| Election held 6th May 1982 | ||
| ABBEY WOOD WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| John Wakefield | Labour | 1011 |
| Michael Yates | Labour | 917 |
| Sydney Kingwell | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 891 |
| Terence Malone | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 889 |
| Stephen Bentley | Conservative | 630 |
| Walter Cox | Conservative | 564 |
| ARSENAL WARD | 1 SEAT | |
| David Whyte | Labour | 641 |
| Helen Wood | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 207 |
| Barbara Elliott | Conservative | 105 |
| AVERY HILL WARD | 1 SEAT | |
| Edward Randall | Liberal/SDP Alliance | 727 |
| Dorothy Mepsted | Conservative | 504 |
| Edward Stigant | Labour | 387 |
| BLACKHEATH WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Arthur Rolfe | Conservative | 1359 |
| Raymond Hatter | Conservative | 1339 |
| Timothy Ford | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 879 |
| Mary Smart | Liberal/SDP Alliance | 792 |
| Elliott Furneaux | Labour | 560 |
| Mary Mills | Labour | 537 |
| Michael Pendleton | Fellowship | 70 |
| BURRAGE WARD | 1 SEAT | |
| James Draper | Labour | 675 |
| Hilary Newton | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 260 |
| Stuart Bowman | Conservative | 155 |
| CHARLTON WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| David Picton | Labour | 1102 |
| Roy Preston | Labour | 1099 |
| Margaret Hyde | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 463 |
| Anthony Renouf | Liberal/SDP Alliance | 438 |
| Silvio Bertram | Conservative | 431 |
| Patricia Rabbitt | Conservative | 428 |
| COLDHARBOUR WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Thomas Carter | Labour | 1017 |
| Paul Richardson | Labour | 997 |
| Robert Biggins | Conservative | 917 |
| Phyllis Crozier | Conservative | 906 |
| Ramon Martin | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 705 |
| Peter Churchill | Liberal/SDP Alliance | 704 |
| DEANSFIELD WARD | 1 SEAT | |
| Terence Jones | Conservative | 892 |
| Eryl Freestone | Labour | 343 |
| Charles Dobson | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 314 |
| ELTHAM PARK WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Wendy Mitchell | Conservative | 1845 |
| Kenneth Kear | Conservative | 1707 |
| John Hagyard | Liberal/SDP Alliance | 806 |
| John Jordan | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 684 |
| David Heath | Labour | 667 |
| Kenneth Maxton | Labour | 616 |
| Eileen Guthrie | Independent | 274 |
| EYNSHAM WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Philip Graham | Labour | 950 |
| Laura Vincent | Labour | 874 |
| John Flynn | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 648 |
| David Spurling | Liberal/SDP Alliance | 648 |
| Paul Carter | Conservative | 402 |
| Douglas Fraser | Conservative | 341 |
| FERRIER WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| David Crowther | Labour | 867 |
| Patrick Wells | Labour | 751 |
| Kenneth Valpy | Conservative | 510 |
| Valerie Antcliffe | Conservative | 496 |
| Josephine Burford | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 488 |
| Ronald Warson | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 442 |
| GLYNDON WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Christopher Jeffrey | Labour | 842 |
| Glyn Williams | Labour | 791 |
| Albert Limeburner | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 294 |
| Barbara Woodcraft | Liberal/SDP Alliance | 258 |
| Joyce Bowe | Conservative | 234 |
| Brian Smith | Conservative | 219 |
| HERBERT WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Rees Vaughan | Labour | 1004 |
| Francis Smith | Labour | 923 |
| Roy Mapes | Conservative | 773 |
| Bernard Drakley | Conservative | 713 |
| Ronald Cheesewright | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 535 |
| Roy Clough | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 487 |
| HORNFAIR WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| James Gillman | Labour | 1298 |
| John Austin-Walker | Labour | 1179 |
| James Hearn | Conservative | 537 |
| Susan Hearn | Conservative | 495 |
| Vivienne Stone | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 419 |
| Stuart Warner | Liberal/SDP Alliance | 403 |
| KIDBROOKE WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Geoffrey Brighty | Conservative | 877 |
| Allan MacCarthy | Labour | 845 |
| William Heary | Labour | 821 |
| Antony Snell | Conservative | 786 |
| Peter Cairns | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 545 |
| Marguerite Barker | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 502 |
| Ronald Malone | Fellowship | 336 |
| Frances Hook | Communist | 52 |
| LAKEDALE WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Victor Fairlie | Labour | 971 |
| James Coughlan | Labour | 915 |
| Robert Smith | Liberal/SDP Alliance | 543 |
| Robert Riddell | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 539 |
| John Bassett | Conservative | 372 |
| Michael Tarrant | Conservative | 372 |
| MIDDLE PARK WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Hannah Stroud | Labour | 1183 |
| John Shlackman | Labour | 1069 |
| Anthony Mitchell | Conservative | 580 |
| Tony Bartram | Conservative | 561 |
| Frederick Musgrave | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 432 |
| Rupert Weedon | Liberal/SDP Alliance | 397 |
| NEW ELTHAM WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| David Hubber | Conservative | 1772 |
| Dermot Poston | Conservative | 1637 |
| Graham Knight | Liberal/SDP Alliance | 670 |
