Before (end of 1982) (57 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 30 · Conservative 24 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 · Other 0
After (end of 1983) (57 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 30 · Conservative 24 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 · Other 0
Ward results
Ashton1 seat · turnout 43.5%
| A. Scarsbrook | Conservative | 1,168 |
| C. Wootton | Labour | 656 |
| M. Thorpe | Lib/Sdp | 273 |
Avenham1 seat · turnout 41.9%
| Danny Burns | Labour | 1,373 |
| I. Thomas | Lib/Sdp | 627 |
| J. Hayes | Conservative | 410 |
Brookfield1 seat · turnout 45.4%
| J. Browne | Labour | 1,405 |
| J Meredith | Conservative | 696 |
| E. Chambers | Lib/Sdp | 259 |
Cadley1 seat · turnout 43.4%
| L. Cartwright | Conservative | 1,834 |
| Borrow D. | Labour | 514 |
Central1 seat · turnout 43.4%
| David Robinson | Labour | 932 |
| G. Wilkins | Conservative | 365 |
| R. McGarry | Lib/Sdp | 254 |
Deepdale1 seat · turnout 52.9%
| V. Afrin | Labour | 1,478 |
| J. Southworth | Conservative | 1,014 |
| J. Adam | Lib/Sdp | 160 |
Greyfriars1 seat · turnout 49.8%
| D. Chaloner | Conservative | 2,017 |
| A. Thomas | Lib/Sdp | 279 |
| P. Jackson | Labour | 247 |
Ingol1 seat · turnout 53.2%
| R. Marshall | Lib/Sdp | 1,140 |
| J. Winterbottom | Conservative | 685 |
| G. Higney | Labour | 359 |
Larches1 seat · turnout 50.0%
| R. Jones | Labour | 1,284 |
| K. Haydock | Conservative | 806 |
| T. West | Lib/Sdp | 568 |
PARK1 seat · turnout 51.6%
| J. Balshaw | Labour | 1,859 |
| E Kerr | Conservative | 595 |
| R. Kendle | Lib/Sdp | 236 |
Preston Rural East1 seat · turnout 37.4%
| Hudson K. | Conservative | 1,261 |
| H Oldcorn | Labour | 229 |
Preston Rural West1 seat · turnout 37.6%
| E. Conway | Conservative | 2,112 |
| C. Sutherland | Labour | 438 |
| E. Wysoczanski | Lib/Sdp | 314 |
Ribbleton1 seat · turnout 45.5%
| D. Roebuck | Labour | 1,315 |
| B. Loffler | Conservative | 653 |
| M. Turner | Lib/Sdp | 135 |
Sharoe Green1 seat · turnout 44.5%
| A. Scott | Conservative | 2,401 |
| E. Pearson | Lib/Sdp | 574 |
| Jonathan Saksena | Labour | 471 |
St. Georges2 seats · turnout 36.7%
| B. Massey | Conservative | 1,104 |
| P. Larratt | Conservative | 1,100 |
| H. Buckle | Labour | 479 |
| J. Spooner | Labour | 459 |
| P. Keevil | Lib/Sdp | 401 |
| D. Lovesey | Lib/Sdp | 371 |
St. Johns1 seat · turnout 55.5%
| M. Rawcliffe | Labour | 1,010 |
| J. Brincat-Smith | Lib/Sdp | 872 |
| J. Watson | Conservative | 452 |
St. Matthews1 seat · turnout 40.4%
| T. Hallmark | Labour | 1,309 |
| M. Turner | Conservative | 495 |
| D. Patel | Lib/Sdp | 109 |
Tulketh1 seat · turnout 46.7%
| J. Ainscough | Conservative | 1,109 |
| J. Newsham | Labour | 888 |
| M. Darlington | Lib/Sdp | 376 |