Before (end of 1982) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
SDP-Liberal Alliance 21 · Conservative 15 · Other 2 · Labour 1
After (end of 1983) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
SDP-Liberal Alliance 19 · Conservative 17 · Other 2 · Labour 1
Ward results
Buckingham1 seat · turnout 48.3%
| A. Merrick | Conservative | 1,311 |
| A. Miller | Lib/Sdp | 643 |
Churchill1 seat · turnout 47.2%
| R. Blunkett | Lib/Sdp | 815 |
| Y. Burley | Conservative | 791 |
| G. Aldrich | Labour | 167 |
Eastbrook1 seat
| J. Coghlan | Conservative | 998 ✓ |
| I. Barnard | Labour | 955 |
Hillside1 seat · turnout 43.5%
| R. Barber | Conservative | 1,017 |
| J. Woolgar | Labour | 359 |
| W. Watson | Lib/Sdp | 303 |
Manor1 seat · turnout 55.8%
| C. Robinson | Lib/Sdp | 884 |
| R. Wooven | Conservative | 876 |
| S. Aldrich | Labour | 117 |
Mash Barn1 seat · turnout 94.3%
| J. Hartly | Lib/Sdp | 701 ✓ |
| R. Chad | Conservative | 416 |
| R. Grafton | Labour | 153 |
Peverel2 seats · turnout 35.5%
| G. Davis | Lib/Sdp | 808 |
| D. Driscoll | Lib/Sdp | 681 |
| R. Bailey | Conservative | 599 |
| J. Bridgson | Labour | 175 |
Southwick Green1 seat · turnout 49.1%
| R. Woolgar | Conservative | 1,011 |
| K. Pellett | Lib/Sdp | 791 |
St Mary's1 seat
| J. Warnham | Conservative | 208 ✓ |
| A. Biggs | Lib/Sdp | 92 |
| J. Morris | RES | 92 |
| C. Gibson | Labour | 90 |
St Nicolas1 seat · turnout 55.1%
| M. Lucraft | Conservative | 1,102 |
| N. Pressley | Lib/Sdp | 856 |
Widewater1 seat · turnout 61.9%
| J. Floyd | Conservative | 863 ✓ |
| A. Stanley | Lib/Sdp | 860 |
| W. Jacques | Labour | 180 |