Before (end of 1982) (55 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 31 · Conservative 24 · Other 0 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0
After (end of 1983) (55 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 28 · Conservative 27 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Abbey2 seats · turnout 44.7%
| E. Bateman | Conservative | 2,450 |
| M. Suthers | Conservative | 2,411 |
| D Booth | Labour | 817 |
| B. Evans | Labour | 782 |
| C. Dale | Lib/Sdp | 609 |
Aspley2 seats · turnout 40.4%
| T. Harby | Labour | 1,717 |
| C. Gibson | Labour | 1,595 |
| P. Cutts | Conservative | 1,511 |
| A. Caulton | Conservative | 1,305 |
| M. Walker | Lib/Sdp | 370 |
| F. England | Lib/Sdp | 348 |
Basford2 seats · turnout 45.5%
| G. Howe | Conservative | 1,965 |
| Swift C. | Conservative | 1,836 |
| P Daley | Labour | 1,537 |
| A Reed | Labour | 1,452 |
| J. Stevenson | Lib/Sdp | 537 |
Beechdale2 seats · turnout 49.2%
| M. Crowe | Conservative | 2,097 |
| C Hickey | Conservative | 2,066 |
| W. Churchill | Labour | 1,477 |
| C. Gordon | Labour | 1,286 |
| J. Welch | Lib/Sdp | 383 |
| K. Whelan | Lib/Sdp | 366 |
Bestwood Park2 seats · turnout 34.9%
| J. Hartshorne | Labour | 1,499 |
| L. Phillips | Labour | 1,417 |
| K. Broughton | Conservative | 1,004 |
| J. Flint | Conservative | 977 |
| J. Williams | Lib/Sdp | 277 |
| H. Atkinson | Lib/Sdp | 265 |
Bilborough2 seats · turnout 39.7%
| M. Wood | Labour | 1,189 |
| K. Armstrong | Conservative | 1,167 |
| M. Doak | Conservative | 1,121 |
| J. Arnold | Labour | 1,034 |
| M. Matthews | Lib/Sdp | 399 |
| C. Rudge | Lib/Sdp | 287 |
Bridge2 seats · turnout 37.5%
| I. Maclennan | Labour | 1,590 |
| M. Stout | Labour | 1,515 |
| F. Johnson | Conservative | 819 |
| E. Collin | Conservative | 790 |
| F. Horan | Lib/Sdp | 388 |
Bulwell East2 seats · turnout 44.1%
| I. Matthews | Labour | 1,503 ✓ |
| B. Timson | Conservative | 1,299 ✓ |
| J. Peck | COMM | 1,286 |
| E. Timson | Conservative | 1,161 |
| R. Allsop | Labour | 1,088 |
| M. Chainey | Lib/Sdp | 336 |
| A. Jones | Lib/Sdp | 322 |
Bulwell West2 seats · turnout 34.3%
| K. Pavier | Labour | 1,829 |
| A. Wright | Labour | 1,588 |
| E. Cipko | Conservative | 1,179 |
| J. Broughton | Conservative | 1,177 |
| P. Prewett | Lib/Sdp | 459 |
Byron3 seats
| G Kilbourne | Conservative | 1,923 ✓ |
| D. Flowerday | Conservative | 1,890 ✓ |
| J. Ducker | Labour | 1,841 ✓ |
| P Lowery | Conservative | 1,816 |
| C Brotherton | Labour | 1,656 |
| D Arthur | Labour | 1,601 |
| L. Williams | Lib/Sdp | 785 |
| P. Warrington | Lib/Sdp | 775 |
| W Seal | Lib/Sdp | 763 |
Clifton East2 seats · turnout 32.1%
| F. Dennett | Labour | 1,448 |
| F. Dennett | Labour | 1,402 |
| A. Chawner | Conservative | 931 |
| G. Atkins | Conservative | 906 |
Clifton West2 seats · turnout 44.3%
| B. Charlesworth | Labour | 1,666 |
| J. Riley | Labour | 1,652 |
| J Hayes | Conservative | 1,458 |
| J. Armstrong-Holmes | Conservative | 1,437 |
| H. Butcher | Lib/Sdp | 573 |
| V. Grocock | Lib/Sdp | 423 |
Forest2 seats · turnout 39.0%
| S. Taylor | Labour | 1,554 |
| R. McCance | Labour | 1,552 |
| P. Quigley | Conservative | 1,082 |
| R Rolling | Conservative | 1,082 |
| S. Gregson-Murray | Lib/Sdp | 622 |
Greenwood2 seats · turnout 43.7%
