Before (end of 1982) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 30 · Labour 5 · Other 1 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0
After (end of 1983) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 30 · Labour 6 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Brigstock1 seat · turnout 52.5%
| J. Otter | Conservative | 389 |
| P. Feather | Labour | 160 |
Drayton1 seat · turnout 54.8%
| S. Clifton | Conservative | 395 |
| B. Wildman | Labour | 219 |
Forest1 seat
| M. Glithero | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Higham Ferrers3 seats · turnout 50.9%
| G. Murdin | Conservative | 1,472 |
| D. Lawson | Conservative | 1,352 |
| H Binder | Conservative | 1,321 |
| Paul Gadsby | Labour | 778 |
| G Moore | Labour | 562 |
| A Dunn | Labour | 519 |
| D. Forder | Lib/Sdp | 281 |
| L. Greenop | Lib/Sdp | 245 |
| S. Green | Ecol | 137 |
Irthlingborough3 seats · turnout 47.1%
| C. Grimmer | Labour | 1,470 |
| E. McGibbon | Conservative | 1,100 |
| D. Lee | Labour | 1,061 |
| W. Howlett | Labour | 921 |
| S. Coghill | Conservative | 856 |
Kings Cliffe1 seat · turnout 65.8%
| G Wagstaffe | Conservative | 270 |
| Malcolm Day | Independent | 156 |
| P. Owen | Labour | 113 |
Lower Nene1 seat · turnout 59.5%
| P. Dixon | Conservative | 511 |
| J. Atkinson | Labour | 112 |
Margaret Beaufort1 seat · turnout 58.3%
| H. Gregory | Conservative | 357 |
| L. Jupp | Independent | 290 |
Oundle2 seats · turnout 44.8%
| M. Clack | Conservative | 819 |
| L. Caborn | Conservative | 761 |
| S Dalzell | Labour | 346 |
| M. Berridge | Independent | 305 |
| W. Ives | Labour | 274 |
Raunds3 seats · turnout 44.5%
| J. Chatburn | Conservative | 1,138 |
| J. Finding | Conservative | 1,125 |
| P. Chantrell | Conservative | 1,070 |
| S. Lack | Labour | 993 |
| Marea Roberts | Labour | 899 |
| H. Lawrence | Labour | 887 |
Ringstead1 seat · turnout 60.8%
| J. Barrett | Conservative | 398 |
| P. Ogden | Independent | 379 |
Rushden East3 seats · turnout 40.7%
| E. Dicks | Labour | 1,216 |
| A. Mantle | Labour | 817 |
| B. Freeman | Labour | 675 |
| I. Bailey | Conservative | 630 |
| C. Morris | Conservative | 552 |
| J. Prime | Lib/Sdp | 434 |
| L. Dowsett | Ecol | 209 |
Rushden North3 seats · turnout 42.4%
| B. Catlin | Conservative | 1,054 |
| J. Gay | Conservative | 1,012 |
| Wood C. | Conservative | 858 |
| P. Tomas | Labour | 475 |
| P. Dent | Lib/Sdp | 435 |
| J. Brown | Labour | 407 |
| L. Jubb | Labour | 394 |
| D. McGee | Lib/Sdp | 387 |
| K. Plunkett | Lib/Sdp | 377 |
Rushden South3 seats
| J. Whittington | Conservative | 1,370 ✓ |
| A. Perkins | Conservative | 1,277 ✓ |
| G. Osborne | Conservative | 1,218 ✓ |
| R Brook | Lib/Sdp | 638 |
| J Richardson | Labour | 437 |
| G Draper | Labour | 410 |
| J Wells | Labour | 383 |
Rushden West3 seats · turnout 44.8%
| E. Carmichael | Conservative | 1,029 |
| J. Stott-Everett | Conservative | 971 |
| R Pinnock | Conservative | 945 |
| J. McDonald | Labour | 774 |
| E. Sampson | Labour | 760 |
| B. Berry | Labour | 727 |
| A. Kinsella | Lib/Sdp | 549 |
Stanwick1 seat · turnout 54.1%
| A. Goulsbra | Conservative | 427 |
| W. White | Labour | 202 |
Thrapston2 seats · turnout 40.4%
| G. Hunt | Conservative | 764 |
| M. Woollard | Conservative | 658 |
| P. Loaring | Labour | 443 |
| I Byrnes | Labour | 297 |
Willibrook1 seat
| J Richards | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Woodford1 seat · turnout 57.7%
| E. Hackney | Labour | 322 |
| J. Hawes | Conservative | 257 |
