Before (end of 1982) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 26 · Conservative 18 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 1 · Other 0
After (end of 1983) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 28 · Conservative 15 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 2 · Other 0
Ward results
Blackbird Leys1 seat
| A. Williamson | Labour | 1,642 ✓ |
| R. Day | Conservative | 445 |
| P. Farrar | All | 406 |
Central1 seat
| M. Hart | Lib/Sdp | 997 ✓ |
| J. O'Reilly | Conservative | 941 |
| R. Brown | Labour | 788 |
| M. Hancock | Ecol | 192 |
Cherwell1 seat
| J. Todd | Conservative | 1,419 ✓ |
| M. Robson | All | 675 |
| Diogo Costa | Labour | 545 |
East1 seat
| A. Towse | Labour | 1,369 ✓ |
| D. Pratley | Conservative | 914 |
| M. Butler | All | 379 |
Headington1 seat
| J. Stanyer | Conservative | 1,304 ✓ |
| M. Blunden | Labour | 1,256 |
| S. Walker | Lib/Sdp | 418 |
| J. Dunthorpe | Ecol | 87 |
Iffley1 seat
| J. Parker | Labour | 1,701 ✓ |
| F. Shellard | Conservative | 1,299 |
| D. Penwarden | Lib/Sdp | 311 |
Marston1 seat
| B. Standingford | Labour | 1,518 ✓ |
| M. Parsons | Conservative | 919 |
| A. Smith | Lib/Sdp | 339 |
North1 seat
| J. Peach | Conservative | 1,054 ✓ |
| N. Bower | All | 765 |
| T. Smith | Labour | 764 |
| S. Starmer | Ecol | 114 |
Quarry1 seat
| G. Gibson | Conservative | 1,149 ✓ |
| G. Kershaw | Lib/Sdp | 689 |
| J. Sanders | Labour | 577 |
| R. Hitchins | Ecol | 65 |
South1 seat · turnout 51.1%
| R. Price | Labour | 1,353 ✓ |
| G. Woodward | Conservative | 1,044 |
| C. Pembridge | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 263 |
| R. Maccormack | Green | 94 |
St Clement's1 seat
| K. Turner | Labour | 1,414 ✓ |
| B. Tennant | Conservative | 1,127 |
| C. Tatton | Lib/Sdp | 518 |
| J. Helling | Ecol | 95 |
Temple Cowley1 seat
| C. Roberts | Labour | 1,110 ✓ |
| G. Dixon | Conservative | 1,029 |
| C. Hammond | All | 312 |
West1 seat
| P. Starkey | Labour | 1,173 ✓ |
| E. Ward | Conservative | 839 |
| D. Good | Lib/Sdp | 382 |
| J. Carpenter | Ecol | 194 |
Wolvercote1 seat
| A. Spokes | Conservative | 1,420 ✓ |
| J. Plaskitt | Labour | 570 |
| V. Paisley | All | 547 |
Wood Farm1 seat
| A. Pope | Labour | 1,155 ✓ |
| V. Simonson | Conservative | 800 |
| B. Crutch | Lib/Sdp | 355 |
