Before (end of 1982) (47 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 33 · Conservative 10 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 2 · Labour 2
After (end of 1983) (47 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 29 · Conservative 14 · Labour 3 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 1
Ward results
Appleton Wiske1 seat
| J. Marshall | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Bedale1 seat · turnout 11.7%
| B. Ellis | Independent | 192 |
| J. Wilson | Independent | 91 |
| J Weighell | Independent | 1 |
Broughton and Greenhow1 seat · turnout 51.8%
| F. Foster | Conservative | 454 |
| T. Sutcliffe | Independent | 434 |
Carlton Miniott1 seat
| D. Davies | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Cowtons1 seat · turnout 41.0%
| D. Barker | Independent | 229 |
| C. Johnson | Independent | 226 |
Crakehall1 seat
| Alan John Hill | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Crayke1 seat
| B. Spencer | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Easingwold2 seats · turnout 40.7%
| G. Thornton | Conservative | 982 |
| P. Brooke | Conservative | 720 |
| B. Mathias | Lib/Sdp | 404 |
Great Ayton3 seats · turnout 27.9%
| J. Fletcher | Conservative | 1,141 |
| L. Groves | Conservative | 1,128 |
| B. Hawkins | Labour | 488 |
| D. Pickston | Lib/Sdp | 479 |
Hillside1 seat
| M. Consett | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Huby and Sutton1 seat
| R. Horner | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Leeming Bar1 seat
| C. Hoare | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Morton-on-Swale1 seat
| R. Phillips | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Northallerton North East2 seats · turnout 29.9%
| M. Prest | Conservative | 372 |
| R. Andrew | Lib/Sdp | 305 |
| W. Wake | Independent | 242 |
| J. Stafford | Labour | 207 |
| P. Tate | Labour | 173 |
Northallerton South East2 seats · turnout 19.3%
| B. Allison | Labour | 393 |
| B. Kirk | Labour | 349 |
| J. Marklew | Lib/Sdp | 314 |
Northallerton West2 seats · turnout 20.8%
| H. Walkland | Independent | 272 |
| J. Bacon | Independent | 247 |
| W. Lewis | Independent | 197 |
| J. Segger | Lib/Sdp | 176 |
Osmotherly1 seat
| D. Dennis | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Romanby2 seats · turnout 30.2%
| H. Templeman | Independent | 548 |
| C. Clemmet | Independent | 534 |
| P. Mitchell | Conservative | 396 |
Romanby Broomfield1 seat
| M. Cook | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Rudby2 seats
| J. Sadler | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| B. Walkington | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Shipton1 seat · turnout 41.3%
| H. Granger | Independent | 235 |
| H. Cooper | Independent | 226 |
| E. Roberts | Labour | 100 |
Sowerby2 seats · turnout 37.4%
| M. Potter | Conservative | 670 |
| I. Buck | Conservative | 642 |
| E. Sandie | Labour | 356 |
| J. Ensor | Lib/Sdp | 326 |
Stillington1 seat
| R. Thompson | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Stokesley3 seats · turnout 42.4%
| T. Richardson | Conservative | 1,007 |
| G. Marsay | Independent | 946 |
| C. Thompson | Independent | 839 |
| S. Richardson | Conservative | 585 |
| E. Robinson | Lib/Sdp | 404 |
| D. Hickie | Labour | 286 |
| H. Johnson | Independent | 233 |
| I. Hall | Independent | 222 |
Swainby1 seat
| F. Beaumont | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Tanfield1 seat
| L. Webster | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Thirsk2 seats · turnout 22.3%
| H. Craig | Labour | 382 |
| D Murkett | Conservative | 289 |
| A. Palliser | Independent | 282 |
| J. Brannon | Independent | 211 |
Thorntons1 seat
| A. Thompson | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Whitestonecliffe1 seat
| B. Bosomworth | Independent | 0 ✓ |
