Before (end of 1982) (33 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 20 · Conservative 13 · Other 0 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0
After (end of 1983) (33 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 23 · Conservative 10 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Abbey1 seat · turnout 41.4%
| P. West | Labour | 1,150 |
| J. Frost | Conservative | 722 |
| M. Sedgwick | Lib/Sdp | 372 |
Birchwood1 seat · turnout 40.2%
| L. Wells | Labour | 910 ✓ |
| W. Crumblehulme | Conservative | 864 |
| L. Retallack | Lib/Sdp | 418 |
| K. Erskine | Ind Lab | 34 |
Boultham1 seat · turnout 51.3%
| T. Rook | Labour | 1,305 ✓ |
| P. Samways | Conservative | 870 |
| L. Davis | Lib/Sdp | 264 |
| C. Moulton | Ecol | 65 |
Bracebridge1 seat · turnout 45.2%
| E. Jenkins | Conservative | 1,603 |
| W. Fielder | Labour | 1,011 |
Carholme1 seat · turnout 49.4%
| S. Campbell | Conservative | 1,185 ✓ |
| B. Phippard | Labour | 799 |
| S. England | Lib/Sdp | 684 |
| S. Moulton | Ecol | 69 |
Castle1 seat · turnout 49.1%
| A. Morgan | Labour | 1,419 |
| M. Mellows | Conservative | 766 |
| E. Thompson | Lib/Sdp | 356 |
Longdales1 seat · turnout 51.3%
| N. Murray | Labour | 1,160 ✓ |
| Cassie Northwood | Conservative | 979 |
| R. Barnes | Lib/Sdp | 356 |
| M. King | Ind Lab | 27 |
Minster1 seat · turnout 53.9%
| J. O'Brien | Labour | 1,481 ✓ |
| J. Sullivan | Conservative | 1,352 |
| C. Davis | Lib/Sdp | 415 |
| N. Erskin | Ind Lab | 57 |
Moorland1 seat · turnout 45.7%
| B. Abbott | Conservative | 1,051 ✓ |
| R. Hodson | Labour | 949 |
| C. Robins | Lib/Sdp | 243 |
| T. Kyle | Rev Reform | 17 |
Park1 seat · turnout 41.8%
| D. Jackson | Labour | 1,004 ✓ |
| K. Pullen | Conservative | 582 |
| F. Allen | Lib/Sdp | 453 |
| G. Bosworth | Ecol | 47 |
