Before (end of 1981) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 27 · Labour 18 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0 · Other 0
After (end of 1982) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 25 · Labour 19 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 1 · Other 0
Ward results
Bargate1 seat · turnout 34.3%
| B. Barfoot | Labour | 1,565 ✓ |
| B. Barfoot | Labour | 1,565 |
| O. Passmore | Conservative | 878 |
| O. Passmore | Conservative | 878 |
| T. Sluckin | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 582 |
| T. Sluckin | Lib/Sdp | 582 |
Bassett1 seat
| N. Best | Conservative | 2,551 |
| D. Maddock | Lib/Sdp | 1,472 |
| G. Scriven | Labour | 704 |
Bitterne1 seat
| J. Truscott | Labour | 1,313 |
| E. Clapper | Conservative | 1,264 |
| P. Parker | Lib/Sdp | 952 |
Bitterne Park1 seat
| C. Barber | Conservative | 1,982 |
| J. Cherryson | Lib/Sdp | 1,232 |
| P. Blatch | Labour | 1,179 |
Coxford1 seat
| B. Roost | Labour | 1,555 |
| Phil Trumper | Conservative | 1,211 |
| G. Lacey | Lib/Sdp | 989 |
Freemantle1 seat
| B. Parnell | Conservative | 1,775 |
| J. Pimlott | Lib/Sdp | 1,192 |
| L. Goode | Labour | 956 |
Millbrook1 seat
| J. Kelly | Labour | 1,435 |
| W. Wyndham | Conservative | 1,434 |
| R. Stokes | Lib/Sdp | 1,272 |
Peartree1 seat
| V. Lightfoot | Conservative | 1,516 |
| S. Wallace | Labour | 1,470 |
| A. Hickman | Lib/Sdp | 1,025 |
Portswood1 seat
| E. Mintram | Conservative | 1,742 |
| R. Allanach | Lib/Sdp | 1,538 |
| A. Mawle | Labour | 1,141 |
Redbridge1 seat
| G. Ranger | Labour | 1,852 |
| A. Samuels | Conservative | 1,056 |
| M. Gausden | Lib/Sdp | 789 |
Shirley1 seat
| E. Ashcroft | Conservative | 2,454 |
| A. Vinson | Lib/Sdp | 1,177 |
| W. Sanders | Labour | 850 |
Sholing1 seat
| I. Candy | Labour | 1,688 |
| P. Reynolds | Conservative | 1,572 |
| J. Berry | Lib/Sdp | 913 |
