Before (end of 1982) (58 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 31 · Conservative 22 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 4 · Labour 1
After (end of 1983) (58 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 28 · Conservative 22 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 5 · Labour 3
Ward results
College3 seats · turnout 65.8%
| D. Prouse | Independent | 927 ✓ |
| N. Morrison | Conservative | 914 ✓ |
| I. Grey | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 793 ✓ |
| M. Thrupp | Conservative | 647 |
Dawlish South West2 seats
| L. Copp | Independent | 763 |
| F. Cann | Independent | 599 |
| J. Moore | Independent | 589 |
| S. Dollins | Labour | 188 |
Teignmouth North2 seats · turnout 47.6%
| S. Russell | Conservative | 497 ✓ |
| S. Russell | Conservative | 497 |
| P Winterbottom | Conservative | 473 |
| P. Winterbottom | Conservative | 473 ✓ |
| I Taylor | All | 255 |
| I. Taylor | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 255 |
| A Cox | RES | 223 |
| A. Cox | Residents | 223 |
| G Gunn-Wilson | RES | 215 |
| G. Gunn-Wilson | Residents | 215 |
| Mike Fletcher | Labour | 93 |
| M. Fletcher | Labour | 93 |
| G Hayes | Labour | 63 |
| G. Hayes | Labour | 63 |