lib/Sdp | 547 |
| B Laker | Labour | 382 |
| T. Whiffen | Labour | 375 |
| J. Taylor | Ind Con | 73 |
Barnehurst North1 seat
| D. Todd | Conservative | 768 |
| K. White | Lib/Sdp | 388 |
| R. Allen | Labour | 300 |
Belvedere3 seats · turnout 42.2%
| D. Delaney | Labour | 1,537 ✓ |
| S. Sims | Labour | 1,171 ✓ |
| P. Archer | Conservative | 1,141 ✓ |
| J. Bale | Conservative | 1,109 |
| A. Wheelock | Labour | 1,039 |
| J. Reid | Conservative | 1,025 |
| R. Douglas | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 802 |
| D. Grant | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 752 |
| A. Tomaszewski | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 670 |
Blackfen2 seats
| W. Boyd | Lib/Sdp | 1,193 |
| R. Cook | Lib/Sdp | 1,094 |
| B. Howard | Conservative | 1,048 |
| M. Passey | Conservative | 1,028 |
| R. O'Donnell | Labour | 418 |
| H. Campbell | Labour | 389 |
Blendon & Penhill3 seats
| M. Green | Conservative | 2,198 |
| S. Marchant | Conservative | 2,152 |
| Jayne Stewart | Conservative | 2,121 |
| I. Webb | Lib/Sdp | 514 |
| J. Nasmyth | Lib/Sdp | 507 |
| L. Scholey | Lib/Sdp | 493 |
| W. Heath | Labour | 444 |
| E Masters | Labour | 396 |
| R. Warnett | Labour | 395 |
Bostall3 seats
| L. Mason | Conservative | 2,138 |
| D. Bale | Conservative | 2,030 |
| C. Packer | Conservative | 2,004 |
| M. Macdonald | Lib/Sdp | 1,026 |
| R. Bird | Lib/Sdp | 1,019 |
| S. Matthews | Lib/Sdp | 981 |
| S. Gadsdon | Labour | 743 |
| G. Dixon | Labour | 726 |
| D. Hinds | Labour | 714 |
Brampton3 seats
| S. Carter | Conservative | 2,114 ✓ |
| R. Onley | Conservative | 2,109 ✓ |
| J. Raggett | Conservative | 2,026 ✓ |
| D. Taylor | Lib/Sdp | 763 |
| B. Reeves | Lib/Sdp | 755 |
| K. Smith | Lib/Sdp | 736 |
| R. Browning | Labour | 680 |
| A Scutt | Labour | 656 |
| N. Potts | Labour | 637 |
| W. Turner | WEMML | 273 |
Christchurch3 seats · turnout 46.0%
| D. Grant | Conservative | 2,125 ✓ |
| K. Rider | Conservative | 2,104 ✓ |
| J. Waters | Conservative | 2,074 ✓ |
| R. Mills | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 777 |
| B. Hepworth | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 767 |
| J. La-Roche | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 762 |
| A. Banks | Labour | 619 |
| A. Hooper | Labour | 618 |
| C. Dixon | Labour | 615 |
Cray2 seats · turnout 43.6%
| J. Harrington | Conservative | 908 ✓ |
| M. Cowie | Conservative | 878 ✓ |
| E. Rhodes | Labour | 583 |
| R. Brierly | Labour | 536 |
| W. King | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 339 |
| S. McKears | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 332 |
Crayford3 seats · turnout 41.1%
| A. Turner | Labour | 1,265 ✓ |
| J. Shepheard | Labour | 1,265 ✓ |
| R. Penton | Labour | 1,121 ✓ |
| D. French | Conservative | 1,048 |
| R. Gillespie | Conservative | 986 |
| J. Todd-Dunning | Conservative | 971 |
| M. Gardner | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 672 |
| J. Lee | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 621 |
| J. Noyes | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 609 |
Danson3 seats · turnout 52.3%
| B. Standen | The Liberal Party | 1,553 ✓ |
| T. Rogers | The Liberal Party | 1,519 ✓ |
| J. Hollis | Conservative | 1,509 ✓ |
| C. Wright | The Liberal Party | 1,508 |
| E. Smith | Conservative | 1,498 |
| J. Winslett | Conservative | 1,465 |
| S. Mitchell | Labour | 784 |
| M. Rees | Labour | 769 |
| W. Smith | Labour | 701 |
East Wickham3 seats · turnout 42.1%
| J. Holden | Conservative | 1,828 ✓ |
| F. Sellors | Conservative | 1,743 ✓ |
| R. Holden | Conservative | 1,740 ✓ |
| E. Rickwood | Labour | 880 |
| A. Aitkenhead | Labour | 833 |
| R. Morley | Labour | 821 |
| L. Brown | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 774 |
| M. Ingram | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 732 |
| M. Ward | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 689 |
Erith3 seats · turnout 40.9%
| V. Morgan | Labour | 1,221 ✓ |
| A. Mansfield | Labour | 1,206 ✓ |
| H. Singh | Labour | 1,161 ✓ |
| B. Chapman | Conservative | 943 |
| J. Bowes | Conservative | 904 |
