Before (end of 1981) (69 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 39 · Labour 22 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 5 · Other 3
After (end of 1982) (69 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 40 · Labour 20 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 8 · Other 1
Ward results
Ainsdale1 seat · turnout 41.1%
| C. Kirwan | Conservative | 2,857 ✓ |
| K. Gibson | Lib/Sdp | 1,183 |
| J. Caven | Labour | 311 |
| J. Walker | Ecol | 82 |
Birkdale1 seat · turnout 40.4%
| R. Gregson | Conservative | 1,944 |
| L. Smith | Lib/Sdp | 1,546 |
| T. Bentham | Labour | 377 |
Blundellsands1 seat · turnout 50.3%
| Brigitte Rowlands | Conservative | 3,021 |
| S. Lord | Lib/Sdp | 1,329 |
| J. Tonner | Labour | 308 |
CHURCH2 seats · turnout 36.6%
| A. Donovan | Lib/Sdp | 1,326 ✓ |
| P. White | Lib/Sdp | 1,278 ✓ |
| M. Trenery | Labour | 1,227 |
| J. Linden | Labour | 1,212 |
| R. Harvey | Conservative | 1,150 |
| W Heslop | Conservative | 1,103 |
| J. Winston | Ecol | 95 |
Derby1 seat · turnout 35.5%
| P. Mahon | Lib/Sdp | 1,560 |
| A. Burgomaster | Labour | 1,419 |
| F. Morris | Conservative | 685 |
Duke's2 seats
| B. Dawson | Conservative | 2,041 ✓ |
| K. Woodhouse | Conservative | 1,884 ✓ |
| M. Braham | Lib/Sdp | 1,613 |
| J. Wall | Lib/Sdp | 1,575 |
| T. Leek | Labour | 183 |
| P. Ledson | Labour | 161 |
| M. Ingham | Ecol | 86 |
Harington1 seat · turnout 48.2%
| E. Storey | Conservative | 2,863 ✓ |
| M. Newton | Lib/Sdp | 1,816 |
| S. Eagle | Labour | 241 |
| P. Hussey | Ecol | 106 |
Kew1 seat · turnout 37.5%
| E. White | Conservative | 1,579 |
| H. Webbon | Lib/Sdp | 1,537 |
| S. Forkings | Labour | 612 |
Linacre1 seat · turnout 34.2%
| D. Dent | Independent | 1,635 ✓ |
| T. Foley | Labour | 1,190 |
| P. Barrett | Conservative | 200 |
| R. Williams | Lib/Sdp | 121 |
Litherland1 seat · turnout 38.1%
| J. Abbott | Labour | 1,699 |
| S. Counihan | Lib/Sdp | 972 |
| G. Buckles | Conservative | 867 |
Manor1 seat · turnout 40.2%
| A. Jones | Conservative | 2,155 ✓ |
| R. Murphy | Lib/Sdp | 1,265 |
| E Murphy | Labour | 743 |
| T. Whitlock-Blundell | Ecol | 100 |
Meols2 seats · turnout 43.9%
| M. Monk | Conservative | 2,417 |
| R. Tomlinson | Conservative | 2,186 |
| D. Tattersall | Lib/Sdp | 2,123 |
| F. Westhead | Lib/Sdp | 1,519 |
| A. Coker | Labour | 290 |
| P Bond | Labour | 260 |
Molyneux1 seat · turnout 41.0%
| T Lewis | Conservative | 2,759 |
| I. James | Lib/Sdp | 1,087 |
| P. Howarth | Labour | 709 |
Netherton1 seat · turnout 32.0%
| J. McCabe | Labour | 1,738 ✓ |
| G Halliwell | Conservative | 579 |
| P. McFadden | Lib/Sdp | 508 |
| R. Morris | COMM | 46 |
Norwood1 seat · turnout 39.5%
| R. Fearn | Lib/Sdp | 2,347 |
| W. Bardsley | Conservative | 1,052 |
| D. Parry | Labour | 666 |
Orrell1 seat · turnout 30.3%
| J Stanton | Labour | 1,627 |
| J Borrows | Conservative | 699 |
| C. McFadden | Lib/Sdp | 581 |
Park1 seat · turnout 36.3%
| D. Rankin | Conservative | 1,703 ✓ |
| J. Parkin | Lib/Sdp | 1,151 |
| J. Byrne | RES | 782 |
| M. Mounsey | Labour | 545 |
Ravenmeols1 seat · turnout 47.6%
| J. Gibson | Conservative | 2,554 ✓ |
| T. Marshall | Lib/Sdp | 1,552 |
| E. Jones | Labour | 317 |
| M. Hussey | Ecol | 92 |
Victoria1 seat · turnout 43.0%
| M. Hope | Conservative | 2,104 |
| K. Sartain | Lib/Sdp | 1,706 |
| J Hulligan | Labour | 502 |