| S. Rushton | Conservative | 2,131 |
| C. Clarke | Conservative | 2,117 |
| R. Johnston | Labour | 1,318 |
| P. Radcliff | Labour | 1,207 |
| A. Berkeley | Lib/Sdp | 468 |
Lenton2 seats · turnout 36.9%
| G. Haymes | Labour | 1,407 ✓ |
| A. Morris | Labour | 1,381 ✓ |
| E. Free | Conservative | 632 |
| L. Bilan | Conservative | 550 |
| H. Green | Lib/Sdp | 293 |
| P. Shirley | Lib/Sdp | 223 |
| D. Platt | COMM | 96 |
Manvers2 seats · turnout 34.4%
| B. Higgins | Labour | 2,019 |
| D. Tongue | Labour | 1,872 |
| R. Griffiths | Conservative | 1,013 |
| M. Smith | Conservative | 981 |
Mapperley2 seats · turnout 40.8%
| W. Bradbury | Conservative | 2,138 |
| F Ross | Conservative | 2,068 |
| C. Clark | Labour | 815 |
| H. Rotheram | Labour | 791 |
| G. Murdy | Lib/Sdp | 480 |
| R. Ryder | Lib/Sdp | 421 |
Park2 seats · turnout 41.7%
| C. Borrett | Conservative | 1,519 |
| A. Pink | Conservative | 1,472 |
| R. Glass | Labour | 1,082 |
| J. McGuiggan | Labour | 1,014 |
| J. Corbett | Lib/Sdp | 549 |
| G. Long | Lib/Sdp | 449 |
Portland2 seats · turnout 41.8%
| B. Ricks | Conservative | 1,604 |
| T Bowler | Conservative | 1,587 |
| D. Jones | Labour | 1,440 |
| M. McGlade | Labour | 1,353 |
| R. Calver | Lib/Sdp | 362 |
Radford2 seats · turnout 33.5%
| L. Harris | Labour | 1,269 |
| N. Lee | Labour | 1,246 |
| G. Elliott | Conservative | 860 |
| J. Allwood | Conservative | 790 |
| R. Kennedy | Lib/Sdp | 272 |
| M. Jackson | Lib/Sdp | 258 |
Robin Hood2 seats · turnout 47.6%
| B. Marshall | Conservative | 2,235 |
| A. Stone | Conservative | 2,081 |
| A. Clark | Labour | 1,349 |
| G. Leivers | Labour | 1,294 |
| G. Foster | Lib/Sdp | 619 |
| C. Coleman | Lib/Sdp | 573 |
Sherwood2 seats · turnout 45.4%
| D Poole | Conservative | 2,190 |
| R. Young | Conservative | 1,982 |
| W. Williams | Labour | 1,024 |
| D. Belbin | Labour | 951 |
| M. Whittaker | Lib/Sdp | 646 |
| J. Hodgson | Lib/Sdp | 558 |
St Ann's2 seats
| P. Burgess | Labour | 1,432 |
| F. Higgins | Labour | 1,232 |
| C. Stevens | Conservative | 821 |
| S. Stirzaker | Conservative | 739 |
| M. Bird | Lib/Sdp | 385 |
St. Albans2 seats · turnout 47.2%
| R. Winter | Labour | 1,173 |
| S. Liburd | Labour | 1,127 |
| I. Gardener | Conservative | 1,005 |
| D. Goodman | Conservative | 991 |
| B. Cressey | Lib/Sdp | 278 |
| M. O'Neill | Lib/Sdp | 256 |
Strelley2 seats · turnout 34.1%
| D. Birkin | Labour | 1,328 |
| B. Parker | Labour | 1,150 |
| D. Armstrong | Conservative | 696 |
| W. Adams | Conservative | 679 |
| E. Walker | Lib/Sdp | 378 |
| M. Barker | Lib/Sdp | 376 |
Trent2 seats · turnout 43.6%
| J. Carter | Conservative | 1,458 ✓ |
| W. Dinwoodie | Labour | 1,364 ✓ |
| B. Smith | Conservative | 1,340 |
| L. Maynard | Labour | 1,264 |
| S. Idris | SDP | 258 |
| J. Hiley | LIB | 250 |
| C. Roylance | LIB | 174 |
Wilford2 seats · turnout 45.2%
| S. Thompson | Conservative | 2,184 |
| A. Lofthouse | Conservative | 2,165 |
| G. Dale | Labour | 1,155 |
| A. Collington | Labour | 1,094 |
| G. Dale | Lib/Sdp | 604 |
| N. Puri | Lib/Sdp | 308 |
Wollaton2 seats · turnout 49.5%
| A. Hamilton | Conservative | 3,279 |
| M. Brandon-Bravo | Conservative | 3,194 |
| C. Fildes | Labour | 950 |
| C. Eyres | Labour | 938 |
| B. Corbett | Lib/Sdp | 890 |
