Before (end of 1982) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 32 · Conservative 16 · Other 0 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0
After (end of 1983) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 31 · Conservative 17 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Bixley1 seat · turnout 44.4%
| S. Sheldrake | Conservative | 1,868 |
| E. Urry | Labour | 417 |
| L. Miernik | Lib/Sdp | 328 |
Bridge1 seat · turnout 39.8%
| P. Smart | Labour | 1,291 |
| S. Knights | Conservative | 658 |
| B. Oliver | Lib/Sdp | 244 |
Broom Hill1 seat · turnout 45.5%
| R. Driver | Conservative | 1,446 |
| J. Selway | Labour | 660 |
| J. Odell | Lib/Sdp | 381 |
Castle Hill1 seat · turnout 39.8%
| J. Cooper | Conservative | 1,342 |
| D. Eaton | Labour | 546 |
| A. Groves | Lib/Sdp | 515 |
Chantry1 seat · turnout 35.3%
| D. Grimwood | Labour | 1,082 |
| L. Howard | Conservative | 295 |
| C. Betts | Lib/Sdp | 138 |
Gainsborough1 seat · turnout 38.4%
| M. Alderton | Labour | 1,614 |
| W. Bloomfield | Conservative | 382 |
| N. Cheeseman | Lib/Sdp | 173 |
Priory Heath1 seat · turnout 42.0%
| J. Tricker | Labour | 1,394 ✓ |
| B. Moore | Conservative | 705 |
| A. Howlett | Lib/Sdp | 266 |
| P. Watkins | NDP | 25 |
Rushmere1 seat · turnout 55.4%
| K. Boynes | Conservative | 1,500 |
| I. Grimwood | Labour | 1,288 |
| B. Taylor | Lib/Sdp | 496 |
Sprites1 seat · turnout 33.0%
| G. Rusher | Labour | 1,126 |
| G. Dalby | Conservative | 637 |
| N. Sanderson | Lib/Sdp | 277 |
St Margaret's1 seat
| H. Davis | Conservative | 1,561 |
| G Goodall | Labour | 640 |
| K. Pettican | Lib/Sdp | 500 |
St. Clements1 seat · turnout 51.6%
| R. Harsant | Conservative | 1,303 |
| W. Quinton | Labour | 1,171 |
| K. Prior | Lib/Sdp | 566 |
Stoke Park1 seat · turnout 35.9%
| M. Pickard | Labour | 981 |
| N. Lee-Frampton | Conservative | 892 |
| E. Pearl | Lib/Sdp | 260 |
Town1 seat · turnout 42.0%
| S. Baguley | Labour | 1,283 |
| B. Castle | Conservative | 699 |
| M. Redbond | Lib/Sdp | 258 |
Whitehouse1 seat · turnout 36.0%
| J. Dymond | Labour | 1,019 ✓ |
| Barker A. | Conservative | 502 |
| J. Manley | Lib/Sdp | 266 |
| S. Mason | Independent | 179 |
Whitton1 seat · turnout 36.4%
| K. Wilcox | Labour | 1,252 |
| A. Carlton | Conservative | 571 |
| F. Jackson | Lib/Sdp | 165 |