Before (end of 1982) (46 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 22 · Labour 16 · Other 7 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 1
After (end of 1983) (46 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 21 · Conservative 20 · Other 3 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 2
Ward results
Abbey1 seat · turnout 25.0%
| N. Capewell | Independent | 355 |
| C. Dickin | Independent | 88 |
Bagots1 seat · turnout 45.3%
| R. Robertson | Conservative | 757 |
| B. Pidgeon | Labour | 87 |
Branston2 seats · turnout 45.8%
| M. Boss | Conservative | 920 |
| S. Welton | Conservative | 876 |
| C. Jones | Lib/Sdp | 409 |
| A. Radley | Lib/Sdp | 350 |
| C. Jones | Labour | 301 |
| G Jones | Labour | 260 |
Broadway2 seats · turnout 41.5%
| F. Smith | Labour | 559 |
| E. Blant | Conservative | 513 |
| M. Harroon | Labour | 429 |
| S. Mosey | Conservative | 392 |
| S. Bristow | Lib/Sdp | 351 |
| H. Warner | Lib/Sdp | 309 |
Burton1 seat · turnout 39.6%
| P. Perry | Labour | 259 |
| D. Furniss | Independent | 92 |
| B. Peverell | Conservative | 73 |
Churnet 1 seat · turnout 48.2%
| W Ratcliffe | Conservative | 660 |
| R. Hirst | Labour | 284 |
Edgehill2 seats · turnout 42.5%
| P. Hill | Labour | 824 |
| R. Watts | Labour | 798 |
| T. Anderson | Conservative | 538 |
| R. Cooper | Conservative | 530 |
Eton2 seats · turnout 32.7%
| P. Haynes | Labour | 885 |
| G. Callister | Labour | 801 |
| M. Lloyd-Morris | Conservative | 362 |
Heath3 seats · turnout 34.0%
| J. Badgery | Labour | 1,065 |
| F. Edginton | Labour | 891 |
| A. Dean | Labour | 885 |
| D. Tunnicliffe | Conservative | 712 |
| I. Moore | Conservative | 569 |
| F. O'Neill | Conservative | 537 |
Horninglow3 seats · turnout 39.6%
| G. Eason | Labour | 1,050 |
| J. Baker | Labour | 994 |
| E. Deakin | Labour | 906 |
| W. Huckerby | Conservative | 795 |
| B. Fellows | Conservative | 761 |
| Fernando L. | Conservative | 729 |
| M. Hogg | Lib/Sdp | 246 |
| K. Lorriman | Lib/Sdp | 223 |
Needwood2 seats · turnout 35.5%
| A. Ball | Conservative | 1,067 |
| T. Deeming | Ind Con | 831 |
| A. Kennedy | Independent | 514 |
| P. Beresford | Labour | 308 |
Outwoods2 seats · turnout 45.7%
| C. Gowtage | Conservative | 797 |
| D Makin | Conservative | 717 |
| J. Mott | Labour | 250 |
| J. Jones | Labour | 195 |
Rolleston on Dove2 seats · turnout 51.7%
| K. Bradley | Conservative | 799 |
| G. Rice | Conservative | 750 |
| M. Trelinski | Lib/Sdp | 600 |
| D. Gordon | Lib/Sdp | 470 |
| A. Piggs | Labour | 230 |
Shobnall2 seats · turnout 41.4%
| A. Price | Labour | 655 |
| W. Ball | Conservative | 572 |
| M. Warner | Labour | 527 |
| H. Withrington | Conservative | 502 |
| D. Shand | Lib/Sdp | 245 |
| A. Bishop | Lib/Sdp | 184 |
Stapenhill2 seats · turnout 44.0%
| G. Handley | Conservative | 1,067 |
| K. Clarke | Conservative | 973 |
| D. Gopsill | Labour | 568 |
| J. Hopper | Labour | 499 |
Stretton2 seats · turnout 39.0%
| G. Hunter | Conservative | 879 |
| A. Wyatt | Conservative | 782 |
| W. Hodson-Walker | Lib/Sdp | 451 |
| J. Harlow | Lib/Sdp | 437 |
Town2 seats
| C. Tunnicliffe | Conservative | 615 ✓ |
| P. Miln | Lib/Sdp | 425 ✓ |
| R. Barker | Independent | 401 |
| D. Miles | Labour | 322 |
| E. Bluck | Independent | 285 |
| G. Hetherington | Independent | 251 |
| A. Munslow | Labour | 219 |
Tutbury & Hanbury2 seats · turnout 54.4%
| W. Shilton | Conservative | 938 |
| D. Brown | Conservative | 850 |
| W Crossley | Labour | 644 |
| T Dyke | Labour | 554 |
Uxbridge2 seats · turnout 45.8%
| O'Shea C. | Labour | 530 |
| P. Archer | Lib/Sdp | 396 |
| T. Foster | Labour | 389 |
| W. Bristow | Lib/Sdp | 362 |
| J. Harrison | Conservative | 166 |
| M. Anderson | Conservative | 150 |
Victoria2 seats · turnout 36.8%
| F. Walker | Labour | 760 |
| D. Morris | Labour | 592 |
| W. Parker | Conservative | 553 |
| A. Peverell | Conservative | 471 |
| A. Dilpazir | Lib/Sdp | 206 |
Waterside2 seats · turnout 42.3%
| D Heptonstall | Labour | 1,144 |
| R. Watts | Labour | 996 |
| I Bates | Conservative | 532 |
| P. Morris | Conservative | 269 |
Winshill3 seats · turnout 44.6%
| R Pride | Labour | 1,439 |
| T. Joyce | Labour | 1,352 |
| M. Bartlett | Labour | 1,197 |
| P. Taylor | Conservative | 1,076 |
| K. Forster | Conservative | 1,053 |
| D. Harrison | Conservative | 1,022 |
Yoxall1 seat · turnout 53.6%
| R. Gregory | Conservative | 674 |
| T. Wright | Labour | 139 |
