Before (end of 1982) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 36 · Other 15 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 6 · Labour 3
After (end of 1983) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 43 · Other 11 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 5 · Labour 1
Ward results
Bilton3 seats
| K. Bertenshaw | Labour | 1,548 ✓ |
| C. Chittock | Conservative | 1,102 ✓ |
| T. Crystal | Conservative | 1,069 ✓ |
| R. Alderson | Conservative | 1,004 |
| P. Jowett | Labour | 1,001 |
| D. Williams | Labour | 925 |
| D. Barrett | Lib/Sdp | 335 |
| A. Mason | Lib/Sdp | 294 |
| G. Stone | Lib/Sdp | 267 |
| C. Holmes | RES | 199 |
| E. Nowell | RES | 129 |
| J. Richardson | RES | 85 |
Bishop Monkton1 seat
| D. Ingilby | Conservative | 604 |
| J. Burney | Independent | 396 |
Duchy3 seats
| P. Meyrick | Conservative | 1,186 |
| A. Nelson | Conservative | 1,126 |
| P. Davis | Conservative | 1,081 |
| A. Matthews | Lib/Sdp | 528 |
| B. Stephenson | Lib/Sdp | 425 |
| D. Curtis | Labour | 274 |
| H. Burke | Labour | 254 |
| N. Inman | Labour | 236 |
East Central3 seats · turnout 40.1%
| J. Young | Conservative | 889 ✓ |
| B. Crossthwaite | Conservative | 834 ✓ |
| N. Farmer | Conservative | 795 ✓ |
| G. Crowther | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 773 |
| B. Hillier | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 769 |
| J. Webb | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 648 |
| C. Dixon | Labour | 336 |
| D. Pugh | Labour | 310 |
| T. Anderson | Labour | 281 |
Granby3 seats
| J. Fox | Lib/Sdp | 1,152 |
| G. King | Lib/Sdp | 1,125 |
| J. Marshall | Lib/Sdp | 1,039 |
| L. Wassell | Conservative | 599 |
| G. Foxall | Labour | 363 |
| M. Rafferty | Labour | 302 |
| J. Dixon | Labour | 291 |
Harlow3 seats · turnout 80.6%
| F. Thackray | Conservative | 1,419 ✓ |
| C. Margolis | Other | 1,323 ✓ |
| P. Couttie | Conservative | 953 ✓ |
| J. Bainbridge | Conservative | 922 |
| J. Heaton | Other | 844 |
| D. John | Other | 675 |
| K. Bamforth | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 482 |
| M. Benvegnin | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 308 |
| M. McKibben | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 266 |
| G. Bodman | Labour | 168 |
| R. Goddard | Labour | 144 |
| P. Erwin | Labour | 132 |
Kirkby Malzeard1 seat
| N. Nichol | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Knaresborough East3 seats
| K. Gregson | Independent | 999 ✓ |
| P. Allott | Conservative | 941 ✓ |
| G. Cook | Conservative | 842 ✓ |
| I. Macpherson | Conservative | 739 |
| M. Ferguson | Lib/Sdp | 649 |
| P. Hewitson | Independent | 511 |
| C. Robson | Independent | 389 |
| G. Gray | Labour | 352 |
| G. Arrowsmith | Labour | 322 |
| P. Carter | Labour | 302 |
Knaresborough West3 seats
| G. Clough | Independent | 915 |
| J. Dunn | Independent | 877 |
| S. Emmett | Lib/Sdp | 678 |
| P. Hopkinson | Conservative | 638 |
| W. Mather | Conservative | 619 |
| E. Ferguson | Independent | 568 |
| M. Dilworth | Conservative | 503 |
| J. Hunter | Labour | 455 |
| J. Gowing | Labour | 428 |
Marston Moor1 seat
| D. Muscroft | Conservative | 658 |
| E. Currie | Ind LIB | 231 |
New Park2 seats
| F. Cooper | Conservative | 480 |
| J. Bellis | Conservative | 439 |
| N. Putnam | Lib/Sdp | 293 |
| M. Welby | Lib/Sdp | 276 |
| P. Sutcliffe | Labour | 265 |
| B. Tylee | Labour | 261 |
Pannal3 seats
| J. Binns | Conservative | 1,552 |
| B. Towler | Conservative | 1,471 |
| J. Pearce | Conservative | 1,402 |
| M. Newby | Lib/Sdp | 1,148 |
| J. Crowther | Lib/Sdp | 1,103 |
| C. Hart | Lib/Sdp | 990 |
| P. Evans | Labour | 127 |
| R. Osborn | Labour | 89 |
| D. Hindmarsh | Labour | 84 |
Ripon East3 seats
| J. McGarr | Independent | 1,297 |
| J. Briscombe | Independent | 1,045 |
| R. Simpson | Conservative | 941 |
| R. Bracken | Conservative | 659 |
| J. Simpson | Independent | 574 |
| R. Price | Lib/Sdp | 420 |
| F. Sewell | Conservative | 411 |
| J. Flanagan | Labour | 311 |
Ripon West3 seats
| Spence F. R | R Grp | 1,082 |
| J. Thompson | Conservative | 966 |
| B. Price | Conservative | 814 |
| J. Baslington | Conservative | 717 |
| F. Kernot | Lib/Sdp | 488 |
| G. Drury | Lib/Sdp | 322 |
| J. Lonsdale | Lib/Sdp | 297 |
| J. Reilly | Labour | 180 |
Spofforth1 seat
| W. Kitson | Conservative | 682 |
| G. Rowlands | Lib/Sdp | 225 |
| G. Wilson | Labour | 59 |
Starbeck3 seats
| P. Broadbank | Lib/Sdp | 1,155 ✓ |
| J. Blakey | Independent | 1,137 ✓ |
| D. Barrett | Independent | 871 ✓ |
| P. Morton | Conservative | 572 |
| M. Ellerker | Lib/Sdp | 531 |
| K. Westwood | Conservative | 520 |
| G. Kenyon | Lib/Sdp | 506 |
| B. Shortland | Conservative | 433 |
| S. Abbott | Labour | 409 |
| A. Love | Labour | 345 |
| C. Taylor | Labour | 322 |
Wedderburn3 seats · turnout 47.4%
| M. Laycock | Conservative | 1,523 ✓ |
| A. Phillips | Conservative | 1,505 ✓ |
| F. Pickles | Conservative | 1,462 ✓ |
| S. Taylor | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,109 |
| M. Slynn | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,038 |
| M. Barker | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 988 |
| P. Foxall | Labour | 183 |
| M. Cartwright | Labour | 180 |
| M. Henderson | Labour | 178 |
West Central3 seats · turnout 43.5%
| R. Brooks | Conservative | 1,329 ✓ |
| C. Bayliss | Conservative | 1,166 ✓ |
| R. McCarroll | Conservative | 1,098 ✓ |
| K. Bradley | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 936 |
| F. Davison | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 802 |
| B. Foster | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 743 |
| D. Stevens | Labour | 189 |
| G. Wright | Labour | 167 |
| S. Wright | Labour | 152 |