Before (end of 1982) (28 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 17 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 4 · Labour 4 · Conservative 3
After (end of 1983) (28 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 9 · Conservative 9 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 7 · Labour 3
Ward results
Bamburgh1 seat
| A. Thompson | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Beadnell2 seats · turnout 31.6%
| K. Middleton | Conservative | 276 |
| J. Davidson | Conservative | 262 |
| A. Dunn | Lib/Sdp | 186 |
Belford1 seat
| J. McDonald | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Edward2 seats · turnout 34.6%
| G. Elliott | Labour | 491 |
| E. Small | Independent | 292 |
| A. Ford | Lib/Sdp | 183 |
Elizabeth3 seats · turnout 48.9%
| K. Dickinson | Lib/Sdp | 929 |
| F. Longbone | Conservative | 698 |
| D. Leigh | Conservative | 585 |
| D. Conway | Independent | 485 |
| C. Herbert | Lib/Sdp | 458 |
Ford1 seat · turnout 56.5%
| R. Dixon | Independent | 273 |
| M. Lyndon-Skeggs | Conservative | 271 |
Islandshire2 seats · turnout 52.6%
| I. McGregor | Lib/Sdp | 895 |
| Crossman H. | Independent | 794 |
| J. Renwick | Conservative | 282 |
Milfield1 seat · turnout 53.9%
| W. Hall | Independent | 253 |
| G. Fairbairn | Conservative | 210 |
Norhamshire2 seats · turnout 55.0%
| G. Miller | Independent | 532 |
| A. Easton | Independent | 511 |
| D. Smibert | Lib/Sdp | 214 |
| R. Freeman | Lib/Sdp | 170 |
North Sunderland2 seats · turnout 47.9%
| G. Scott | Lib/Sdp | 620 |
| A. Clemit | Independent | 443 |
| R. Patterson | Conservative | 396 |
Seton2 seats
| T. Sidey | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| R. Gilchrist | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Spittal3 seats · turnout 35.7%
| C. Robson | Lib/Sdp | 718 |
| J. Richardson | Lib/Sdp | 666 |
| G. Thomson | Independent | 496 |
| J. Hughes | Conservative | 306 |
| W. Vevers | Labour | 296 |
| J. Wall | Independent | 274 |
Tower2 seats · turnout 30.8%
| K. Laidlaw | Labour | 444 |
| J. Innes | Lib/Sdp | 367 |
| K. Graham | Lib/Sdp | 257 |
| J. Patterson | Conservative | 122 |
| B. Douglas | Independent | 107 |
Wooler2 seats · turnout 34.6%
| N. Mills | Lib/Sdp | 517 |
| C. Houston | Conservative | 360 |
| I. Macharg | Conservative | 305 |