Before (end of 1982) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 39 · Other 10 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 7 · Labour 4
After (end of 1983) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 32 · Other 12 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 8 · Labour 8
Ward results
Alresford Thorrington Etc.2 seats · turnout 43.0%
| R. Lord | Conservative | 569 ✓ |
| P. Lynch | Conservative | 528 ✓ |
| D. Fitch | Lib/Sdp | 496 |
| J. Hayward | Lib/Sdp | 393 |
| D. Munson | Labour | 202 |
| M. Deal | Labour | 193 |
Ardleigh1 seat · turnout 48.9%
| D. Jiggens | Conservative | 426 ✓ |
| B. Stapleton | Labour | 302 |
Beaumont and Thorpe1 seat · turnout 38.0%
| M. Wright | Independent | 529 ✓ |
| L. Rogers | Labour | 76 |
Bockings Elm2 seats
| M. Fitzgerald | Conservative | 1,133 ✓ |
| B. Failes | Conservative | 1,127 ✓ |
| G. Wheatley | Lib/Sdp | 740 |
| G. Lievesley | Lib/Sdp | 468 |
| D. Cubbin | Labour | 466 |
Bradfield, Wrabness and Wix1 seat · turnout 51.6%
| D. Coggins | Conservative | 581 ✓ |
| G. Crask | Labour | 242 |
Brightlingsea East2 seats · turnout 37.0%
| P. Patrick | Independent | 814 ✓ |
| C. House | Lib/Sdp | 751 ✓ |
| R. Kitchen | Labour | 296 |
| B. Westover | Labour | 210 |
Brightlingsea West2 seats · turnout 42.1%
| B. Stephens | Lib/Sdp | 593 ✓ |
| E. Price | Lib/Sdp | 526 ✓ |
| B. Pingree | Conservative | 415 |
| M. Herbert | Independent | 325 |
| A. Turner | Labour | 308 |
| L. McClean | Labour | 256 |
Elmstead1 seat · turnout 48.3%
| L. Parrish | Conservative | 598 ✓ |
| J. Goldsbrough | Labour | 297 |
Frinton3 seats · turnout 35.9%
| W. Shelton | Conservative | 1,467 ✓ |
| E. Rex | Conservative | 1,434 ✓ |
| H. Major | Conservative | 1,372 ✓ |
| G. Robb | Labour | 233 |
Golf Green2 seats · turnout 35.0%
| R. Druge | RES | 591 ✓ |
| R. Finn | RES | 467 ✓ |
| J. Hill | Conservative | 419 |
| D. Holmes | Conservative | 336 |
| F. Saul | Labour | 152 |
| J. Lievesley | Lib/Sdp | 114 |
Great and Little Oakley1 seat · turnout 45.8%
| S. Mann | Conservative | 312 ✓ |
| B. Fawcett | Lib/Sdp | 178 |
| L. Mason | Labour | 173 |
Great Bentley1 seat · turnout 45.5%
| G. Lord | Conservative | 445 ✓ |
| R. Taylor | Lib/Sdp | 250 |
| Paul Cunningham | Labour | 76 |
Great Bromley Little Bromley Etc.1 seat · turnout 48.8%
| S. Pound | Conservative | 342 ✓ |
| S. Cooper | Labour | 178 |
Harwich East2 seats · turnout 44.4%
| F. Good | Conservative | 725 ✓ |
| K. Todd | Labour | 418 ✓ |
| D. Harris | Labour | 417 |
| L. Brown | Independent | 296 |
| M. Gochin | Lib/Sdp | 209 |
| Y. Baker | Lib/Sdp | 185 |
Harwich East Central2 seats
| W. Bleakley | Conservative | 619 ✓ |
| D. Rutson | Conservative | 487 ✓ |
| D. Marshall | Lib/Sdp | 380 |
| A Peake | Lib/Sdp | 290 |
| V Collins | Labour | 267 |
| D Bennett | Labour | 258 |
Harwich West2 seats · turnout 43.1%
| R. Knight | Labour | 672 ✓ |
| P. Elleby | Lib/Sdp | 492 ✓ |
| S. Henderson | Labour | 484 |
| E Yallop | Conservative | 424 |
| L. Glenn | Conservative | 415 |
| J. Barrett | Lib/Sdp | 351 |
