Before (end of 1982) (38 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 26 · Conservative 10 · Other 1 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 1
After (end of 1983) (38 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 25 · Conservative 11 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 1 · Other 1
Ward results
Barrow Island1 seat
| F. Shuttleworth | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Central1 seat
| G. Elborough | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Dalton North1 seat
| F. Baker | Independent | 961 |
| P. Patterson | Labour | 546 |
Dalton South2 seats
| J. Smith | Conservative | 701 |
| J. Lehrle | Lib/Sdp | 593 |
| J. Biggins | Labour | 576 |
| M. O'Shea | Labour | 419 |
Hawcoat1 seat
| J. Joughin | Conservative | 1,381 |
| A. Irving | Lib/Sdp | 379 |
| S. Smart | Labour | 344 |
Hindpool1 seat
| M. Kerr | Labour | 1,102 |
| J. Buckingham | Independent | 402 |
Newbarns1 seat
| B. Mounsey | Labour | 886 |
| G. Dawson | Conservative | 885 |
Ormsgill1 seat
| O. Atkinson | Labour | 960 |
| V. Moore | Independent | 460 |
Roosecote1 seat
| I. Joughin | Conservative | 871 |
| E. Montgomery | Labour | 522 |
| R. Blake | Lib/Sdp | 300 |
Walney North1 seat
| M. Coward | Labour | 825 |
| P. Smith | Conservative | 548 |
Walney South1 seat
| T. Smith | Labour | 1,062 |
| A. Chattaway | Conservative | 724 |