Before (end of 1982) (43 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 28 · Labour 15 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0 · Other 0
After (end of 1983) (43 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 21 · Labour 18 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 4 · Other 0
Ward results
Billing2 seats
| R. Linnett | Conservative | 1,121 |
| R. Morgan | Conservative | 1,078 |
| R. Hughes | Labour | 505 |
| U. Gravesande | Labour | 459 |
| D. Hughes | Lib/Sdp | 352 |
| B. Woodgett | Lib/Sdp | 283 |
Links2 seats
| R. Linsdell | Labour | 1,385 ✓ |
| E Nightingale | Labour | 1,138 ✓ |
| J Hugheston-Roberts | Conservative | 819 |
| P Darlowe | Conservative | 807 |
| P. Scaife | Lib/Sdp | 495 |
Lumbertubs2 seats
| T. Berry | Labour | 1,061 |
| T. Bailey | Labour | 1,011 |
| C. Forster | Conservative | 863 |
| G. Hawker | Conservative | 737 |
Nene Valley2 seats
| M. Lloyd | Conservative | 1,316 ✓ |
| James Halford | Conservative | 1,311 ✓ |
| M. Jones | Labour | 610 |
| Adam Yates | Labour | 546 |
| A Walker | Lib/Sdp | 416 |
| E Billson | Lib/Sdp | 387 |
| E Lander | Ecol | 116 |
South2 seats · turnout 40.6%
| R. Ceybird | Conservative | 1,452 ✓ |
| F. Evans | Conservative | 1,401 ✓ |
| R. Andrews | Labour | 745 |
| R. Kirton | Labour | 730 |
Weston2 seats
| A. Stimpson | Conservative | 2,291 |
| D. Brazier | Conservative | 2,241 |
| T. Deasy | Labour | 655 |
| I. Abbott | Labour | 629 |
| D. Hughes | Lib/Sdp | 537 |