Before (end of 1981) (49 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 23 · Other 18 · Labour 6 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 2
After (end of 1982) (49 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 24 · Other 14 · Labour 6 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 5
Ward results
ASCOTT & SHIPTON1 seat · turnout 43.9%
| M. Ware | Independent | 472 |
| M. Dulieu | Labour | 100 |
Aston Bampton & Standlake1 seat · turnout 55.0%
| R. Saxel | Independent | 610 |
| R. Rosewell | Lib/Sdp | 305 |
Bampton1 seat · turnout 40.0%
| J. Hamilton | Conservative | 446 |
| G. Simoni | Lib/Sdp | 113 |
Bladon & Cassington1 seat
| G. Partridge | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Brize Norton & Curbridge1 seat · turnout 60.6%
| D. Walker | Conservative | 451 |
| R. Print | Lib/Sdp | 132 |
Burford1 seat · turnout 48.9%
| A. Isserlis | Conservative | 443 |
| J. Turner | Lib/Sdp | 260 |
| C. Douse | Labour | 49 |
Carterton North1 seat · turnout 31.7%
| K. Stone | Conservative | 755 |
| K. Charles | Lib/Sdp | 250 |
| B. Shillingford | Labour | 110 |
Charlbury1 seat · turnout 45.0%
| G. Upton | Independent | 540 |
| P. Ellis | Lib/Sdp | 220 |
| G. Langton | Labour | 145 |
Chipping Norton1 seat
| H. Withers | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Freeland And Hanborough1 seat · turnout 49.4%
| S. Kernahan | Conservative | 865 |
| S. Griffiths | Lib/Sdp | 357 |
| R Evans | Labour | 181 |
The Bartons1 seat
| J. Fergie | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Witney North1 seat · turnout 44.9%
| M. Townsend | Lib/Sdp | 469 |
| K. Whettam | Independent | 377 |
| L. Baden | Labour | 154 |
Witney South1 seat · turnout 38.9%
| T. Titherington | Conservative | 542 |
| F. Stanger | Lib/Sdp | 494 |
| M. Saunders | Labour | 348 |
Woodstock1 seat · turnout 52.8%
| B. Brooks | Independent | 496 ✓ |
| P. Jerrams | Conservative | 366 |
| J. Cooper | Lib/Sdp | 221 |
| D Haynes | Labour | 178 |