Before (end of 1982) (30 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 17 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 12 · Labour 1 · Other 0
After (end of 1983) (30 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 18 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 11 · Labour 1 · Other 0
Ward results
Devonshire1 seat · turnout 56.3%
| D. Ellis | Conservative | 1,490 |
| K. Dixon | Lib/Sdp | 1,329 |
| David Sulayman Gaye | Labour | 217 |
Downside1 seat · turnout 56.8%
| M. Skilton | Lib/Sdp | 2,018 |
| W. Smith | Conservative | 1,214 |
| J. O'Brien | Labour | 261 |
Hampden Park1 seat · turnout 53.9%
| P. Hearn | Lib/Sdp | 1,340 |
| A. Murray | Conservative | 1,112 |
| L. Caine | Labour | 1,023 |
Langney1 seat · turnout 50.0%
| Mepham | A Lib/SDP | 2,187 |
| G. Williams | Conservative | 837 |
| J. Pettigrew | Labour | 219 |
Meads1 seat · turnout 46.5%
| D. Stevens | Conservative | 2,407 |
| K. Smith | Lib/Sdp | 439 |
Ocklynge1 seat · turnout 54.0%
| D. Jeffries | Conservative | 1,755 |
| J. Grist | Lib/Sdp | 1,077 |
| C. Holt | Labour | 196 |
Ratton1 seat · turnout 52.5%
| N. Humphries | Conservative | 1,510 |
| T. Williamson | Lib/Sdp | 1,334 |
| J. Blackburn | Labour | 262 |
St. Anthonys1 seat · turnout 56.9%
| B. Curtis | Conservative | 1,685 |
| L. Smith | Lib/Sdp | 1,395 |
| P. Day | Labour | 430 |
Upperton1 seat · turnout 43.7%
| P. Harffrey | Conservative | 1,980 |
| T. Maryan | Lib/Sdp | 810 |