Before (end of 1982) (40 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 28 · Other 5 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 4 · Labour 3
After (end of 1983) (40 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 28 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 7 · Other 3 · Labour 2
Ward results
Ashingdon1 seat · turnout 45.4%
| B. Crick | Lib/Sdp | 458 |
| J. Nicholas-Nicholls | Conservative | 456 |
| F. Denny | Labour | 121 |
Barling and Sutton1 seat · turnout 49.3%
| P. Hawke | Conservative | 310 |
| V. Sullivan | Lib/Sdp | 304 |
Canewdon1 seat · turnout 42.5%
| D. Wood | Conservative | 472 |
| Myra Anne Weir | Labour | 224 |
Foulness & Great Wakering East1 seat · turnout 46.3%
| R. Pearson | Conservative | 441 |
| W. Lay | Ind Lab | 299 |
Grange & Rawreth1 seat · turnout 37.0%
| E. Heath | Conservative | 706 |
| M. Rapley | Lib/Sdp | 588 |
| R. Ellis | Labour | 316 |
Great Wakering Central1 seat · turnout 46.9%
| P. Gwinnell | Lib/Sdp | 304 |
| F. Jopson | Conservative | 270 |
Great Wakering West1 seat · turnout 57.7%
| B. Grigg | Conservative | 354 |
| C. Bellman | Ind Lab | 247 |
Hawkwell East1 seat · turnout 33.6%
| A. Harvey | Conservative | 889 |
| C. Brown | Lib/Sdp | 306 |
| D. Weir | Labour | 300 |
Hawkwell West1 seat · turnout 36.0%
| J. Fawell | Conservative | 552 |
| K. Saunders | Lib/Sdp | 281 |
| G. Plackett | Labour | 232 |
Lodge1 seat · turnout 40.9%
| P. Cooke | Conservative | 1,162 |
| M. Menning | Lib/Sdp | 484 |
| C. Barnaby | Labour | 249 |
Whitehouse1 seat · turnout 45.7%
| J. Gibson | Conservative | 625 |
| J. Gordon | Lib/Sdp | 416 |
| J Foley | Labour | 142 |
