Before (end of 1982) (59 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 40 · Labour 12 · Other 7 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0
After (end of 1983) (59 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 39 · Labour 13 · Other 7 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0
Ward results
Broadway1 seat · turnout 40.4%
| J. Davis | Labour | 1,019 |
| M. Pettman | Lib/Sdp | 404 |
| I. Holman | Conservative | 346 |
Buckhurst Hill East1 seat · turnout 37.3%
| C. Perry | Conservative | 752 |
| L. Baddock | Labour | 351 |
| A. Hall | Lib/Sdp | 333 |
Buckhurst Hill West1 seat · turnout 38.6%
| I. Beattie | Conservative | 1,264 |
| R. Eveling | Lib/Sdp | 355 |
| T. Green | Labour | 179 |
Chipping Ongar1 seat · turnout 55.0%
| F. Love | Conservative | 366 |
| D. James | Lib/Sdp | 332 |
Debden Green1 seat · turnout 35.9%
| R. Cornell | Labour | 891 |
| J. Phillips | Conservative | 267 |
| R. Millett | Lib/Sdp | 194 |
Epping Hemnall1 seat · turnout 43.1%
| B. Carpenter | Conservative | 1,049 ✓ |
| J. Eves | Lib/Sdp | 458 |
| P. Speake | Labour | 390 |
| R. Boenke | Ecol | 52 |
Epping Lindsey1 seat · turnout 45.3%
| A. O'Brien | Conservative | 1,080 ✓ |
| A. Payne | Lib/Sdp | 625 |
| F. Davy | Labour | 431 |
| T. Broughton | Ecol | 72 |
Grange Hill1 seat · turnout 36.7%
| Bryan A. | Conservative | 1,019 |
| A. Thompson | Lib/Sdp | 474 |
| I. Prince | Labour | 144 |
Greensted & Marden Ash1 seat · turnout 49.0%
| C. Maclennan | Conservative | 503 |
| F. Barnes | Labour | 195 |
| L. Searl | Lib/Sdp | 192 |
High Beech1 seat · turnout 35.2%
| H. Taylor | Conservative | 419 |
| F. Little | Lib/Sdp | 176 |
| R. Knibb | Ind Con | 172 |
Loughton Roding1 seat · turnout 49.8%
| M. Newman | Labour | 652 ✓ |
| T. Swallow | Conservative | 591 |
| C. Johnson | RES | 536 |
| J. Lowe | Lib/Sdp | 242 |
Loughton St. Johns1 seat · turnout 45.8%
| R. Curtis | RES | 946 ✓ |
| R. Brady | Conservative | 755 |
| J. Markham | Labour | 155 |
| P. Richardson | Lib/Sdp | 50 |
Moreton & Matching1 seat · turnout 86.7%
| R. Morgan | Ind Con | 596 |
| J. Carter | Lib/Sdp | 211 |
North Weald Bassett1 seat · turnout 41.9%
| I. Abbey | Conservative | 988 |
| R. Wyness | Independent | 382 |
| D. Grenville-Brown | Labour | 328 |
Paternoster1 seat · turnout 38.4%
| C. Hewins | Labour | 763 |
| K. Bellamy | Conservative | 503 |
| J. Fuller | Lib/Sdp | 111 |
Shelley1 seat · turnout 51.5%
| R. Barnes | Labour | 562 |
| M. Docherty | Conservative | 156 |
Waltham Abbey East1 seat · turnout 32.0%
| D. Esau | Conservative | 864 |
| F. Harewood | Labour | 379 |
| G. Pettman | Lib/Sdp | 261 |
Waltham Abbey West1 seat · turnout 35.4%
| H. Smith | Conservative | 644 |
| D. Murray | Labour | 481 |
| J. Jenkinson | Lib/Sdp | 184 |
