Before (end of 1982) (49 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 26 · Other 18 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 4 · Labour 1
After (end of 1983) (49 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 26 · Other 20 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 2 · Labour 1
Ward results
Ansdell3 seats · turnout 43.7%
| J. Tavernor | Conservative | 914 |
| F. Simpson | Conservative | 898 |
| E. Fletcher | RES | 821 |
| P. Woodhouse | Lib/Sdp | 786 |
| D. Booth | Conservative | 724 |
Ashton3 seats · turnout 39.9%
| J. Jones | Independent | 827 |
| S. Boss | RES | 819 |
| A. Rigby | Conservative | 786 |
| H. Dobson | Conservative | 714 |
| B. Cash | Lib/Sdp | 567 |
Central3 seats · turnout 33.5%
| F. Duffy | Conservative | 796 |
| M. Procopides | RES | 671 |
| N. Macdonald | Conservative | 580 |
| C. Macdonald | Lib/Sdp | 576 |
| L. Colquhoun | Conservative | 466 |
| J. Wilkinson | Labour | 304 |
| A. Mylroie | Independent | 189 |
| P. Hayhurst | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Kilnhouse3 seats · turnout 42.6%
| J. Lane | RES | 1,556 |
| M. Watson | RES | 1,147 |
| J. Parkinson | Conservative | 753 |
| D. Pryce | Conservative | 553 |
| D. Card | Lib/Sdp | 472 |
| B. Scammells | Labour | 322 |
Kirkham North2 seats · turnout 47.0%
| R. Fisher | RES | 968 |
| J. Bennett | Conservative | 886 |
| P. Garratt | Independent | 285 |
| P. Capper | Independent | 178 |
| R. Evans | Labour | 178 |
Kirkham South2 seats
| B. Hodgson | Conservative | 716 |
| K. Beckett | Independent | 480 |
| R. Paton | Conservative | 377 |
| B. Lawrenson | Labour | 218 |
| E. Leatham | Labour | 162 |
Newton & Treales2 seats
| Margaret Hall | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| H. Dark | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Park3 seats
| F. Hoyle | RES | 0 ✓ |
| J. Woodhouse | Lib/Sdp | 0 ✓ |
| Patricia Fieldhouse | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Singleton & Greenhalgh1 seat
| H. Miller | Independent | 0 ✓ |