Before (end of 1982) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 26 · Labour 9 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 7 · Other 0
After (end of 1983) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 24 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 10 · Labour 8 · Other 0
Ward results
Beechings1 seat · turnout 37.9%
| J. Lee | Labour | 982 |
| R. McNeill | Conservative | 625 |
| D. Dunster | Lib/Sdp | 319 |
Brompton1 seat · turnout 42.5%
| M. Smith | Lib/Sdp | 973 |
| R. Chambers | Conservative | 568 |
| J. King | Labour | 268 |
Hempstead & Wigmore1 seat · turnout 38.9%
| L. Dollery | Conservative | 1,602 |
| P. Simmonds | Lib/Sdp | 351 |
| R. Clark | Labour | 264 |
Medway1 seat · turnout 48.2%
| B. Heffernan | Lib/Sdp | 897 |
| P. Lloyd | Conservative | 759 |
| D. Green | Labour | 643 |
North1 seat · turnout 41.3%
| C. Higgins | Conservative | 724 ✓ |
| R. Helps | Labour | 687 |
| E. Smith | Lib/Sdp | 226 |
| D. Sandy | Ind LIB | 225 |
Park Wood1 seat · turnout 32.5%
| K. Jury | Conservative | 939 |
| P. Holman | Lib/Sdp | 385 |
| S. Higgins | Labour | 242 |
Priestfield1 seat · turnout 47.3%
| D. Wakeford | Lib/Sdp | 901 |
| J. Baynes | Conservative | 795 |
| S. Harriott | Labour | 546 |
Rainham1 seat · turnout 43.4%
| G. Fagg | Conservative | 1,076 |
| D. Sherhod | Lib/Sdp | 649 |
| P. Gunthorpe | Labour | 378 |
Rainham Mark1 seat · turnout 43.4%
| H. Doe | Conservative | 1,447 |
| J. Weller | Lib/Sdp | 491 |
| G. Rowlands | Labour | 363 |
Riverside1 seat · turnout 43.4%
| R. Sayer | Lib/Sdp | 976 |
| D. Langridge | Conservative | 882 |
| T. Manning | Labour | 251 |
South1 seat · turnout 44.6%
| D. Chambers | Conservative | 882 |
| P. Jenkins | Lib/Sdp | 599 |
| D. Hawley | Labour | 372 |
St. Margarets1 seat · turnout 44.2%
| B. Russell | Conservative | 1,397 ✓ |
| J. Sutton | Lib/Sdp | 504 |
| P. Roantree | Labour | 361 |
Twydall1 seat · turnout 44.0%
| P. Harriott | Labour | 1,041 |
| N. Bennett | Conservative | 764 |
| B. Linbourn | Lib/Sdp | 199 |
Watling Street1 seat · turnout 47.6%
| M. Lewis | Conservative | 1,335 |
| M. Butcher | Lib/Sdp | 418 |
| K. Stevens | Labour | 247 |