Before (end of 1981) (32 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 15 · Labour 9 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 7 · Other 1
After (end of 1982) (32 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 13 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 10 · Labour 8 · Other 1
Ward results
Braybrooke1 seat · turnout 35.8%
| M. Hall | Lib/Sdp | 689 |
| D. Thornton | Conservative | 480 |
| K. Brown | Labour | 257 |
Elphinstone1 seat · turnout 42.0%
| J. Lloyd | Conservative | 642 |
| G. Osman | Lib/Sdp | 571 |
| D. Watts | Labour | 357 |
Gensing1 seat · turnout 28.5%
| B. Brown | Conservative | 485 |
| D. Simpson | Lib/Sdp | 443 |
| C. Russell | Labour | 159 |
Hollington1 seat · turnout 28.8%
| R. Marchant | Labour | 610 |
| A. Jolly | Lib/Sdp | 322 |
Maze Hill1 seat · turnout 29.1%
| J. Baker | Conservative | 707 |
| B. Cornish | Lib/Sdp | 343 |
| D. Elliott | Labour | 140 |
Mount Pleasant1 seat · turnout 38.2%
| T. Randell | Labour | 582 |
| J. Pointer | Lib/Sdp | 570 |
| N. Batley | Conservative | 523 |
Old Hastings1 seat · turnout 33.7%
| D. Sefton-Ullmer | Independent | 855 |
| R Stevens | Labour | 306 |
Silverhill1 seat · turnout 40.9%
| P. Smith | Lib/Sdp | 920 |
| A. Porteous | Conservative | 467 |
| G. May | Labour | 230 |
West St. Leonards1 seat · turnout 34.8%
| J. Fabian | Conservative | 745 |
| G. Thorpe | Lib/Sdp | 429 |
| K. Roberts | Labour | 207 |