Before (end of 1982)
Not known.
After (end of 1983)
Not known.
Ward results
Bede1 seat · turnout 29.1%
| Patricia Murray | Labour | 1,514 |
| J. Sproat | Conservative | 292 |
| R. Langman | Lib/Sdp | 199 |
Bensham1 seat · turnout 27.5%
| A. Wallace | Labour | 1,350 |
| C. Walker | Lib/Sdp | 612 |
Blaydon1 seat · turnout 37.2%
| P. Hansen | Labour | 1,701 |
| H. Johnston | Conservative | 595 |
| I. Low | Lib/Sdp | 448 |
Chopwell & Rowlands Gill1 seat · turnout 38.3%
| J. Ross | Labour | 1,608 |
| P. Goodwin | Conservative | 1,007 |
| A. Williamson | Lib/Sdp | 367 |
Chowdene1 seat · turnout 46.0%
| E. Henry | Labour | 1,608 |
| M. Callaghan | Conservative | 1,300 |
| A. Weddle | Lib/Sdp | 780 |
Leam1 seat · turnout 30.6%
| P. Tinnion | Labour | 1,893 |
| J. Hetherington | Lib/Sdp | 610 |
Low Fell2 seats · turnout 40.0%
| M. Moore | Conservative | 1,612 |
| McNeil J. | Conservative | 1,576 |
| J. Clifford | Labour | 965 |
| G. Spring | Labour | 916 |
| M. Condon | Lib/Sdp | 770 |
| P. Nunn | Lib/Sdp | 707 |
Pelaw & Heworth1 seat · turnout 35.7%
| J. Balls | Labour | 1,617 |
| M. Scholes | Conservative | 763 |
| E. Ryle | Lib/Sdp | 311 |
Whickham South1 seat · turnout 50.3%
| I. Dodds | Conservative | 1,876 |
| T. Clelland | Labour | 1,278 |
| J. Taylor | Lib/Sdp | 1,081 |
Winlaton1 seat · turnout 40.5%
| P. Wilson | Labour | 1,467 |
| D Rowley | Conservative | 854 |
| A. McCombes | Lib/Sdp | 480 |
Wrekendyke1 seat · turnout 32.8%
| P. Derrick | Labour | 1,770 |
| G. McClelland | Lib/Sdp | 692 |