Before (end of 1982) (57 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 32 · Labour 17 · Other 5 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 3
After (end of 1983) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 27 · Labour 17 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 2 · Other 2
Ward results
Beccles Town3 seats
| P Wooden | Conservative | 1,096 ✓ |
| D Hartley | Conservative | 1,043 ✓ |
| D Hipperson | Conservative | 866 ✓ |
| R Ellwood | Independent | 656 |
| E Crisp | Independent | 590 |
| G Westwood | Labour | 578 |
| J Yates | Labour | 483 |
| S Tillett | Labour | 425 |
| A Dean | Independent | 423 |
Beccles Worlingham2 seats · turnout 17.4%
| A. Hutchinson | Labour | 594 |
| C. Adam | Labour | 558 |
Blything1 seat · turnout 51.5%
| K. Currie | Conservative | 497 |
| A. Swan | Labour | 223 |
| R. Winyard | Lib/Sdp | 158 |
Bungay2 seats
| J. Palin | Conservative | 886 ✓ |
| D Richardson | Lib/Sdp | 869 ✓ |
| D Crockett | Conservative | 471 |
| D Huthard | Labour | 396 |
| Joseph Alexander Jervis | Labour | 383 |
| E Faber | Lib/Sdp | 226 |
Carlton Colville1 seat · turnout 20.2%
| J. Mitchell | Independent | 793 |
| A. Allerton | Labour | 391 |
Gunton3 seats · turnout 24.6%
| D. Cullum | Conservative | 1,331 |
| E. Lark | Labour | 607 |
| A. Owen | Labour | 554 |
| J. Stannard | Lib/Sdp | 504 |
| A. Moles | Lib/Sdp | 363 |
| K. Pointon | Lib/Sdp | 346 |
Halesworth2 seats · turnout 50.7%
| R. Niblett | Conservative | 773 |
| E. Leverett | Labour | 735 |
| J. Rees | Conservative | 699 |
| A. Holzer | Labour | 669 |
| J. Winyard | Lib/Sdp | 268 |
Harbour3 seats · turnout 32.0%
| P. Ramm | Labour | 720 |
| R. Ford | Labour | 677 |
| J. Sparham | Lib/Sdp | 657 |
| C. Digby | Labour | 616 |
| A. Chamberlain | Lib/Sdp | 476 |
| D. Woodruff | Lib/Sdp | 473 |
| R. Allen | RES | 253 |
Kessingland2 seats · turnout 34.1%
| B. Reader | Conservative | 810 |
| E. Martin | Independent | 537 |
| R. Saunders | Labour | 492 |
| K. McGhee | Labour | 398 |
Kirkley3 seats
| T Carter | Labour | 954 ✓ |
| M Hall | Labour | 818 ✓ |
| A Jurd | Labour | 787 ✓ |
| C Clark | Conservative | 756 |
| M Read | Conservative | 722 |
| E Stephan | Conservative | 667 |
| B Pointon | Lib/Sdp | 663 |
| A Shepherd | Lib/Sdp | 635 |
| C Westgate | Lib/Sdp | 511 |
Lothingland2 seats · turnout 37.8%
| D. Prettyman | Conservative | 978 |
| J. Paul | Conservative | 856 |
| A. Brown | Independent | 606 |
| M. Hood | Labour | 544 |
Mutford1 seat · turnout 43.0%
| G. Farmiloe | Conservative | 375 |
| L. Owen | Labour | 162 |
Normanston3 seats · turnout 39.8%
| Hunter P. | Labour | 1,180 |
| B. Hunter | Labour | 1,166 |
| J. Reynolds | Labour | 1,106 |
| W. Harvey | Conservative | 667 |
| P. Browne | Conservative | 665 |
| E. Back | Conservative | 659 |
Oulton Broad3 seats
| Michael Barnard | Conservative | 1,378 ✓ |
| A Choveaux | Conservative | 1,348 ✓ |
| A Leedham | Conservative | 1,315 ✓ |
| Graham John Manuel | Labour | 721 |
| Anne Manuel | Labour | 681 |
| P Secker | Labour | 658 |
Pakefield3 seats · turnout 43.9%
| A. Lark | Labour | 1,134 |
| M. Gallidoro | Conservative | 1,020 |
| D. Porter | Conservative | 972 |
| A. Martin | Labour | 935 |
| J. Spottiswoode | Labour | 774 |
| G. Carroll | Lib/Sdp | 710 |
| R. Catchpole | Lib/Sdp | 473 |
| R. Jenner | Lib/Sdp | 354 |
South Elmham1 seat
| M Rose | Conservative | 523 ✓ |
| J Moore | Labour | 209 |
Southwold3 seats
| S Simpson | Conservative | 1,223 ✓ |
| E Hudson | Conservative | 1,023 ✓ |
| A Child | Labour | 996 ✓ |
| H Jones | Conservative | 929 |
| J Adnams | Independent | 847 |
| P Swingewood | Labour | 756 |
| M Mack | Independent | 711 |
| H Snowdon | Labour | 651 |
St. Margarets3 seats
| H Chamberlain | Labour | 1,062 ✓ |
| R Durrant | Labour | 1,001 ✓ |
| J Cliney | Labour | 953 ✓ |
| F Chapman | Conservative | 694 |
| Roy Anderson | Conservative | 665 |
| B Coster | Lib/Sdp | 449 |