Before (end of 1981) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 31 · Labour 9 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 2 · Other 0
After (end of 1982) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 26 · Labour 9 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 7 · Other 0
Ward results
Beechings1 seat · turnout 38.1%
| A. Spells | Labour | 836 |
| S. Laming | Lib/Sdp | 556 |
| R. McNeill | Conservative | 541 |
Brompton1 seat · turnout 39.3%
| S. Hannant | Lib/Sdp | 952 |
| W. Stevenson | Conservative | 493 |
| H. Kiff | Labour | 224 |
Hempstead & Wigmore1 seat · turnout 38.5%
| J. Ward-Mcnally | Conservative | 1,460 |
| F. Wheeler | Lib/Sdp | 471 |
| R. Manning | Labour | 184 |
Medway2 seats · turnout 42.3%
| J. Hattersley | Conservative | 742 |
| B. Heffernan | Lib/Sdp | 731 |
| C. Lewcock | Lib/Sdp | 687 |
| K. Stokes | Conservative | 682 |
| C. Collingwood | Labour | 634 |
| S. Harriott | Labour | 620 |
Park Wood1 seat · turnout 37.4%
| Gilson P. | Conservative | 901 |
| R. Sayer | Lib/Sdp | 640 |
| J. Winwood | Labour | 192 |
Priestfield1 seat · turnout 39.9%
| S. Wise | Lib/Sdp | 946 |
| D. Chambers | Conservative | 680 |
| L. Stevens | Labour | 304 |
Rainham1 seat · turnout 40.1%
| B. Kitchingham | Conservative | 952 |
| D. Sherhod | Lib/Sdp | 618 |
| P. Gunthorpe | Labour | 354 |
Rainham Mark1 seat · turnout 34.8%
| F. Ironmonger | Conservative | 1,154 |
| D. Earley | Lib/Sdp | 458 |
| R. Helps | Labour | 219 |
Riverside1 seat · turnout 36.3%
| U. Ratcliff | Lib/Sdp | 886 ✓ |
| J. Coverdale | Conservative | 615 |
| F. Bloor | Labour | 193 |
| P. Jackson | NEW BRIT | 51 |
South1 seat · turnout 38.8%
| W. Jouxson | Conservative | 839 |
| P. Hulam | Lib/Sdp | 455 |
| D. Whitcombe | Labour | 337 |
St. Margarets1 seat · turnout 34.0%
| A. Jarrett | Conservative | 1,222 |
| P. Barnard | Lib/Sdp | 643 |
| R. Herley | Labour | 287 |
Watling Street1 seat · turnout 46.3%
| H. Blease | Conservative | 1,158 |
| M. Parker | Lib/Sdp | 600 |
| D. Hawley | Labour | 157 |