Before (end of 1981) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 57 · Other 3 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0 · Conservative 0
After (end of 1982) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 54 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 6 · Conservative 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Beckton2 seats · turnout 17.9%
| H. Taylor | Labour | 875 |
| D. Whitbread | Labour | 783 |
| R. Fleming | Lib/Sdp | 321 |
Bemersyde2 seats
| H. Bauckham | Labour | 733 |
| W. Dunlop | Labour | 634 |
| A. Cole | Lib/Sdp | 556 |
| E. McManus | Lib/Sdp | 517 |
Canning Town & Grange2 seats · turnout 27.2%
| J. Hart | Labour | 1,178 |
| C. Whincup | Labour | 1,085 |
| R. Webb | Lib/Sdp | 567 |
| M. Linford | Lib/Sdp | 489 |
Castle2 seats · turnout 27.1%
| S. Murray | Labour | 1,031 |
| R Wales | Labour | 965 |
| L. Hall | Lib/Sdp | 622 |
| D. Gotobe | Lib/Sdp | 601 |
Central2 seats · turnout 30.1%
| G. George | Labour | 1,050 |
| S. Hopwood | Labour | 997 |
| D. Corney | Lib/Sdp | 707 |
| C. Robbins | Lib/Sdp | 524 |
| L. Jefferd | Independent | 188 |
Custom House & Silvertown3 seats
| W. Chapman | Labour | 1,026 |
| J. Garfield | Labour | 968 |
| T. Jenkinson | Labour | 861 |
| A. Chapman | Lib/Sdp | 634 |
| S. Kilcoin | Lib/Sdp | 409 |
| S. Smith | Lib/Sdp | 391 |
Forest Gate3 seats · turnout 28.4%
| M. Foley | Labour | 992 ✓ |
| R. Augley | Labour | 988 ✓ |
| C. McAuley | Labour | 960 ✓ |
| R. Burrows | Lib/Sdp | 811 |
| L. Andrews | Lib/Sdp | 782 |
| A. Leaman | Lib/Sdp | 735 |
| R. Atter | Conservative | 603 |
| V. Jackson | Conservative | 585 |
| L. Peluso | Conservative | 529 |
| J. Grahl | COMM | 77 |
Kensington2 seats · turnout 38.2%
| K. Massey | Labour | 1,412 |
| J. Plant | Labour | 1,257 |
| S. Neal | Lib/Sdp | 540 |
| H. Wheatcroft | Lib/Sdp | 515 |
| A. Sharma | Independent | 424 |
| L. Netto | Independent | 344 |
Little Ilford3 seats · turnout 26.0%
| P. Robbins | LibFTA | 1,304 |
| A. Winfield | LibFTA | 1,202 |
| R. Winfield | LibFTA | 1,135 |
| W Brown | Labour | 1,030 |
| J. Kemp | Labour | 1,021 |
| M. Patel | Labour | 931 |
| A. Blunden | WRP | 79 |
Monega2 seats
| L. Boyce | Labour | 1,106 |
| F. York | Labour | 1,027 |
| A. Kellaway | Lib/Sdp | 479 |
| H. Jabbal | Lib/Sdp | 389 |
| K. Singh | Independent | 322 |
| M. Hussain | Independent | 295 |
New Town2 seats · turnout 24.1%
| P. Pendle | Labour | 576 |
| M. Sampson | Labour | 492 |
| A. Bolton | Lib/Sdp | 345 |
| D. Powell | Lib/Sdp | 321 |
| Buckle D. | Conservative | 264 |
| B. Roberts | Conservative | 216 |
Ordnance2 seats · turnout 18.5%
| C. Flemwell | Labour | 610 |
| A. King | Labour | 531 |
| E. Powell | Lib/Sdp | 240 |
| M. Campbell | Lib/Sdp | 197 |
Plaistow3 seats · turnout 28.8%
| A. Patil | Labour | 1,906 |
| D. Brand | Labour | 1,235 |
| A. Edwards | Labour | 1,229 |
| I. Macfadyn | Lib/Sdp | 468 |
| N. Ward | Lib/Sdp | 461 |
| A. Mahandru | Lib/Sdp | 382 |
| M. Hipperson | NF | 175 |
| D. Holland | NF | 174 |
| W. Roberts | NF | 155 |
Plashet3 seats · turnout 34.9%
| F. Jackman | Labour | 1,327 ✓ |
| E. Mann | Labour | 1,216 ✓ |
| K. Palmer | Labour | 1,167 ✓ |
| B. Watts | Ind Lab | 1,005 |
| P. Billups | Ind Lab | 962 |
| L. Williams | Ind Lab | 830 |
| S. Bhattacharji | Lib/Sdp | 566 |
| P. Bhalla | Lib/Sdp | 556 |
| P. Ham | Conservative | 411 |
| W. Flynn | Conservative | 410 |
| G. Eldridge | Conservative | 401 |
| R. Smith | Lib/Sdp | 396 |
St. Stephens2 seats
| T. Nolan | Labour | 1,131 |
| E. Harris | Labour | 1,030 |
| F. Rowden | Lib/Sdp | 406 |
| A. Oomerjee | Lib/Sdp | 352 |
| B. Gahir | Independent | 284 |
| P. Sondhi | Independent | 243 |
West Ham2 seats · turnout 23.9%
| A. Dickerson | Labour | 865 |
| P. Undrill | Labour | 699 |
| V. Schofield | Lib/Sdp | 380 |
| D. Privett | Conservative | 346 |
| S. McGrath | Lib/Sdp | 345 |
| S Pearce | Conservative | 319 |