| Michael Hook | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 657 |
| Martin Brimble | Labour | 522 |
| Ernest Bell | Labour | 498 |
| NIGHTINGALE WARD | 1 SEAT | |
| Margrett Bell | Labour | 594 |
| Roger Fear | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 223 |
| Margaret Gardner | Conservative | 135 |
| PALACE WARD | 1 SEAT | |
| Peter King | Conservative | 793 |
| Valerie Draper | Labour | 301 |
| Michael Slavin | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 301 |
| PLUMSTEAD COMMON WARD | 1 SEAT | |
| Maureen O'Mara | Labour | 593 |
| James Woolgar | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 355 |
| Patricia Faid | Conservative | 283 |
| Thomas Bell | Communist | 49 |
| RECTORY FIELD WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Norman Adams | Labour | 929 |
| Ronld Robinson | Labour | 837 |
| Alice McCLeery | Conservative | 538 |
| Peter Lewis | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 506 |
| Fiona Wise | Conservative | 497 |
| Anthony Dedman | Liberal/SDP Alliance | 478 |
| Nicholas Drey | Ecology | 60 |
| ST ALFEGE WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Doreen Bigwood | Labour | 886 |
| Robert Gosden | Labour | 823 |
| Peter Bassett | Conservative | 650 |
| Norman Williams | Conservative | 593 |
| Debise Abbott | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 551 |
| Penelope Matheson | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 547 |
| ST MARY'S WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Brian O'Sullivan | Labour | 913 |
| Catherine Jeffrey | Labour | 878 |
| Ian Ford | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 349 |
| Ethel Farrell | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 337 |
| Mollie Hillary-Russell | Conservative | 252 |
| Sheila Stirling | Conservative | 236 |
| David Hardcastle | Ecology | 39 |
| Alan Clark | Workers Revolutionary | 20 |
| ST NICHOLAS WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Benjamin Mansell | Labour | 979 |
| Timothy Barnett | Labour | 931 |
| David Hall | Liberal/SDP Alliance | 779 |
| Robert Millard | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 778 |
| Michael Flynn | Conservative | 510 |
| Joan Harvey-Bailey | Conservative | 469 |
| Jean Hardcastke | Ecology | 42 |
| SHERARD WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Mervyn Jeffrey | Labour | 1350 |
| Aleyne Friesner | Labour | 1196 |
| John Grogan | Conservative | 550 |
| Hester Cobb | Conservative | 541 |
| William Cook | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 502 |
| Gustave Lamidey | Liberal/SDP Alliance | 441 |
| SHREWSBURY WARD | 1 SEAT | |
| Eileen Sharp | Conservative | 624 |
| Geoffrey Clark | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 532 |
| Jane Mann | Labour | 300 |
| SLADE WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Marie Kingwell | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 887 |
| David Woodhead | Liberal/SDP Alliance | 872 |
| John Young | Labour | 789 |
| Derick Holman | Conservative | 760 |
| Babubhai Master | Labour | 740 |
| Lawrence Bliss | Conservative | 708 |
| SUTCLIFFE WARD | 1 SEAT | |
| Dingle Clark | Conservative | 863 |
| Malcolm Higgins | Labour | 344 |
| Malcolm Skinner | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 312 |
| TARN WARD | 1 SEAT | |
| Derek Richards | Conservative | 792 |
| Christopher Byers | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 329 |
| Kenneth Terry | Labour | 291 |
| THAMESMEAD MOORINGS WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Edward Claridge | Labour | 534 |
| Lance Mulcahy | Labour | 518 |
| Donald Austen | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 375 |
| Richard Westcott | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 361 |
| Josephine Bassett | Conservative | 163 |
| Mary Gouldthorpe | Conservative | 160 |
| TRAFALGAR WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Frank Burton | Labour | 1155 |
| Clear Lloyd-Jones | Labour | 1012 |
| Leonard Squirrell | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 527 |
| Robert Brownlow | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 479 |
| Derek Lamb | Conservative | 446 |
| June Gough | Conservative | 444 |
| VANBRUGH WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Jeremy Wise | Conservative | 846 |
| Beryl Blackaby | Conservative | 831 |
| Roger Martin | Labour | 757 |
| Sarah Iddon | Labour | 737 |
| Juia Renouf | Liberal/SDP Alliance | 634 |
| Malcolm Ross | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 600 |
| WELL HALL WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Helen Gardener | Conservative | 1341 |
| Alec Miles | Conservative | 1278 |
| John Lenihan | Labour | 935 |
| David Porter | Labour | 886 |
| David Newson | Liberal/SDP Alliance | 689 |
| Lesley Vernon | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 611 |
| WEST WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| William Strong | Labour | 918 |
| Ephron Williams | Labour | 842 |
| Charles Parker | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 430 |
| Valerie Symes | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 427 |
| Michael Niblock | Conservative | 313 |
| Marilla Fletcher | Conservative | 302 |
| Robert Ogilvie | Ecology | 57 |
| WOOLWICH COMMON WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Karen Waters | Labour | 859 |
| William Jeavons | Labour | 829 |
| Joan Simmonds | SDP/Liberal Alliance | 418 |
| Derek Britto | Conservative | 384 |
| Brian Woodcraft | Liberal/SDP Alliance | 384 |
| Stanley Fieldgate | Conservative | 368 |