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The Broxbourne Council election, 1982 was held to elect council members of the Broxbourne Borough Council, the local government authority of the borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England.

Composition of expiring seats before election

Ward	Party	Incumbent Elected	Incumbent	Standing again?
Broxbourne	Conservative	1978	Don Smith	Yes
Bury Green	Conservative	1978	Sidney Johnson	Yes
Cheshunt Central	Conservative	1978	George Batchelor	Yes
Cheshunt North	Conservative	1978	Don Poole	Yes
Flamstead End	Conservative	1978	Leonard Goodman	Yes
Goffs Oak	Conservative	1978	Marie Dowsett	Yes
Hoddesdon North	Conservative	1978	Tony Kay	No
Hoddesdon Town	Conservative	1978	Brian Fallace	No
Rosedale	Conservative	1978	Adrian Ebeling	No
Rye Park	Conservative	1978	James Grethe	Yes
Theobalds	Conservative	1978	Herbert Collins	Yes
Waltham Cross North	Conservative	1978	Norman Ames	Yes
Waltham Cross South	Labour	1978	Jean Paice	Yes^{[Table note 1]}
Wormley & Turnford	Conservative	1978	Brian Hill	Yes

^ Jean Paice stood in Rosedale Ward as an SDP - Liberal Alliance candidate in 1982.

Broxbourne Local Election Result 1982
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	12	0	1	-1	85.72	54.04	12,759
Alliance	1	1	0	+1	7.14	26.40	6,232
Labour	1	0	0	0	7.14	18.99	4,483
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.58	136

An election was held in 14 wards on 6 May 1982.

The SDP-Liberal Alliance gained 1 seat from the Conservatives in Rosedale Ward.

Broxbourne Ward Result 6 May 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Don Smith	1,407	64.19
	Alliance	Julian Gould	639	29.15
	Labour	Brenda Vincent	146	6.66
Majority			768
Turnout			2,192	42.80
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bury Green Ward Result 6 May 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sidney Johnson	1,055	44.74
	Labour	Roy Jordan	827	35.07
	Alliance	Janet Bonus	476	20.19
Majority			228
Turnout			2,358	44.10
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cheshunt Central Ward Result 6 May 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Batchelor	995	66.38
	Alliance	George Norris	296	19.75
	Labour	Cherry Robbins	208	13.87
Majority			699
Turnout			1,499	41.90
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cheshunt North Ward Result 6 May 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Don Poole	935	53.10
	Labour	John Bryant	407	23.11
	Alliance	Derianne Fisher	283	16.07
	Independent	Leslie Hill	136	7.72
Majority			528
Turnout			1,761	37.60
	Conservative hold		Swing

Flamstead End Ward Result 6 May 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Leonard Goodman	1,163	58.68
	Alliance	Kenneth Furse	465	23.46
	Labour	Martin Hudson	354	17.86
Majority			698
Turnout			1,982	45.00
	Conservative hold		Swing

Goffs Oak Ward Result 6 May 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Marie Dowsett	996	73.56
	Alliance	Christopher White	259	19.13
	Labour	Robin Dubow	99	7.31
Majority			737
Turnout			1,354	42.80
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hoddesdon North Ward Result 6 May 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Grethe	1,295	65.57
	Alliance	Patricia Waughray	492	24.91
	Labour	Walter Sheppard	188	9.52
Majority			801
Turnout			1,975	42.00
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hoddesdon Town Ward Result 6 May 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Raymond Woolfe	883	51.22
	Alliance	Jeffrey Butler	567	32.89
	Labour	Jill Nugent	274	15.89
Majority			316
Turnout			1,724	38.50
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rosedale Ward Result 6 May 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Jean Paice	423	38.95
	Conservative	Christina Rooke	406	37.38
	Labour	Michael Crane	257	23.67
Majority			17
Turnout			1,086	54.10
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing