Before (end of 1982) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 28 · Other 7 · Labour 4 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 3
After (end of 1983) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 28 · Other 7 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 6 · Labour 1
Ward results
Birchanger1 seat
| D. Haggerwood | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Clavering1 seat
| E. Abrahams | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Elsenham1 seat · turnout 50.3%
| J. Hurwitz | Conservative | 522 |
| L. Fordham | Labour | 158 |
Felsted2 seats · turnout 51.5%
| R. Hawkins | Lib/Sdp | 706 |
| I. Chater | Conservative | 571 |
| J. Guthrie-Dow | Independent | 521 |
| M. Page | Lib/Sdp | 426 |
Great Dunmow North2 seats · turnout 39.4%
| R. Aldous | Lib/Sdp | 556 |
| J. Garrett | Lib/Sdp | 538 |
| R. Davey | Conservative | 463 |
Great Dunmow South2 seats
| N. Prowse | Lib/Sdp | 0 ✓ |
| Westcott D. | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Great Hallingbury1 seat
| A. Streeter | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Hatfield Broad Oak1 seat
| D. Davies | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Hatfield Heath1 seat · turnout 49.7%
| I. Delderfield | Conservative | 369 |
| W McCarthy | Labour | 197 |
Henham1 seat · turnout 50.4%
| R Glover | Conservative | 354 |
| J. Gibb | Lib/Sdp | 188 |
| J. Graddon | Labour | 43 |
Little Hallingbury1 seat
| A. Row | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Littlebury1 seat
| J. Menell | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Rickling1 seat · turnout 62.2%
| S. Collins | Lib/Sdp | 281 |
| P. Wawn | Conservative | 194 |
Saffron Walden Audley2 seats · turnout 52.8%
| D. Miller | Conservative | 773 |
| A. Walters | Conservative | 604 |
| A. Hibbs | Lib/Sdp | 394 |
| R. Laidlaw | Labour | 273 |
| A. Haywood | Labour | 222 |
Saffron Walden Castle2 seats · turnout 50.5%
| R. Eastham | Conservative | 661 |
| S. Scrivener | Lib/Sdp | 513 |
| P. Gould | Conservative | 459 |
| D. Cornell | Labour | 390 |
| W. Tritton | Labour | 332 |
Saffron Walden Plantation2 seats · turnout 53.5%
| A. Ketteridge | Conservative | 773 |
| S. Neville | Conservative | 657 |
| D. Barrs | Labour | 427 |
| A. Heywood | Labour | 343 |
| K. Stevens | Lib/Sdp | 253 |
| R. Jeffries | Lib/Sdp | 253 |
Saffron Walden Shire2 seats · turnout 47.8%
| J. Stevens | Conservative | 565 |
| R. Green | Labour | 535 |
| C. Flaxman | Conservative | 489 |
| P. Paget | Lib/Sdp | 364 |
| A. Flateau | Labour | 199 |
Stansted Mountfitchet3 seats · turnout 34.9%
| P. Clark | Independent | 1,261 |
| B. Gott | Conservative | 1,037 |
| W Stiles | Conservative | 997 |
| W. Bree | Lib/Sdp | 656 |
Stebbing1 seat · turnout 56.9%
| E. Kiddle | Independent | 486 |
| G. Tobbell | Lib/Sdp | 125 |
Stort Valley1 seat
| D. Collins | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Takeley2 seats · turnout 33.1%
| P. Macphail | Conservative | 468 |
| E. Whitehead | Conservative | 462 |
| J. Oliveira | Labour | 298 |
| R. Sendall | Labour | 214 |
Thaxted2 seats · turnout 62.0%
| P. Leigh | Conservative | 894 |
| P. Leeder | Independent | 380 |
| H. Edwards | Labour | 375 |
| M. Snow | Independent | 307 |
| J. Craig | Independent | 224 |
| G. Walker | Labour | 188 |
The Canfields1 seat
| J. Wright | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
The Chesterfords1 seat
| J Moore | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
The Eastons1 seat
| E. Metson | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
The Rodings1 seat
| K. Tivendale | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
The Sampfords1 seat · turnout 52.0%
| Hugh Hughes | Independent | 505 |
| H. Nicholson | Lib/Sdp | 134 |
Wenden Lofts1 seat
| R. Chambers | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Wendon Lofts1 seat
| R. Chambers | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Wimbish and Debden1 seat · turnout 62.9%
| J. Tomblin | Conservative | 349 |
| J. Pearson | Lib/Sdp | 318 |