Before (end of 1982) (53 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 34 · Labour 11 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 6 · Other 2
After (end of 1983) (53 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 38 · Labour 10 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 4 · Other 1
Ward results
Barton-le-Clay1 seat · turnout 43.5%
| P. Harris | Conservative | 839 |
| D. Watson | Labour | 404 |
Beaudesert1 seat · turnout 43.7%
| D. Hill | Conservative | 761 |
| S. Stockton | All | 449 |
| S. McKnight | Labour | 432 |
Brooklands1 seat · turnout 45.9%
| D. Gilmartin | Conservative | 1,274 |
| S. Freeman | All | 766 |
| S. Allen | Labour | 415 |
Caddington1 seat · turnout 47.2%
| A. Brewer | Conservative | 766 |
| Gillian Ford | RES | 578 |
| A. Read | Labour | 309 |
Dunstable Central1 seat · turnout 43.5%
| P Roberts | Conservative | 1,566 |
| D. Barker | Labour | 337 |
| P. Halsall | All | 315 |
Heath & Reach1 seat · turnout 55.5%
| P. Banwell | Conservative | 403 |
| A. Donaldson | Labour | 96 |
| J. Staples | All | 58 |
Houghton Central1 seat · turnout 39.4%
| P. Jones | Labour | 1,059 |
| T. Bryan | Conservative | 404 |
| C. Williams | All | 283 |
Houghton East1 seat · turnout 34.5%
| B Elliott | Labour | 488 |
| C. Weily | Conservative | 416 |
| R. Jakeman | All | 254 |
Houghton South1 seat · turnout 38.7%
| M. Biswell | Conservative | 715 ✓ |
| J. Gregory | Labour | 368 |
| I. Witherick | All | 277 |
| R. McIlwraith | Ind Con | 159 |
| A. Hardy | Ecol | 16 |
Icknield1 seat · turnout 43.7%
| P. Newton | Conservative | 1,313 |
| W. Rule | Labour | 556 |
| P. Hatswell | All | 462 |
Linslade1 seat · turnout 51.8%
| F. McLelland | Conservative | 938 ✓ |
| K. Sharer | All | 663 |
| P. Canavan | Labour | 264 |
| R. Morrisey | Ecol | 69 |
Northfields1 seat · turnout 44.2%
| A. Musannif | Labour | 768 |
| C. Porter | Conservative | 699 |
| R. Helps | All | 323 |
Plantation1 seat · turnout 43.0%
| D. Rumens | Conservative | 1,264 |
| M. Benwell | Labour | 401 |
| M. Hodder | All | 340 |
Priory1 seat · turnout 46.2%
| J. Cawdell | Conservative | 862 ✓ |
| D. Smith | Labour | 697 |
| S. Ebden | All | 293 |
| J. Eldridge | Ecol | 52 |
Southcott1 seat · turnout 46.2%
| E. Luckhurst-Matthews | Conservative | 1,064 |
| A. Stone | All | 678 |
| I. Watts | Labour | 212 |
Toddington1 seat · turnout 44.9%
| R. Jafrate | Conservative | 591 |
| B. Hyde | Independent | 464 |
| Peter Turner | Labour | 248 |
Watling1 seat · turnout 48.0%
| M. Press | Conservative | 1,226 |
| R. Harris | Labour | 489 |
| R. Pitches | All | 399 |