Before (end of 1982) (30 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 16 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 9 · Other 5 · Labour 0
After (end of 1983) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 24 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 12 · Labour 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Broadwater3 seats
| A. Clare | Lib/Sdp | 1,539 |
| A. Dockerty | Lib/Sdp | 1,406 |
| P. Otway | Lib/Sdp | 1,286 |
| B. Kemp | Conservative | 1,211 |
| G. Lissenburg | Conservative | 1,149 |
| L. Golland | Conservative | 1,081 |
| P. Brook | Labour | 297 |
Castle3 seats
| J. Horgan | Lib/Sdp | 1,507 |
| D. Chapman | Lib/Sdp | 1,485 |
| J. Neal | Lib/Sdp | 1,434 |
| D. Grady | Conservative | 1,127 |
| E. Popplestone | Conservative | 1,086 |
| L. Lee | Conservative | 1,076 |
Central3 seats
| J. Bennett | Lib/Sdp | 919 |
| A. Macmillan | Conservative | 890 |
| A. Beaumont | Conservative | 875 |
| R. Price | Conservative | 840 |
| I. Ellis | Lib/Sdp | 718 |
| V. Cave | Lib/Sdp | 701 |
| D. Poole | Labour | 287 |
Durrington3 seats
| J. Cotton | Conservative | 1,522 |
| K. Moore | Lib/Sdp | 1,512 |
| P. Knowles | Conservative | 1,477 |
| R. Elkins | Conservative | 1,455 |
| D. Marlow | Lib/Sdp | 1,454 |
| D. Barfield | Lib/Sdp | 1,449 |
Gaisford3 seats
| P. Bennett | Lib/Sdp | 1,376 |
| R. Ketley | Lib/Sdp | 1,337 |
| D. Wagon | Lib/Sdp | 1,332 |
| B. Piggott | Conservative | 1,266 |
| A. Gambrill | Conservative | 1,196 |
| S. Cambridge | Conservative | 1,191 |
Goring3 seats
| B. Lynn | Conservative | 2,144 |
| M. Clinch | Conservative | 2,140 |
| C. Cable-Robbie | Conservative | 2,120 |
| I. Sweetko | Lib/Sdp | 1,859 |
| M. Nash | Lib/Sdp | 1,516 |
| B. Dawson | Lib/Sdp | 1,472 |
Heene3 seats
| H. Piggott | Conservative | 1,950 |
| G. Collinson | Conservative | 1,855 |
| S. Moore | Conservative | 1,790 |
| B. Mitchell | Lib/Sdp | 580 |
| M. Meredith | Lib/Sdp | 541 |
| C. Hassall | Lib/Sdp | 529 |
Marine3 seats
| D. Hill | Conservative | 1,866 |
| E. McDonald | Conservative | 1,828 |
| M. Parkin | Conservative | 1,764 |
| T. Chapman | Lib/Sdp | 630 |
| A. Venamore | Lib/Sdp | 601 |
| D. Oliver | Lib/Sdp | 586 |
| L. Hill | RES | 558 |
| J. Fludgate | RES | 445 |
Offington3 seats
| C. Scott | Conservative | 1,980 |
| I. Sinnott | Conservative | 1,973 |
| S. Elliott | Conservative | 1,940 |
| G. Meredith | Lib/Sdp | 828 |
| E. Thomas | Lib/Sdp | 809 |
| B. Jones | Lib/Sdp | 803 |
| D. Hecht | RES | 209 |
Salvington3 seats
| H. Braden | Conservative | 1,871 |
| B. Howlett | Conservative | 1,781 |
| S. Bennett | Conservative | 1,729 |
| E. Blackman | Lib/Sdp | 1,484 |
| B. McLuskie | Lib/Sdp | 1,413 |
| J. Crabtree | Lib/Sdp | 1,354 |