Before (end of 1982) (40 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 18 · Conservative 15 · Labour 5 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 2
After (end of 1983) (40 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 19 · Other 14 · Labour 6 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 1
Ward results
Badwell Ash1 seat
| M. Linn | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Barking1 seat · turnout 45.0%
| P. Chapman | Independent | 526 |
| F. Cornish | Independent | 100 |
Bramford2 seats · turnout 27.4%
| C. Bird | Conservative | 612 |
| G. Cunningham | Independent | 465 |
| J. Banfield | Conservative | 391 |
Claydon1 seat
| H. Griffiths | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Elmswell1 seat · turnout 41.9%
| D. Dyball | Independent | 408 |
| G. Coleman | Lib/Sdp | 205 |
| M. Green | Ecol | 51 |
Eye1 seat
| C. Flatman | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Fressingfield1 seat · turnout 41.0%
| R. Marchant | Independent | 290 |
| R. White | Lib/Sdp | 227 |
Gislingham1 seat
| W. Stevens | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Haughley and Wetherden1 seat
| E. Crascall | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Helmingham1 seat · turnout 42.3%
| M. Denyer | Conservative | 325 |
| C. Crosby | Independent | 128 |
Hoxne1 seat
| Y. Herbert | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Mendlesham1 seat · turnout 42.9%
| A. Braybrooke | Independent | 465 |
| F. Luis | Ecol | 105 |
Needham Market2 seats
| J. Swain | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| I Mason | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Norton1 seat · turnout 42.1%
| B. Siffleet | Conservative | 408 |
| J. Matthissen | Ecol | 239 |
Onehouse1 seat · turnout 46.4%
| H. Mitson | Independent | 565 |
| C. Chapman | Ecol | 96 |
Rattlesden1 seat · turnout 48.8%
| R. Vansittart | Conservative | 356 |
| D. Cole | Lib/Sdp | 215 |
| J. Dawson | Labour | 107 |
Rickinghall1 seat · turnout 44.7%
| R. Moss | Independent | 417 |
| J. Jackson | Independent | 243 |
Ringshall1 seat · turnout 38.8%
| W. Martindale | Conservative | 263 |
| L. Manton | Independent | 261 |
Stowmarket Central2 seats · turnout 32.3%
| J. Cade | Conservative | 591 |
| D. Perry | Conservative | 572 |
| M. Livett | Lib/Sdp | 417 |
| F. Reed | Labour | 334 |
| M. Weatherell | Labour | 186 |
Stowmarket North2 seats · turnout 32.4%
| R. Jones | Labour | 483 |
| E. Jones | Labour | 381 |
| R. Pattle | Independent | 326 |
| W Crane | Conservative | 321 |
| M. Wilson | Lib/Sdp | 186 |
Stowmarket South2 seats · turnout 39.0%
| E. Nunn | Labour | 661 |
| C. Soames | Labour | 531 |
| D Burch | Conservative | 394 |
| J. Finch | Lib/Sdp | 342 |
Stowupland2 seats · turnout 40.5%
| S. Wilson | Lib/Sdp | 1,139 |
| M Shave | Labour | 923 |
| R. Stearn | Ecol | 331 |
Stradbroke1 seat
| S. Hawes | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Thurston1 seat · turnout 42.4%
| F. Marston | Conservative | 471 |
| J. Walters | Labour | 197 |
Walsham-le-Willows1 seat · turnout 59.0%
| S. Edwards | Conservative | 467 ✓ |
| V. Beak | Independent | 243 |
| R. Barber | Lib/Sdp | 132 |
| R. Austin | Ecol | 33 |
Wetheringsett1 seat
| G. Taylor | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Weybread1 seat
| J. Wellingham | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Worlingworth1 seat
| K. Thurman | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
