Before (end of 1985) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 25 · Labour 9 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 5 · Other 3
After (end of 1986) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 22 · Labour 10 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 6 · Other 4
Ward results
Barncroft1 seat · turnout 37.1%
| G. Morgan | Labour | 865 |
| P. Crellin | Lib/Sdp | 628 |
| G. Booth | Conservative | 266 |
Battins1 seat · turnout 26.7%
| W Taylor | Labour | 844 ✓ |
| C. Mincham | Conservative | 369 |
| D. Hayter | Lib/Sdp | 351 |
| T. Courtney | IND RATE | 51 |
BONDFIELDS1 seat · turnout 36.4%
| B Gardner | Labour | 1,252 |
| P. McCormick | Conservative | 436 |
| D. Brown | Lib/Sdp | 416 |
Hart Plain1 seat · turnout 32.5%
| T. Dryer | Conservative | 1,265 |
| D. Budd | Lib/Sdp | 708 |
| B. Dixon | Labour | 340 |
Hayling East1 seat · turnout 39.6%
| B. Harcourt | Conservative | 1,260 |
| S. Van Hagen | Lib/Sdp | 1,029 |
| D. Stevenson | Labour | 199 |
Hayling West2 seats · turnout 34.2%
| F. Mincham | Conservative | 1,282 |
| J. Whitehead | Conservative | 1,255 |
| P. McQuade | Lib/Sdp | 800 |
| L. Hutchings | Lib/Sdp | 649 |
| David Stevens | Labour | 177 |
Purbrook1 seat · turnout 33.1%
| W Blackett | Conservative | 1,630 |
| E. Compton | Labour | 764 |
St. Faiths1 seat · turnout 50.9%
| J. Graney | Lib/Sdp | 1,907 |
| F. Vine | Conservative | 1,493 |
| R Cutler | Labour | 225 |
Stakes1 seat · turnout 26.7%
| C. Ludbrook | Conservative | 1,113 |
| K. Marsh | Lib/Sdp | 582 |
| M. Beauvoisin | Labour | 378 |
Warren Park1 seat · turnout 27.1%
| B. Wheeler | Labour | 918 |
| B. Timmins | Lib/Sdp | 317 |
| R Pine | Conservative | 217 |
Waterloo1 seat · turnout 33.7%
| G. Tart | Conservative | 1,308 |
| R. Bigden | Lib/Sdp | 833 |
| B. Bridges | Labour | 261 |
