Before (end of 1982) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 50 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 9 · Labour 1 · Other 0
After (end of 1983) (56 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 51 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 4 · Labour 1 · Other 0
Ward results
Aldingbourne1 seat · turnout 48.8%
| R. Scott | Conservative | 556 |
| B. Macdonald | Lib/Sdp | 449 |
| P. Warren | Labour | 47 |
Angmering3 seats · turnout 40.3%
| G. Brown | Conservative | 1,365 |
| R. Skeen Miles | Conservative | 1,305 |
| R. Mainwaring | Conservative | 1,247 |
| B. Hazell | Lib/Sdp | 657 |
| D. Coutts | Lib/Sdp | 645 |
| L. James | Lib/Sdp | 516 |
| G. Blackman | Labour | 224 |
Arundel2 seats · turnout 34.0%
| D. McElwee | Conservative | 1,043 |
| A. Canovan | Conservative | 930 |
| B. Lewis | Lib/Sdp | 382 |
| E Nattrass | Labour | 242 |
Barnham3 seats · turnout 39.7%
| I. Lighbody | Conservative | 1,418 |
| C. Ennever | Conservative | 1,311 |
| J. O'Shea | Conservative | 1,232 |
| D. Dancer | Lib/Sdp | 963 |
| J. Kingsbury | Lib/Sdp | 936 |
| J. Tweedie-Smith | Lib/Sdp | 875 |
| Flanagan E. | Labour | 266 |
Bersted3 seats · turnout 29.0%
| G. Tullett | Conservative | 989 |
| R. Whittington | Conservative | 943 |
| C. Morrish | Lib/Sdp | 849 |
| F. Hollebone | Lib/Sdp | 746 |
| G. Norgett | Labour | 227 |
| Y. Young | Labour | 180 |
Bognor Regis Aldwick2 seats · turnout 41.3%
| T. Fripp | Conservative | 1,142 |
| A. Ingle | Conservative | 1,124 |
| D. Heritage | Lib/Sdp | 401 |
| P. Matthews | Lib/Sdp | 389 |
| J. Musselwhite | Labour | 108 |
Bognor Regis Central3 seats · turnout 35.2%
| W. May | Conservative | 916 |
| F. Bridges | Conservative | 914 |
| F. Avard | Lib/Sdp | 893 |
| J. Moore | Conservative | 827 |
| D. Moore | Lib/Sdp | 816 |
| R. St. Clair-Dent | Lib/Sdp | 723 |
| R. Mills | Labour | 278 |
Bognor Regis Hotham2 seats · turnout 38.5%
| R. Croxford | Conservative | 650 ✓ |
| P. Stinchcombe | Lib/Sdp | 625 ✓ |
| A. Frederick | Conservative | 609 |
| E. Cooper | Lib/Sdp | 527 |
| J Tomlinson | Labour | 146 |
| W. Rhys-Parry | RES | 79 |
| B. Redvers-Higgins | RES | 52 |
| E. Cuming | Independent | 35 |
Bognor Regis North2 seats · turnout 37.0%
| Raymond Bower | Conservative | 595 |
| A. Shine | Conservative | 527 |
| T. McEwan | Lib/Sdp | 458 |
| P. Beckerson | Lib/Sdp | 456 |
| B. Fox | Labour | 272 |
| R. Nash | Labour | 257 |
Bognor Regis South3 seats · turnout 30.4%
| M. Gale | Conservative | 1,438 |
| R Henderson | Conservative | 1,381 |
| A. Shingler | Conservative | 1,296 |
| C. Birkinshaw | Lib/Sdp | 551 |
| I. Mason | Labour | 316 |
Bognor Regis West2 seats · turnout 45.7%
| A. Jennings | Conservative | 925 |
| D. Hardy | Conservative | 898 |
| P. Reynolds | Lib/Sdp | 539 |
| G. Wheeler | Lib/Sdp | 471 |
