Before (end of 1985) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 34 · Conservative 20 · Other 0 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0
After (end of 1986) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 40 · Conservative 13 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 1 · Other 0
Ward results
Bablake1 seat · turnout 37.9%
| T. Webb | Conservative | 2,105 |
| W. Shakespeare | Labour | 1,906 |
| K. Robbins | Lib/Sdp | 814 |
Binley & Willenhall1 seat · turnout 28.4%
| D. Chafer | Labour | 2,436 ✓ |
| F Clennett | Conservative | 876 |
| A. De Alwis | Lib/Sdp | 817 |
| I. Loxton | Green | 55 |
Cheylesmore1 seat · turnout 39.7%
| F. Carter | Labour | 1,899 ✓ |
| C. Swaine | Conservative | 1,474 |
| D. Allworthy | Lib/Sdp | 1,368 |
| C. Williams | Green | 65 |
Earlsdon1 seat · turnout 41.0%
| K. Taylor | Conservative | 2,803 ✓ |
| G. Ready | Labour | 1,505 |
| C. Coupe | Lib/Sdp | 1,072 |
| C. Bennett | Green | 160 |
| M. McNally | COMM | 60 |
Foleshill1 seat · turnout 32.8%
| J. Cunningham | Labour | 3,161 |
| M. Downey | Conservative | 634 |
| R. Holland | Lib/Sdp | 330 |
Henley1 seat · turnout 28.3%
| B. Clack | Labour | 2,425 |
| J. Prescott | Conservative | 822 |
| P. Roughton | Lib/Sdp | 560 |
Holbrook1 seat · turnout 33.3%
| S. Murray | Labour | 3,020 |
| J. Kinnie | Conservative | 949 |
| P. Townsend | Lib/Sdp | 650 |
Longford1 seat · turnout 30.1%
| S. Collins | Labour | 2,520 |
| J. Hudghton | Conservative | 1,014 |
| E. Rafferty | Lib/Sdp | 630 |
Lower Stoke1 seat · turnout 35.5%
| J. McNicholas | Labour | 2,448 ✓ |
| B Peace | Conservative | 1,354 |
| A. Tough | Lib/Sdp | 724 |
| T. Bruggen | REVCOMM | 85 |
Radford1 seat · turnout 31.5%
| A. Waugh | Labour | 2,900 |
| E. Wesson | Conservative | 689 |
| W. Osborne | Lib/Sdp | 634 |
Sherbourne1 seat · turnout 37.5%
| J. Walsh | Labour | 2,284 |
| L. Lamb | Conservative | 1,581 |
| B. Lewis | Lib/Sdp | 1,063 |
St. Michaels1 seat · turnout 29.1%
| C. Ward | Labour | 2,539 ✓ |
| W. Stevens | Conservative | 510 |
| G. Cohen | Lib/Sdp | 337 |
| N. Gilder | WRP | 126 |
Upper Stoke1 seat · turnout 34.8%
| G. Lindfield | Labour | 2,878 ✓ |
| J. Rotheram | Conservative | 1,181 |
| E. Dewhurst | Lib/Sdp | 530 |
| J. McKean | RES | 183 |
Wainbody1 seat · turnout 37.6%
| Andy Hodson | Conservative | 2,279 |
| D. Leech | Labour | 1,069 |
| I. Cundy | Lib/Sdp | 1,029 |
Westwood1 seat · turnout 35.8%
| A. Waugh | Labour | 2,596 |
| Jean Tandy | Conservative | 897 |
| L. Coles | Lib/Sdp | 713 |
Whoberley1 seat · turnout 38.5%
| J. Fletcher | Labour | 2,386 |
| H. Cooper | Conservative | 1,693 |
| P. Braithwaite | Lib/Sdp | 1,110 |
Woodlands2 seats · turnout 35.4%
| J. Clifford | Labour | 2,236 |
| H. Lacy | Labour | 2,152 |
| P. Davies | Lib/Sdp | 1,789 |
| D. Benefield | Lib/Sdp | 1,773 |
| M. Smith | Conservative | 1,437 |
| Chris Wardle | Conservative | 1,404 |