Before (end of 1982) (32 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 13 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 10 · Labour 8 · Other 1
After (end of 1983) (32 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 12 · Labour 9 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 9 · Other 2
Ward results
Ashdown1 seat · turnout 40.8%
| A. Stace | Conservative | 898 |
| G. Jackson | Labour | 332 |
| J. Cook | Lib/Sdp | 253 |
Braybrooke1 seat · turnout 37.3%
| M. Booth | Lib/Sdp | 616 ✓ |
| G. Dicker | Conservative | 564 |
| K. Brown | Labour | 246 |
| P. Bolwell | Ecol | 72 |
Broomgrove1 seat · turnout 41.3%
| R Stevens | Labour | 610 |
| M. Thrower | Lib/Sdp | 516 |
| R. Lloyd | Conservative | 388 |
Castle1 seat · turnout 37.3%
| P. Brown | Lib/Sdp | 531 |
| B. Hoskins | Conservative | 425 |
| D. Jackson | Labour | 201 |
Central St. Leonards1 seat · turnout 31.4%
| M. Baron | Conservative | 562 ✓ |
| Y. Goldsmith | Lib/Sdp | 256 |
| J. Dawes | Labour | 251 |
| P. Buswell | Ecol | 113 |
Maze Hill1 seat · turnout 35.4%
| J. Hodgson | Conservative | 1,009 |
| G. Richardson | Lib/Sdp | 235 |
| D. Elliott | Labour | 159 |
Mount Pleasant1 seat · turnout 42.0%
| D. Watts | Labour | 712 |
| F. Mitchell | Lib/Sdp | 584 |
| N. Batley | Conservative | 535 |
Silverhill1 seat · turnout 48.9%
| R. Saunders | Lib/Sdp | 1,103 |
| S. Barr | Conservative | 591 |
| G. May | Labour | 233 |
St. Helens2 seats · turnout 38.7%
| V. Pain | Conservative | 1,005 |
| D. Thornton | Conservative | 925 |
| S. Bell | Lib/Sdp | 666 |
| J. Jackson | Labour | 362 |
Wishing Tree1 seat · turnout 44.8%
| M. Foster | Labour | 1,024 |
| M. McKenzie | Conservative | 649 |
| A. Jolly | Lib/Sdp | 161 |