Before (end of 1982) (69 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 40 · Labour 20 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 8 · Other 1
After (end of 1983) (69 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 39 · Labour 21 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 8 · Other 1
Ward results
Ainsdale1 seat · turnout 38.7%
| R. Watson | Conservative | 2,577 |
| F. Westhead | Lib/Sdp | 1,039 |
| E. Bridge | Labour | 551 |
Blundellsands1 seat · turnout 44.7%
| Marion Williams | Conservative | 2,669 |
| A. Tonkiss | Lib/Sdp | 1,025 |
| J. Tonner | Labour | 446 |
Cambridge1 seat · turnout 43.3%
| J. Heaton | Conservative | 2,151 |
| D. Griffiths | Lib/Sdp | 2,045 |
| A. Buxton | Labour | 348 |
CHURCH1 seat · turnout 42.9%
| N. Fanning | Labour | 1,780 |
| P. Baker | Lib/Sdp | 1,361 |
| W Heslop | Conservative | 1,220 |
Derby1 seat · turnout 38.3%
| J. Roberts | Labour | 2,233 |
| J. Wall | Lib/Sdp | 1,255 |
| J Borrows | Conservative | 541 |
Duke's1 seat
| J. Mitchell | Conservative | 2,114 |
| M. Braham | Lib/Sdp | 1,589 |
| P. Ledson | Labour | 312 |
Harington1 seat · turnout 45.5%
| Heather Williams | Conservative | 2,915 ✓ |
| M. Newton | Lib/Sdp | 1,408 |
| S. Eagle | Labour | 375 |
| J. Walker | Ecol | 106 |
Kew2 seats
| M. Fearn | Lib/Sdp | 1,584 ✓ |
| H. Webbon | Lib/Sdp | 1,522 ✓ |
| A. White | Conservative | 1,508 |
| B. Lamont | Conservative | 1,329 |
| T. Bentham | Labour | 691 |
| G Caton | Labour | 603 |
Linacre1 seat · turnout 32.2%
| F. Brady | Labour | 2,362 |
| P. Barrett | Conservative | 354 |
| G. Evason | Lib/Sdp | 258 |
Litherland1 seat · turnout 38.5%
| J. Abbott | Labour | 2,207 |
| G. Buckles | Conservative | 867 |
| M. Shaw | Lib/Sdp | 531 |
Manor1 seat · turnout 44.2%
| D. Kennedy | Conservative | 2,195 |
| E Murphy | Labour | 1,377 |
| R. Murphy | Lib/Sdp | 1,099 |
Meols1 seat · turnout 47.5%
| D. Tattersall | Lib/Sdp | 2,319 |
| R. Tomlinson | Conservative | 2,094 |
| N. Hunter | Labour | 419 |
Molyneux1 seat · turnout 39.6%
| A. Brown | Conservative | 2,594 |
| P. Howarth | Labour | 1,284 |
| J. Thomas | Lib/Sdp | 803 |
Netherton1 seat · turnout 36.0%
| C. Hopkins | Labour | 2,450 |
| Hilary Bowden | Conservative | 531 |
| H. Makin | Lib/Sdp | 187 |
Orrell1 seat · turnout 37.1%
| D. Martin | Labour | 2,295 |
| G Halliwell | Conservative | 680 |
| S. Mortimer | Lib/Sdp | 615 |
Ravenmeols1 seat · turnout 48.3%
| G. Mann | Conservative | 2,520 ✓ |
| J. Dearnley | Lib/Sdp | 1,663 |
| A. Eagle | Labour | 332 |
| A. Barnes | Ecol | 80 |
