Before (end of 1982) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 22 · Labour 10 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 · Other 1
After (end of 1983) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 19 · Labour 14 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 2 · Other 1
Ward results
Cribden1 seat
| J. Taylor | Conservative | 1,042 |
| J. Pilling | Labour | 708 |
| M. Gauntlett | Lib/Sdp | 700 |
Facit And Shawforth1 seat
| M. Crabtree | Conservative | 823 |
| E. Kershaw | Labour | 421 |
| E. Whitworth | Ind Con | 84 |
Greenfield1 seat
| D. Butterworth | Conservative | 1,096 |
| N. O'Brien | Labour | 932 |
Greensclough1 seat
| D. Baron | Labour | 766 |
| N. Taylor | Lib/Sdp | 601 |
| R. Petterson | Conservative | 528 |
Hareholme1 seat
| M. Disley | Labour | 1,095 ✓ |
| D. Lloyd | Conservative | 1,077 |
| K. Winfield | Lib/Sdp | 260 |
| H. Mally | COMM | 52 |
Healey & Whitworth1 seat
| V. Clegg | Independent | 753 |
| A. Bolton | Conservative | 620 |
| G. Farrell | Labour | 483 |
Helmshore1 seat
| I. Pickup | Conservative | 1,468 |
| E. Chadwick | Labour | 1,031 |
Irwell1 seat
| P. Heyworth | Labour | 1,010 |
| J. Taylor | Conservative | 959 |
| D. Whatmough | Lib/Sdp | 202 |
Longholme1 seat
| G. Bland | Labour | 1,027 ✓ |
| J. Ormerod | Conservative | 852 |
| G. Bibby | Independent | 186 |
| J. Barton | Lib/Sdp | 158 |
| A. Cowley | COMM | 31 |
Stacksteads1 seat
| D. Edmondson | Labour | 1,057 |
| J. Broderick | Conservative | 890 |
Whitewell2 seats
| M. Manning | Conservative | 1,270 |
| J. Patterson | Conservative | 1,160 |
| P. Coward | Labour | 1,054 |
| J. Forshaw | Labour | 1,035 |