Before (end of 1982) (63 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 34 · Labour 22 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 7 · Other 0
After (end of 1983) (63 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 36 · Labour 21 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 6 · Other 0
Ward results
Altrincham1 seat · turnout 42.2%
| C. Gordon | Conservative | 1,662 |
| P. Baldwinson | Labour | 1,087 |
| G. Evans | Lib/Sdp | 622 |
Bowdon1 seat · turnout 49.5%
| G. Barker | Conservative | 2,956 |
| T. Ratcliffe | Lib/Sdp | 920 |
| J. Schoua | Labour | 479 |
Broadheath1 seat · turnout 46.4%
| L. Burton | Conservative | 1,833 |
| R. Short | Labour | 1,187 |
| D. Armstrong | Lib/Sdp | 736 |
BROOKLANDS1 seat · turnout 51.6%
| J. Taylor | Conservative | 2,630 |
| G. Wilmott | Lib/Sdp | 1,029 |
| R. Phillips | Labour | 497 |
Bucklow1 seat · turnout 36.8%
| K. Rogers | Labour | 1,738 |
| B. Hindley | Conservative | 532 |
| A. Halliday | Lib/Sdp | 289 |
Clifford1 seat · turnout 43.3%
| J. Maher | Labour | 2,141 |
| G. Burrows | Conservative | 1,144 |
| L. Sumner | Lib/Sdp | 379 |
Davyhulme East1 seat · turnout 54.1%
| R Crosby | Conservative | 1,852 |
| Rogers S. | Labour | 1,407 |
| A. Vernon | Lib/Sdp | 881 |
Davyhulme West1 seat · turnout 51.1%
| B. Dirikis | Conservative | 1,950 |
| L. Seex | Labour | 1,805 |
| K. Bower | Lib/Sdp | 539 |
Flixton1 seat · turnout 56.6%
| D. Earl | Lib/Sdp | 1,885 |
| P Schofield | Conservative | 1,819 |
| G. Woodburn | Labour | 807 |
Hale1 seat · turnout 49.2%
| N. Barrett | Conservative | 2,985 |
| H. Bayliss | Lib/Sdp | 991 |
| K. O'Hagan | Labour | 337 |
Longford1 seat · turnout 48.9%
| A Kelly | Conservative | 1,724 |
| K. Silcock | Labour | 1,666 |
| M. Kugler | Lib/Sdp | 363 |
Mersey St Marys1 seat · turnout 46.2%
| R. Bannister | Conservative | 2,631 |
| J. Weightman | Lib/Sdp | 1,185 |
| N. Bentham | Labour | 592 |
Park1 seat · turnout 45.6%
| R. Tully | Labour | 1,435 |
| D. Meadowcroft | Conservative | 1,097 |
| C. Hedley | Lib/Sdp | 377 |
Priory1 seat · turnout 45.0%
| J. Phillipson | Lib/Sdp | 1,670 |
| G. Beck | Conservative | 1,279 |
| P Frizzby | Labour | 629 |
Sale Moor1 seat · turnout 46.4%
| C. Merry | Labour | 1,428 |
| J. Robinson | Conservative | 1,290 |
| B. Tweed | Lib/Sdp | 892 |
St. Martins1 seat · turnout 44.1%
| G. Mountain | Labour | 1,987 |
| S. Brownhill | Conservative | 1,685 |
| E. Wollaston | Lib/Sdp | 516 |
Talbot1 seat · turnout 39.6%
| C. Cronshaw | Labour | 1,843 |
| S. Dirikis | Conservative | 781 |
| R. Allan | Lib/Sdp | 346 |
Timperley1 seat · turnout 49.1%
| W. Watkins | Conservative | 2,003 |
| G. Stuart | Lib/Sdp | 1,834 |
| R. Crewe | Labour | 575 |
Urmston2 seats · turnout 46.9%
| A. Brown | Conservative | 1,706 |
| C. Warbrick | Conservative | 1,600 |
| David Acton | Labour | 1,269 |
| A Hodson | Labour | 1,095 |
| P. Carton | Lib/Sdp | 867 |
| H. Laffey | Lib/Sdp | 815 |
Village1 seat · turnout 51.7%
| D. Merrell | Conservative | 1,643 |
| R. Slack | Lib/Sdp | 1,515 |
| E. Starkey | Labour | 1,157 |
