Before (end of 1982) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 33 · Conservative 9 · Labour 2 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 1
After (end of 1983) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 22 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 10 · Conservative 9 · Labour 1
Ward results
Norton3 seats · turnout 39.0%
| E. Shields | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 938 ✓ |
| P. Seymour | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 911 ✓ |
| V. Storey | Conservative | 825 ✓ |
| A. Jenkins | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 736 |
| D. Gooder | Conservative | 655 |
| D. Hoggarth | Conservative | 489 |
Rawcliffe2 seats
| D. Stead | Independent | 709 |
| B. Eccles | Independent | 627 |
| G. Colbeck | Labour | 265 |
| T. Ramage | Labour | 257 |