Harwich West Central2 seats · turnout 47.2%
| J Spall | Conservative | 569 ✓ |
| G. Hayes | Conservative | 547 ✓ |
| C. Booth | Lib/Sdp | 496 |
| D. Murrison | Lib/Sdp | 436 |
| Robson D. | Labour | 323 |
| L. Harris | Labour | 320 |
Haven2 seats
| J. Hewitt | RES | 0 ✓ |
| I. Fairbairn | RES | 0 ✓ |
Holland and Kirby2 seats
| G. Reilly | RES | 874 ✓ |
| L. Strover | RES | 699 ✓ |
| I. Divall | Conservative | 641 |
| R. Manson | Conservative | 449 |
| J. Russell | Lib/Sdp | 266 |
| T. Rowlands | Labour | 152 |
Lawford & Manningtree2 seats · turnout 41.3%
| L Randall | Labour | 783 ✓ |
| R. Dunn | Labour | 665 ✓ |
| W. Gibbons | Lib/Sdp | 461 |
| D Pallett | Independent | 425 |
Little Clacton1 seat · turnout 29.2%
| A. Chappell | Independent | 468 ✓ |
| M. Lee | Labour | 78 |
Mistley1 seat
| T. Otho-Briggs | Conservative | 260 ✓ |
| R. Smith | Lib/Sdp | 215 |
| R. Clements | Independent | 184 |
| J. Beer | Labour | 171 |
Ramsey and Parkeston1 seat
| W. Elmer | Labour | 291 ✓ |
| R. Wilkinson | Independent | 220 |
| V. Padfield | Conservative | 184 |
| G. Turner | Lib/Sdp | 99 |
Rush Green3 seats
| I. Powell | Conservative | 750 ✓ |
| A Harmer | Conservative | 694 ✓ |
| F Baker | Labour | 528 ✓ |
| R Huse | Lib/Sdp | 502 |
| P Johnson | Labour | 488 |
| L Jacobs | Labour | 482 |
| G Morton Jones | Lib/Sdp | 410 |
| D Tunstill | Lib/Sdp | 374 |
| C. Humphrey | Independent | 240 |
Southcliff3 seats · turnout 41.0%
| L. Cox | Conservative | 1,064 ✓ |
| C. Jessop | Conservative | 1,025 ✓ |
| L. King | Conservative | 969 ✓ |
| A. Laird | Lib/Sdp | 584 |
| T. Jeffrey | Lib/Sdp | 551 |
| T. McKean | RES | 468 |
| J. Bond | Labour | 221 |
St Bartholomew's2 seats
| J. Cole | RES | 1,221 ✓ |
| A. Gibbons | RES | 1,179 ✓ |
| L. Johnson | Labour | 129 |
St James3 seats · turnout 34.0%
| A. Overton | Conservative | 873 ✓ |
| J. Pye | Conservative | 805 ✓ |
| J. Goldsmith | Conservative | 717 ✓ |
| G. Cook | Ind Con | 545 |
| N. Coe | Lib/Sdp | 384 |
| A. Wallis | Lib/Sdp | 345 |
| D. Lawder | Labour | 265 |
| A. Markham-Lee | Labour | 264 |
| L. Markham-Lee | Labour | 214 |
St John's3 seats
| A. Bevan | Lib/Sdp | 1,408 ✓ |
| P. Manning | Lib/Sdp | 1,099 ✓ |
| P. Pridmore | Conservative | 1,063 ✓ |
| J. Warner | Conservative | 996 |
| W. Ross | Conservative | 972 |
| N Jacobs | Labour | 513 |
| M. Souter | Labour | 428 |
| C. Troubman | Labour | 409 |
St Marys3 seats
| R Smith | Labour | 725 ✓ |
| D. Moody | Independent | 510 ✓ |
| S Morley | Labour | 422 ✓ |
| D Teague | Labour | 409 |
| J Molyneux | Conservative | 400 |
| R Bevan | Lib/Sdp | 340 |
| T Staigl | Ind Con | 294 |
| P Vanner | Ind Con | 252 |
St Osyth and Point Clear2 seats · turnout 41.1%
| T. Dale | Lib/Sdp | 650 ✓ |
| P. Balbirnie | Lib/Sdp | 545 ✓ |
| P. Wells | Conservative | 542 |
| J. Smith | Independent | 509 |
St Paul's2 seats
| I. Goodchild | Conservative | 986 ✓ |
| I. Fotheringham | Conservative | 943 ✓ |
| M. Morss | Lib/Sdp | 672 |
Tendring & Weeley1 seat · turnout 38.7%
| C. Lumber | Conservative | 452 ✓ |
| J. Johnson | Lib/Sdp | 202 |
| C. Cunningham | Labour | 74 |
