Before (end of 1982) (30 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 27 · Labour 3 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0 · Other 0
After (end of 1983) (30 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 24 · Labour 3 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 2 · Other 1
Ward results
Brunswick & Adelaide3 seats · turnout 36.5%
| R. Bailey | Lib/Sdp | 1,631 |
| I. Moy-Loader | Conservative | 1,295 |
| B. Dunmore | Conservative | 1,281 |
| N. Freedman | Conservative | 1,242 |
| A. Slater | Lib/Sdp | 1,237 |
| J. Wakeling | Lib/Sdp | 1,217 |
| C. Bennett | Labour | 259 |
| J. Stacey | Labour | 208 |
| D. Sirisena | Labour | 183 |
Goldsmid3 seats · turnout 35.5%
| R. Allen | Conservative | 1,764 ✓ |
| B. Jordan | Conservative | 1,746 ✓ |
| J. McNaughton | Conservative | 1,679 ✓ |
| P. Thomas | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 467 |
| D. Coates | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 430 |
| P. Thomas | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 415 |
| S. May | Labour | 295 |
| J. Parker | Labour | 289 |
| M. Toff | Labour | 268 |
Hangleton3 seats · turnout 37.5%
| E. Colin-Jones | Ind Con | 1,825 ✓ |
| S. Howard | Conservative | 1,349 ✓ |
| D. Hennessy | Conservative | 1,209 ✓ |
| G. White | Ind Con | 981 |
| G. Kielty | Labour | 702 |
| D. Robinson | Labour | 620 |
| I. Caplin | Labour | 605 |
| M. Goode | Lib/Sdp | 310 |
| R. Newell | Lib/Sdp | 217 |
| H. Slater | Lib/Sdp | 191 |
Nevill3 seats · turnout 33.6%
| J. Marshall | Conservative | 1,725 |
| E. Cruickshank-Robb | Conservative | 1,655 |
| D. Barling | Conservative | 1,643 |
| J. Erin | Labour | 356 |
| M. Kearns | Labour | 326 |
| D. Patrick | Lib/Sdp | 325 |
| D. Sutton | Labour | 318 |
| R. Wright | Lib/Sdp | 294 |
| L. Kahn | Lib/Sdp | 265 |
Portslade North3 seats · turnout 32.8%
| L. Hamilton | Labour | 1,656 |
| P. Godwin | Labour | 1,377 |
| A. Winter | Conservative | 1,061 |
| J. Kapp | Conservative | 979 |
| K. Davey | Conservative | 955 |
| P. Francis | Lib/Sdp | 208 |
| C. Pierson | Lib/Sdp | 199 |
| F. Tuley | Lib/Sdp | 196 |
Portslade South3 seats · turnout 47.2%
| F. Dupre | Conservative | 1,234 ✓ |
| R. Davis | Conservative | 1,193 ✓ |
| L. Whitmore | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,089 ✓ |
| J. Wood | Conservative | 1,063 |
| R. Carden | Labour | 1,007 |
| J. Ellis | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 995 |
| J. Eastwood | Labour | 972 |
| D. Turner | Labour | 968 |
| C. Elcome | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 940 |
Stanford3 seats · turnout 39.6%
| R. Bellin | Conservative | 2,267 |
| M. Adams | Conservative | 2,262 |
| B. Rowe | Conservative | 2,226 |
| D. Hall | Lib/Sdp | 313 |
| G. Hall | Lib/Sdp | 297 |
| R. Leeds | Lib/Sdp | 281 |
| P. Lydon | Labour | 133 |
| T. Savage | Labour | 125 |
| P. Martin | Labour | 121 |
Vallance3 seats · turnout 33.6%
| B. Sanders | Conservative | 1,668 |
| P. Martin | Conservative | 1,641 |
| G. Peltzer Dunn | Conservative | 1,614 |
| M. Robinson | Labour | 557 |
| C. Moshenska | Labour | 492 |
| R. Salkie | Labour | 468 |
| B. Smith | Lib/Sdp | 349 |
| G. Walker | Lib/Sdp | 333 |
| S. Heller | Lib/Sdp | 333 |
Westbourne3 seats · turnout 39.7%
| P. Baker | Conservative | 1,643 |
| J. Buttinmer | Conservative | 1,591 |
| M. Edelshain | Conservative | 1,559 |
| M. Randall | Lib/Sdp | 957 |
| A. Boyd | Lib/Sdp | 940 |
| R. Bagnall | Lib/Sdp | 911 |
| L. Myers | Labour | 396 |
| J. Naysmith | Labour | 386 |
| P. Rose | Labour | 352 |
Wish3 seats · turnout 36.3%
| J. Harrison | Conservative | 1,633 ✓ |
| J. Broadley | Conservative | 1,573 ✓ |
| M. Long | Conservative | 1,559 ✓ |
| M. Carpenter | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 411 |
| S. Bucknell | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 400 |
| J. Cattell | Labour | 351 |
| J. Pierson | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 346 |
| G. Chanona | Labour | 311 |
| C. Savage | Labour | 310 |