Before (end of 1981) (33 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 21 · Labour 9 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 · Other 0
After (end of 1982) (33 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 19 · Labour 8 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 6 · Other 0
Ward results
Barnwood1 seat · turnout 44.8%
| M. Smith | Conservative | 1,474 |
| A. Potts | Labour | 1,156 |
| R. Escolme | Lib/Sdp | 852 |
Barton1 seat · turnout 39.2%
| A. Gravells | Conservative | 964 |
| D. Davis | Labour | 823 |
| T. Smith | Lib/Sdp | 455 |
Eastgate1 seat · turnout 40.4%
| D. Short | Labour | 997 |
| I. Fowler | Conservative | 989 |
| E. McGettrick | Lib/Sdp | 476 |
Hucclecote1 seat · turnout 52.1%
| P. Arnold | Conservative | 1,502 ✓ |
| R. Cox | Lib/Sdp | 1,205 |
| E. Andrews | Labour | 526 |
| B. Storkey | Independent | 25 |
Kingsholm1 seat · turnout 54.5%
| J. Hilton | Lib/Sdp | 1,476 ✓ |
| P. Robins | Conservative | 1,307 |
| A. Ayland | Labour | 352 |
| J. Waters | Ecol | 44 |
Linden1 seat · turnout 44.3%
| M. Welch | Lib/Sdp | 1,002 ✓ |
| L. Jones | Conservative | 900 |
| J. Zahra | Labour | 638 |
| H. Healey | COMM | 27 |
Longlevens1 seat · turnout 54.2%
| G. Goodwin | Conservative | 1,777 |
| M. Butler | Lib/Sdp | 973 |
| R. Toomey | Labour | 610 |
Podsmead1 seat · turnout 48.7%
| R. Gibbs | Lib/Sdp | 1,698 |
| M. West | Conservative | 613 |
| A. Leighfield | Labour | 559 |
Tuffley1 seat · turnout 52.0%
| R. Pitkin-Cocks | Conservative | 1,281 |
| A. Carter | Labour | 918 |
| J. Stone | Lib/Sdp | 870 |
Westgate1 seat · turnout 42.5%
| H. Fisher | Conservative | 1,009 ✓ |
| R. Welshman | Lib/Sdp | 756 |
| F. Stevens | Labour | 480 |
| J. Eaton | Ecol | 61 |