Before (end of 1982) (35 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 33 · Conservative 2 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0 · Labour 0
After (end of 1983) (37 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 32 · Conservative 3 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 1 · Labour 1
Ward results
Bottisham2 seats · turnout 45.3%
| H. Fitch | Ind LIB | 713 |
| G. Ingham | Independent | 362 |
| L. Aves | Conservative | 328 |
| F. Alderson | Independent | 291 |
BURWELL3 seats · turnout 28.3%
| R. Fuller | Conservative | 776 |
| H. Brooks | Conservative | 682 |
| C. Taylor | LIB | 627 |
| L. Perkins | Conservative | 608 |
Downham2 seats
| W. Constable | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| A. White | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Dullingham Villages1 seat · turnout 52.2%
| T. Misson | Ind SDP | 391 |
| D. Kaye | Independent | 389 |
Ely Northern2 seats · turnout 29.4%
| M. Rouse | Ind Con | 430 |
| M. Sharpe | Labour | 242 |
| W. Dyall | Labour | 241 |
| L. Langford | Independent | 237 |
| L. Cornwell | Independent | 195 |
Ely Southern2 seats · turnout 30.0%
| J. Beckett | Independent | 384 |
| R. Meadows | Ind Con | 322 |
| J. Webster | Independent | 283 |
| F. Oakey | Independent | 222 |
Ely West3 seats · turnout 25.3%
| A. Pope | Independent | 813 |
| M. Hobbs | Independent | 721 |
| A. Mitcham | Independent | 578 |
| J. Willson | Independent | 408 |
| C. Jeffries | Labour | 303 |
Fordham Villages2 seats
| J. Newport | Ind Con | 0 ✓ |
| L. Neal | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Haddenham2 seats
| P. Warren | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| O. Bethell | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Isleham1 seat
| M. Thompson | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Littleport4 seats · turnout 26.4%
| P. Harley | Ind LIB | 1,165 |
| J. Crane | Independent | 806 |
| A. Wright | Independent | 803 |
| B Wright | Independent | 766 |
| F. Brown | Independent | 437 |
| C. Hiblin | Independent | 314 |
| J. Gowing | Independent | 273 |
Soham5 seats · turnout 43.9%
| P. Kirk | Independent | 957 ✓ |
| P. Kirk | Independent | 957 |
| Vanessa Dawn Martin | Conservative | 929 |
| V. Martin | Conservative | 929 ✓ |
| W. Gidney | Independent | 907 |
| W. Gidney | Independent | 907 ✓ |
| C Taylor | Independent | 884 |
| C. Taylor | Independent | 884 ✓ |
| J. Neville | Independent | 834 |
| J. Neville | Independent | 834 ✓ |
| J. Chadwick | Labour | 395 |
| John Chadwick | Labour | 395 |
| C. Hempstead | Labour | 389 |
| C. Hempstead | Labour | 389 |
| M Hempstead | Labour | 361 |
| M. Hempstead | Labour | 361 |
| A. Burns | Labour | 322 |
| Anthony James Burns | Labour | 322 |
| B Rowlands | Labour | 319 |
| B. Rowlands | Labour | 319 |
Stretham1 seat · turnout 29.5%
| L. Langford | Independent | 263 |
| M. Stevens | Independent | 102 |
The Swaffhams1 seat · turnout 71.2%
| M. Cook | Independent | 573 |
| G. Woollard | Conservative | 380 |
Witchford1 seat
| A. Bradshaw | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Woodditton1 seat
| T. Mundford | Ind SDP | 0 ✓ |
