Before (end of 1982) (66 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 55 · Conservative 8 · Other 2 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 1
After (end of 1983) (66 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 56 · Conservative 7 · Other 2 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 1
Ward results
Birtley1 seat · turnout 38.4%
| S. Potter | Labour | 1,325 |
| E. Parkinson | Lib/Sdp | 1,170 |
Crawcrook & Greenside1 seat · turnout 35.1%
| J. Simpkin | Labour | 1,585 |
| L. Charlton | Lib/Sdp | 874 |
Deckham1 seat · turnout 28.0%
| G. Carpenter | Labour | 1,276 |
| R. Eggington | Conservative | 475 |
| E. Hetherington | Lib/Sdp | 235 |
Dunston1 seat · turnout 37.2%
| Strong J. | Labour | 1,853 |
| A. Hields | Conservative | 799 |
| I. Elliott | Lib/Sdp | 274 |
High Fell2 seats · turnout 28.1%
| F. Johnson | Labour | 1,774 |
| W Maddison | Labour | 1,713 |
| M. Kuhnel | Conservative | 263 |
| E. Scott | Lib/Sdp | 239 |
| V. Scott | Lib/Sdp | 196 |
Ryton1 seat · turnout 43.1%
| G. Lowden | Labour | 1,510 |
| N. Callender | Rytonian | 1,409 |
Teams1 seat · turnout 36.4%
| A. Johnson | Labour | 2,227 |
| E. Moor | Conservative | 327 |
| R. Commons | Lib/Sdp | 252 |
Whickham North1 seat · turnout 50.0%
| E. Robinson | Labour | 1,676 |
| M. Liddell | Conservative | 1,289 |
| D. Rickelton | Lib/Sdp | 1,284 |