| J. Wilkinson | Conservative | 872 |
| W. Ryan | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 792 |
| P. Hofford | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 715 |
| R. Robson | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 712 |
Falconwood1 seat
| Nigel Betts | Conservative | 866 |
| A. Greville | LIB | 311 |
| R. Keene | Labour | 246 |
Lamorbey3 seats · turnout 51.2%
| G. Holland | Conservative | 2,274 ✓ |
| A. Brewster | Conservative | 2,210 ✓ |
| R. Passey | Conservative | 2,192 ✓ |
| T. Burnham | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 945 |
| M. Kempton | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 895 |
| D. Stevens | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 857 |
| F. Barratt | Labour | 600 |
| D. Davies | Labour | 583 |
| E. Simpson | Labour | 583 |
North End3 seats · turnout 39.0%
| D. Ives | Labour | 1,421 ✓ |
| D. Breacker | Labour | 1,396 ✓ |
| C. Hargrave | Labour | 1,317 ✓ |
| T. Cooper | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 888 |
| D. Rance | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 767 |
| M. Jaques | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 732 |
| A. Binks | Conservative | 670 |
| B. Hunt | Conservative | 633 |
| F. Reid | Conservative | 619 |
Northumberland Heath3 seats
| D. Cox | Conservative | 1,304 |
| W. Daley | Conservative | 1,279 |
| L Belcham | Conservative | 1,276 |
| R. Day | Labour | 1,068 |
| T. Johnson | Lib/Sdp | 1,060 |
| S. Cooper | Labour | 1,048 |
| D. Enticknap | Labour | 1,021 |
| J. Palmer | Lib/Sdp | 955 |
| G. Roberts | Lib/Sdp | 948 |
Sidcup East3 seats · turnout 46.3%
| M. Flint | Conservative | 2,252 ✓ |
| M. Slaughter | Conservative | 2,240 ✓ |
| J. Slaughter | Conservative | 2,221 ✓ |
| D. Browne | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 943 |
| C. Kane | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 921 |
| G. Scott | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 901 |
| E. Smith | Labour | 604 |
| V. Laker | Labour | 582 |
| A. Martin | Labour | 560 |
| T. Powell | Other | 51 |
Sidcup West3 seats · turnout 48.8%
| R. Pope | Conservative | 2,578 ✓ |
| R. Goodall | Conservative | 2,464 ✓ |
| K. McAndrew | Conservative | 2,431 ✓ |
| M. Brown | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 732 |
| A. Hamill | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 674 |
| E. Burraston | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 668 |
| G. Pettit | Labour | 517 |
| G. Burton | Labour | 504 |
| M. Birch | Labour | 503 |
St Michael's3 seats · turnout 44.8%
| T. Brady | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,785 ✓ |
| M. Ward | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,537 ✓ |
| B. Taylor | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,520 ✓ |
| J. Millar | Conservative | 1,182 |
| D. Stephens | Conservative | 1,147 |
| I. Wilson | Conservative | 1,128 |
| H. Davis | Labour | 645 |
| L. Deering | Labour | 633 |
| M. Dew | Labour | 571 |
St. Marys3 seats · turnout 46.8%
| A. Catterall | Conservative | 2,905 ✓ |
| W. Flint | Conservative | 2,859 ✓ |
| C. Tandy | Conservative | 2,838 ✓ |
| F. McLaren | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 687 |
| D. Stanley | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 681 |
| P. Spurge | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 676 |
| B. Coppock | Labour | 476 |
| L. Caldwell | Labour | 474 |
| D. Moakes | Labour | 457 |
Thamesmead East3 seats
| J. Dawson | Labour | 1,212 |
| A. West | Labour | 1,099 |
| F. Hammond | Labour | 1,065 |
| M. Matthews | Conservative | 775 |
| P. Jackson | Conservative | 755 |
| D. Lowrie | Conservative | 693 |
| G. Macdonald | Lib/Sdp | 477 |
| E. Wilson | Lib/Sdp | 383 |
| G. Wilson-Smith | Lib/Sdp | 361 |
Upton3 seats
| L. Newton | Conservative | 2,027 |
| R. Ashmole | Conservative | 2,014 |
| B. Sams | Conservative | 1,972 |
| P. Cooper | Labour | 760 |
| D. Brailsford | Labour | 731 |
| M. Hutchins | Labour | 728 |
| P. Bell | Lib/Sdp | 645 |
| K. Lepla | Lib/Sdp | 627 |
| J. O'Neill | Lib/Sdp | 608 |