| M. Coxon | Labour | 140 |
East Preston & Kingston3 seats · turnout 37.8%
| A. Tyler | Conservative | 1,541 |
| S. Armour | Conservative | 1,530 |
| E. Dixon | Conservative | 1,509 |
| R. Hamlen | Lib/Sdp | 378 |
| B. Haverly | Lib/Sdp | 358 |
| G. Hosgood | Labour | 208 |
Felpham East2 seats · turnout 33.3%
| C. Grayson | Conservative | 1,214 |
| E. Lacy | Conservative | 1,195 |
| D. Perrin | Labour | 295 |
Felpham West2 seats · turnout 43.2%
| T. Baxter | Conservative | 1,161 |
| R. Jones | Conservative | 1,123 |
| H. Wells | Lib/Sdp | 438 |
| D. Griffin | Labour | 178 |
FERRING2 seats · turnout 53.1%
| C. Strachan | Conservative | 1,779 |
| G. McWilliam | Conservative | 1,606 |
| S. Palmer | Lib/Sdp | 476 |
| P. Liversidge | Labour | 175 |
Findon1 seat · turnout 54.0%
| L. Prior | Conservative | 666 |
| R. Gillies | Labour | 98 |
Littlehampton Beach2 seats · turnout 49.6%
| J. Walsh | Lib/Sdp | 1,128 |
| U. Firman | Conservative | 1,001 |
| J. Forster | Conservative | 929 |
| P. Cook | Lib/Sdp | 865 |
| Chris Wills | Labour | 76 |
| N. Knight | Labour | 71 |
Littlehampton Central2 seats · turnout 29.9%
| W. Kingshott | Conservative | 818 |
| E. Newell | Conservative | 738 |
| S. Frost | Lib/Sdp | 376 |
| D. McGeever | Labour | 322 |
| D. McGeever | Labour | 234 |
Littlehampton Ham2 seats · turnout 40.0%
| S. Gamble | Conservative | 653 |
| A. Squires | Labour | 615 |
| K. Puttick | Conservative | 491 |
| A. Gray | Labour | 395 |
| K. Wannell | Lib/Sdp | 304 |
| R. Tilbury | Independent | 299 |
Littlehampton River2 seats · turnout 36.5%
| J. Webb | Conservative | 681 |
| W. Smart | Conservative | 666 |
| A. Dunlop | Lib/Sdp | 406 |
| K. Harris | Lib/Sdp | 359 |
| A. Burnett | Labour | 117 |
Littlehampton Wick2 seats · turnout 26.7%
| R. Orpin | Conservative | 557 |
| K. Greenwood | Conservative | 518 |
| D. Saville | Lib/Sdp | 427 |
| M. Saville | Lib/Sdp | 394 |
Middleton-on-Sea2 seats · turnout 36.7%
| E. Chandler | Conservative | 1,113 |
| P. Netherclift | Conservative | 1,042 |
| J. Firth | Labour | 219 |
Pagham3 seats · turnout 30.6%
| J. Dawson | Conservative | 1,204 |
| G. Evans | Conservative | 1,154 |
| L. Brown | Conservative | 1,119 |
| B. Renard | Lib/Sdp | 424 |
| J. Chester | Labour | 307 |
Rustington East2 seats · turnout 35.0%
| B. Menage | Conservative | 1,034 |
| Ann Williamson | Conservative | 920 |
| J. Grant | RES | 355 |
| R. Lavender | Labour | 127 |
| P. Pritchard | Labour | 113 |
Rustington West3 seats · turnout 33.6%
| R. Brown | Conservative | 1,178 |
| E. Keyworth | Conservative | 1,159 |
| D. Rowlands | Conservative | 1,051 |
| D. Mackinlay | Lib/Sdp | 539 |
| S. Stonham | Lib/Sdp | 538 |
| S. Williams | Lib/Sdp | 430 |
| J. Le Tissier | Labour | 158 |
Walberton1 seat · turnout 35.3%
| F. Simpson | Conservative | 705 |
| I. McEwan | Labour | 148 |