Before (end of 1981) (30 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 19 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 11 · Labour 0 · Other 0
After (end of 1982) (30 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 17 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 12 · Labour 1 · Other 0
Ward results
Devonshire1 seat · turnout 46.8%
| M. Tunwell | Conservative | 1,239 |
| M. Guess | Lib/Sdp | 1,139 |
| J. Cross | Labour | 165 |
Downside1 seat · turnout 55.8%
| S. Atack | Lib/Sdp | 2,034 ✓ |
| L. Staples | Conservative | 1,154 |
| K. Anderson | Ecol | 177 |
| G. Turner | Labour | 97 |
Hampden Park1 seat · turnout 50.1%
| R. Hutchinson | Labour | 1,354 |
| M. Osborn | Lib/Sdp | 942 |
| K. Sayer | Conservative | 942 |
Langney1 seat · turnout 44.3%
| A. Shuttleworth | Lib/Sdp | 2,045 |
| J. Rich | Conservative | 582 |
| M. Burt | Labour | 183 |
Meads1 seat · turnout 42.0%
| A. Vickers | Conservative | 2,105 |
| L. Smith | Lib/Sdp | 444 |
Ratton1 seat · turnout 45.6%
| A. Bruce-Kerr | Conservative | 1,279 |
| P. Hearn | Lib/Sdp | 1,180 |
| P. Day | Labour | 273 |
Roselands1 seat · turnout 47.4%
| J. Healy | Lib/Sdp | 1,886 |
| T. Field | Conservative | 1,103 |
| J. Blackburn | Labour | 217 |
St. Anthonys1 seat · turnout 44.8%
| J. Martin | Lib/Sdp | 1,213 |
| G. Powell | Conservative | 1,120 |
| T. Riddington | Labour | 392 |
Upperton1 seat · turnout 36.7%
| U. Gardner | Conservative | 1,681 |
| J. Penfold | Lib/Sdp | 638 |
