Before (end of 1981) (23 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 12 · Conservative 9 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 1 · SNP 1 · Labour 0
After (end of 1982) (23 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 12 · Conservative 8 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 · SNP 0 · Labour 0
Ward results
Forest1 seat
| J E McKerchar | LIB | 790 |
| C Jones | Conservative | 466 |
Hermitage1 seat
| T Burnham | LIB | 640 |
| Ms M Leithead | Conservative | 409 |
| W Wilson | Independent | 265 |
Old Selkirk1 seat
| D Stewart | Independent | 601 |
| L G W Thomson | Independent | 568 |
Scott's View1 seat
| A Hewat | Independent | 666 |
| H Polle-Warren | Conservative | 519 |
| R Martin | Labour | 128 |