Before (end of 1982) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 35 · Other 9 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 5 · Labour 5
After (end of 1983) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 36 · Other 8 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 5 · Labour 5
Ward results
Denmead1 seat · turnout 52.0%
| F. Allgood | Conservative | 1,121 |
| G. Bendall | Independent | 624 |
Itchen Valley1 seat · turnout 48.5%
| S. Glasspool | Conservative | 418 |
| P. Whitefield | Lib/Sdp | 153 |
| S. Keeley | Labour | 56 |
Littleton & Harestock1 seat · turnout 56.9%
| D. Paterson | Conservative | 722 |
| G. Fothergill | Lib/Sdp | 716 |
| M. Duncalf | Labour | 103 |
St Barnabas1 seat
| J. Rider | Conservative | 907 |
| A. Mitchell | Lib/Sdp | 791 |
| V. Furze | Labour | 410 |
St. John & All Saints1 seat · turnout 46.5%
| J. Altshul | Labour | 1,060 |
| R. Owen | Lib/Sdp | 607 |
| M. Ingham | Conservative | 241 |