Before (end of 1985) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 22 · Conservative 18 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 8 · Other 0
After (end of 1986) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 22 · Conservative 15 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 10 · Other 1
Ward results
Bretton1 seat · turnout 36.4%
| R. Taylor | Labour | 885 ✓ |
| B. Dunham | Conservative | 643 |
| S. Osborn | Lib/Sdp | 384 |
| M. Jacobs | Ecol | 87 |
Central1 seat · turnout 43.3%
| L. Coupland | Labour | 996 ✓ |
| F Suri | Conservative | 919 |
| G. Campbell | Lib/Sdp | 140 |
| M. Love | Ecol | 64 |
Dogsthorpe1 seat · turnout 42.1%
| R. Day | Lib/Sdp | 1,759 |
| R. Topley | Labour | 726 |
| S. Evans-Evans | Conservative | 284 |
East1 seat · turnout 99.5%
| R. Britton | Labour | 1,136 ✓ |
| Y. Lowndes | Conservative | 542 |
| M. Butler | Lib/Sdp | 213 |
| J. Sadler | Ecol | 31 |
Fletton1 seat · turnout 34.9%
| K. Winfield | Labour | 1,384 |
| P. Pignatiello | Conservative | 607 |
| S. Wardell | Ecol | 107 |
North1 seat · turnout 42.9%
| A. Sapey | Labour | 1,185 |
| A. Pallister | Lib/Sdp | 631 |
| M. Moorhouse | Conservative | 283 |
Orton Longueville1 seat · turnout 39.5%
| C. Weaver | Labour | 1,257 ✓ |
| C Taylor | Conservative | 1,186 |
| T. Heron | Lib/Sdp | 289 |
| N. Callaghan | Ecol | 89 |
Park1 seat · turnout 48.5%
| D. Green | Lib/Sdp | 1,500 |
| A Semper | Conservative | 1,063 |
| M Langford | Labour | 413 |
Paston1 seat · turnout 43.5%
| J. Dalgarno | Labour | 726 ✓ |
| A. Keyes | Lib/Sdp | 716 |
| D. Cave | Conservative | 220 |
| V. Appleby | Ecol | 8 |
Ravensthorpe1 seat · turnout 43.0%
| C. Ash | Lib/Sdp | 1,209 |
| N. Thorne | Labour | 1,151 |
| H. Scott | Conservative | 272 |
Stanground1 seat · turnout 42.2%
| R. Palmer | Labour | 1,435 ✓ |
| G Simons | Conservative | 1,025 |
| J. Byrne | Lib/Sdp | 203 |
| D. Wardell | Ecol | 26 |
Thorney1 seat · turnout 43.0%
| Bartlett J. | Conservative | 546 |
| P Baylis | Labour | 217 |
Walton1 seat · turnout 42.6%
| P. Beasley | Lib/Sdp | 1,224 |
| R. Mills | Labour | 572 |
| B. Dore | Conservative | 568 |
Werrington1 seat · turnout 33.1%
| A. May | Conservative | 1,241 |
| M. Holland | Lib/Sdp | 937 |
| V. Moon | Labour | 584 |
West1 seat · turnout 35.7%
| K. Coppen | Conservative | 1,937 ✓ |
| B. Skinner | Labour | 897 |
| E. Gilmour | Lib/Sdp | 544 |
| T. Hatcher | Ecol | 79 |
Wittering1 seat · turnout 33.3%
| M. Fairbairn | Conservative | 385 |
| M. Walker | Labour | 129 |
