Before (end of 1982) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 27 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 7 · Labour 2 · Other 0
After (end of 1983) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 27 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 9 · Labour 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Alderney3 seats · turnout 44.3%
| H. Ballam | Lib/Sdp | 1,859 |
| M. Ballam | Lib/Sdp | 1,808 |
| A. Trent | Lib/Sdp | 1,728 |
| L. Cockwell | Conservative | 1,120 |
| R. Ashton | Conservative | 1,096 |
| A. Smith | Conservative | 1,024 |
| R. Street | Labour | 769 |
| L. Handley | Labour | 759 |
| A. Zakrzewski | Labour | 641 |
Bourne Valley3 seats · turnout 35.7%
| P. Jones | Conservative | 1,624 |
| J. McGill | Conservative | 1,550 |
| B. Leverett | Conservative | 1,522 |
| V. Jacobs | Lib/Sdp | 1,158 |
| J. Allen | Lib/Sdp | 1,096 |
| N. Williams | Lib/Sdp | 1,082 |
| A. Rosser | Labour | 392 |
Broadstone3 seats · turnout 54.9%
| P. Coles | Conservative | 2,250 ✓ |
| R. Hann | Conservative | 2,187 ✓ |
| M. Ross | Conservative | 2,020 ✓ |
| C. Kendal | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,227 |
| A. Brooke | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,201 |
| A. Foster | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,106 |
| M. Phillips | Labour | 190 |
Canford Cliffs3 seats · turnout 41.9%
| A. Layard | Conservative | 2,432 |
| B. Grant-Braham | Conservative | 2,408 |
| F. Wretham | Conservative | 2,339 |
| R. Hamilton | Lib/Sdp | 328 |
| I. James | Lib/Sdp | 277 |
| E. James | Lib/Sdp | 240 |
Canford Heath2 seats · turnout 43.7%
| E. Webster | Conservative | 1,378 |
| F. Henson | Conservative | 1,249 |
| M. Mackenzie | Lib/Sdp | 1,208 |
| R. Whitley | Lib/Sdp | 1,172 |
| K. Davis | Labour | 352 |
| J. Harris | Labour | 326 |
Canford Magna2 seats · turnout 50.9%
| E. Adams | Conservative | 2,209 |
| D. Hackforth | Conservative | 1,853 |
| J. Smith | Lib/Sdp | 1,289 |
| P. Stoodley | Lib/Sdp | 977 |
| M. Pike | Labour | 162 |
Creekmoor2 seats · turnout 40.9%
| P. Horner | Conservative | 1,046 |
| M. Wise | Conservative | 947 |
| R. Trengrove | Lib/Sdp | 822 |
| P. Laight | Lib/Sdp | 770 |
| J. Carter | Labour | 342 |
| H. Rosser | Labour | 295 |
Hamworthy3 seats · turnout 24.7%
| R. Meech | Lib/Sdp | 1,509 |
| F. Winwood | Lib/Sdp | 1,461 |
| E. Churchill | Lib/Sdp | 1,324 |
| T. Morrison | Conservative | 909 |
| T. Miller | Labour | 850 |
Harbour3 seats · turnout 35.6%
| D. Montague | Conservative | 1,575 |
| R. Buss | Conservative | 1,518 |
| T. Barrass | Conservative | 1,364 |
| M. Craig | Lib/Sdp | 890 |
| J. Curtis | Lib/Sdp | 766 |
| C. Vincent | Lib/Sdp | 764 |
| W. Duncan | Labour | 630 |
| D. Towell | Labour | 551 |
Newtown3 seats · turnout 42.6%
| M. Goodhew | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,164 ✓ |
| E. Hogg | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,118 ✓ |
| R. Mayhew | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,029 ✓ |
| F. Harris | Labour | 956 |
| M. Chadwick | Conservative | 909 |
| J. Minton | Conservative | 852 |
| P. Harris | Labour | 823 |
| P. Ralph | Conservative | 792 |
| J. Nodes | Labour | 624 |
| J. Dyke | Residents | 410 |
Oakdale3 seats · turnout 43.1%
| D. Webster | Conservative | 1,695 ✓ |
| N. Sorton | Conservative | 1,496 ✓ |
| J. Breckell | Conservative | 1,471 ✓ |
| K. Meynell | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 846 |
| R. Barker | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 835 |
| H. Lambert | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 831 |
| D. Welch | Labour | 725 |
| R. Rose | Labour | 707 |
| R. O'Mahoney | Labour | 669 |
Parkstone3 seats · turnout 40.6%
| B. Greenwood | Conservative | 1,885 |
| G. Bailey | Conservative | 1,799 |
| A. Stribley | Conservative | 1,592 |
| W. Rigler | Lib/Sdp | 1,227 |
| K. Lambert | Lib/Sdp | 878 |
| S. Tansey | Lib/Sdp | 826 |
| G. Brown | Ind Con | 665 |
Penn Hill3 seats · turnout 59.8%
| D. Bugo | Conservative | 2,101 ✓ |
| K. Chaffey | Conservative | 2,080 ✓ |
| M. Slattery | Conservative | 1,928 ✓ |
| F. Rowe | Other | 1,203 |
| M. Herridge | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 752 |
| M. Herridge | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 715 |
| B. Bennett | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 666 |
| J. Moss | Labour | 288 |
