Before (end of 1982) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 36 · Conservative 21 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 · Other 0
After (end of 1983) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 36 · Conservative 22 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 2 · Other 0
Ward results
Astley Bridge1 seat
| J. Walsh | Conservative | 2,596 |
| J. Haslam | Labour | 1,231 |
| D. Poole | Lib/Sdp | 567 |
Blackrod1 seat
| K. Helsby | Labour | 2,283 |
| N. Troup | Conservative | 1,592 |
| R. Langley | Lib/Sdp | 476 |
Bradshaw1 seat
| E. Crook | Conservative | 2,546 |
| D. McEneany | Labour | 1,051 |
| W. Steele | Lib/Sdp | 804 |
Breightmet1 seat
| D. Grime | Labour | 2,163 |
| I. Chesney | Conservative | 1,590 |
| D. Lee | Lib/Sdp | 639 |
Bromley Cross1 seat
| A. Wilkinson | Conservative | 2,585 |
| J. Hampson | Lib/Sdp | 1,209 |
| F. Hampson | Labour | 916 |
Burnden1 seat
| P. Birch | Labour | 2,139 |
| W. Hall | Conservative | 1,859 |
| F. Harasiwka | Lib/Sdp | 534 |
Daubhill1 seat
| M. Donaghy | Labour | 2,768 ✓ |
| G. Ellis | Conservative | 1,515 |
| P. Keveney | Lib/Sdp | 289 |
| J. Hamilton | Independent | 65 |
Deane-cum-Heaton1 seat
| J. Hanscomb | Conservative | 3,317 |
| T. Hamilton | Lib/Sdp | 1,397 |
| E. Walker | Labour | 1,090 |
Derby1 seat · turnout 40.3%
| K. Peters | Labour | 3,232 ✓ |
| L. Robertson | Conservative | 568 |
| D. Newman | Lib/Sdp | 267 |
| A. Johnson | COMM | 79 |
Farnworth1 seat
| W. Hardman | Labour | 2,077 |
| A. Royse | Ind Con | 750 |
| L. Bale | Lib/Sdp | 414 |
Halliwell1 seat
| C. Morris | Labour | 1,966 |
| A. Halliwell | Lib/Sdp | 1,503 |
| W. Hall | Conservative | 1,018 |
Harper Green1 seat
| M. Atkinson | Labour | 2,388 ✓ |
| J. Cosgrave | Conservative | 969 |
| L. Sanderson | Lib/Sdp | 533 |
| T. McKnight | COMM | 42 |
Horwich1 seat
| E. McCracken | Labour | 2,256 |
| S. Dawson | Conservative | 1,966 |
| D. Morris | Lib/Sdp | 1,041 |
Hulton Park1 seat
| G. Smith | Conservative | 2,123 |
| A. Forrest | Labour | 1,320 |
| H. Wise | Lib/Sdp | 660 |
Kearsley1 seat
| W. Robinson | Labour | 2,095 |
| E. Bell | Lib/Sdp | 1,468 |
| A. Waterson | Conservative | 695 |
Little Lever1 seat
| D. Dzubias | Conservative | 1,955 |
| J. Marsh | Labour | 1,648 |
| K. Banks | Lib/Sdp | 525 |
Smithills1 seat
| M. Howarth | Conservative | 1,950 |
| R. Hayes | Lib/Sdp | 1,688 |
| N. Wilde | Labour | 683 |
Tonge1 seat
| D. Clare | Labour | 1,953 |
| G. Kearton | Conservative | 1,804 |
| E. West | Lib/Sdp | 371 |
Westhoughton1 seat
| P. Finch | Labour | 1,503 |
| D. Wilkinson | Lib/Sdp | 1,036 |
| G. Martin | Conservative | 544 |