Before (end of 1985) (66 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 34 · Labour 24 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 8 · Other 0
After (end of 1986) (66 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 30 · Labour 26 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 10 · Other 0
Ward results
Bebington1 seat · turnout 51.6%
| A. Green | Conservative | 2,860 ✓ |
| W. Nock | Labour | 1,826 |
| K. Turner | Lib/Sdp | 1,049 |
| K. McKee | Green | 107 |
Bidston1 seat · turnout 37.8%
| J. Cocker | Labour | 3,198 |
| W. Houldin | Conservative | 331 |
| K. Hughes | Lib/Sdp | 296 |
Birkenhead1 seat · turnout 39.7%
| W Craig | Labour | 3,139 |
| R. Francis | Lib/Sdp | 987 |
| L. Jones | Conservative | 357 |
Bromborough1 seat · turnout 45.8%
| E. Williams | Labour | 2,789 |
| C. Suffield | Conservative | 1,573 |
| F. Mushrow | Lib/Sdp | 961 |
Clatterbridge1 seat · turnout 45.5%
| H. Lea | Conservative | 3,403 |
| S. Niblock | Lib/Sdp | 1,650 |
| G. Chalinor | Labour | 1,234 |
Claughton1 seat · turnout 50.7%
| R. Perkins | Lib/Sdp | 2,102 ✓ |
| J. Pennington | Labour | 1,678 |
| C Bowditch | Conservative | 1,669 |
| K Cuthbertson | Green | 109 |
Eastham1 seat · turnout 50.7%
| P. Gilchrist | Lib/Sdp | 3,385 |
| P. Spruce | Labour | 1,650 |
| M. Jordan | Conservative | 1,075 |
Egerton1 seat · turnout 45.5%
| P. Williams | Labour | 2,842 ✓ |
| H. Jones | Conservative | 1,171 |
| W. Wood | Lib/Sdp | 1,082 |
| D Pye | Green | 130 |
Heswall1 seat · turnout 46.5%
| T. Price | Conservative | 3,851 |
| R. Wilkins | Lib/Sdp | 1,696 |
| G. Davies | Labour | 563 |
Hoylake1 seat · turnout 48.5%
| R. Amyes | Conservative | 2,671 ✓ |
| J. Leonard | RES | 1,498 |
| J. Otterson | Lib/Sdp | 1,347 |
| P. Morrin | Labour | 565 |
Leasowe1 seat · turnout 41.3%
| J George | Labour | 2,591 |
| L. Kennedy | Conservative | 964 |
| B. Thomas | Lib/Sdp | 610 |
Liscard1 seat · turnout 49.6%
| R. Paterson | Labour | 2,724 |
| S. Morgan | Conservative | 2,267 |
| J. Uriel | Lib/Sdp | 943 |
Moreton1 seat · turnout 54.0%
| S. Marshall-Clarke | Labour | 2,311 |
| W. Leigh | Conservative | 1,773 |
| J. Eyres | Lib/Sdp | 939 |
New Brighton1 seat · turnout 45.5%
| J. Redhead | Conservative | 2,150 |
| A. Clarke | Labour | 1,978 |
| R. Curphey | Lib/Sdp | 1,243 |
Oxton1 seat · turnout 47.0%
| G. Lindsay | Lib/Sdp | 2,607 ✓ |
| L. Moore | Conservative | 1,394 |
| T. Kelly | Labour | 1,248 |
| A. Tebbs | Green | 112 |
Prenton2 seats · turnout 51.5%
| E. Cunniffe | Lib/Sdp | 2,681 ✓ |
| J. Thornton | Lib/Sdp | 2,655 ✓ |
| M. Baker | Conservative | 2,106 |
| R. Stretch | Conservative | 1,934 |
| J. Clark | Labour | 1,739 |
| L. Blair | Labour | 1,722 |
| C. Pye | Green | 109 |
Royden1 seat · turnout 46.0%
| W. Lloyd | Conservative | 2,848 ✓ |
| W. Evans | RES | 1,053 |
| P. Reisdorf | Lib/Sdp | 989 |
| C. Harrison | Labour | 923 |
Seacombe1 seat · turnout 41.3%
| A. Cowderoy | Labour | 3,377 |
| F. Hunter | Conservative | 928 |
| D. Kelly | Lib/Sdp | 667 |
Thurstaston2 seats · turnout 43.4%
| D. Fletcher | Conservative | 3,008 ✓ |
| Jeff Green | Conservative | 2,970 ✓ |
| C. Wall | Lib/Sdp | 1,235 |
| R. Pullen | Lib/Sdp | 1,109 |
| M. Cooper | Labour | 1,036 |
| D Burton | Green | 823 |
| P. Connell | Labour | 813 |
Tranmere1 seat · turnout 38.2%
| W. Davies | Labour | 3,239 ✓ |
| J. Hockaday | Conservative | 466 |
| G. Pumford | Lib/Sdp | 420 |
| Garnette Bowler | Green | 83 |
Upton1 seat · turnout 48.2%
| H. Lloyd | Labour | 3,048 ✓ |
| G. Watt | Conservative | 1,793 |
| E. Copestake | Lib/Sdp | 1,142 |
| C Bowler | Green | 81 |
