Before (end of 1982) (26 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 22 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 · Labour 1 · Other 0
After (end of 1983) (26 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 22 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 · Labour 1 · Other 0
Ward results
All Saints1 seat · turnout 37.6%
| E. Ridley | Conservative | 1,164 |
| M. Daetwyler | Lib/Sdp | 363 |
| P. Sherwin | Labour | 332 |
Bassett1 seat · turnout 51.7%
| T. Swift | Lib/Sdp | 527 |
| K Chell | Conservative | 498 |
| B. Stewart | Labour | 313 |
Brocks Hill1 seat · turnout 57.4%
| J. Crawford | Conservative | 1,243 |
| J. Kaufman | Lib/Sdp | 1,090 |
| T. Adams | Labour | 89 |
Brookside1 seat · turnout 42.7%
| R. Botting | Conservative | 1,628 ✓ |
| M. Jacobs | Lib/Sdp | 496 |
| W. Dillon | Labour | 196 |
| S. Pike | Ecol | 159 |
Central1 seat · turnout 41.7%
| M. Boulter | Conservative | 779 |
| H. Thomas | Independent | 453 |
| J. Sherwin | Labour | 452 |
Grange1 seat · turnout 41.0%
| R. Pollard | Conservative | 1,090 |
| R. Turner | Lib/Sdp | 260 |
| S. Kapur | Labour | 167 |
St. Peters1 seat · turnout 46.6%
| O. Gibson | Conservative | 828 |
| J. Minor | Lib/Sdp | 389 |
| G. Burton | Labour | 212 |
St. Wolstans1 seat · turnout 39.6%
| N. Reynolds | Conservative | 1,488 |
| G. Cavanagh | Lib/Sdp | 552 |
| E. Johnson | Labour | 260 |