Before (end of 1985) (30 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 24 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 · Labour 3 · Other 0
After (end of 1986) (30 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 20 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 6 · Labour 4 · Other 0
Ward results
Alverstoke1 seat · turnout 27.4%
| S. Philpott | Conservative | 868 |
| W. Marshfield | Lib/Sdp | 794 |
| B. Puddicombe | Labour | 214 |
Anglesey1 seat · turnout 52.5%
| G. Rushton | Conservative | 1,359 |
| J. Aston | Lib/Sdp | 1,323 |
| G. Russell | Labour | 128 |
Bridgemary1 seat · turnout 45.3%
| C. Leyland | Labour | 1,267 |
| D. Stagg | Conservative | 633 |
| B. Hart | Lib/Sdp | 516 |
Brockhurst1 seat · turnout 42.8%
| M. Russell | Lib/Sdp | 1,004 ✓ |
| D. Bell | Conservative | 816 |
| M. Benfield | Labour | 648 |
| K. Searle | Ind Lab | 162 |
Elson1 seat · turnout 39.1%
| A. Whitbread | Lib/Sdp | 1,181 |
| A. Oliver | Conservative | 772 |
| G. Nicholls | Labour | 210 |
Hardway & Forton1 seat · turnout 34.9%
| I. McBryde | Conservative | 844 ✓ |
| C. Harns | Lib/Sdp | 599 |
| D. Cummings | Labour | 333 |
| D. Gardner | Independent | 195 |
Rowner1 seat · turnout 44.1%
| S. Alder | Labour | 1,376 |
| Andrew Hay | Conservative | 982 |
| D. Jenking-Rees | Lib/Sdp | 345 |
Town1 seat · turnout 41.0%
| D. Miles | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,203 ✓ |
| V. Spiers | Conservative | 834 |
| L. Nicholls | Labour | 213 |