Before (end of 1985) (52 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 51 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 1 · Other 0 · Conservative 0
After (end of 1986) (52 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 36 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 16 · Conservative 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Barnsbury3 seats
| G. Lambillion | SDPLIB | 1,659 ✓ |
| A. Brennan | SDPLIB | 1,507 ✓ |
| C. Mularczyk | SDPLIB | 1,498 ✓ |
| A. Farrell | Labour | 1,291 |
| D. Hines | Labour | 1,264 |
| J. Worker | Labour | 1,178 |
| R. Brown | Conservative | 260 |
| N. Kerr | Conservative | 240 |
| C. Clayton | Green | 212 |
| M Rittner | Conservative | 204 |
| J. Jones | COMM | 138 |
Bunhill3 seats · turnout 45.6%
| J. Trotter | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,371 ✓ |
| J. Smith | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,311 ✓ |
| T. Herbert | Labour | 1,272 ✓ |
| C. Calman | Labour | 1,264 |
| P. Loizos | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,181 |
| M. Oliver | Labour | 1,179 |
| A. Hull | Conservative | 473 |
| N. Baile | Conservative | 445 |
| L. Bush | Conservative | 441 |
| C. Ashby | Green | 118 |
Canonbury East2 seats
| J. Doyle | Lib/Sdp | 1,101 ✓ |
| D. Allen | SDPLIB | 1,026 ✓ |
| P. Kelly | Labour | 1,010 |
| T. Seabourne | Labour | 870 |
| R. Cave | Conservative | 255 |
| J Rooke | Conservative | 214 |
| R. Guest | Green | 82 |
Canonbury West2 seats
| T. Simpson | Labour | 964 ✓ |
| H. Mann | Labour | 955 ✓ |
| T. Davies | SDPLIB | 910 |
| J. Durlacher | SDPLIB | 867 |
| A. Spinney | Conservative | 487 |
| M. Reese | Conservative | 464 |
| K. Towse | Green | 68 |
Clerkenwell3 seats · turnout 49.3%
| D. Hyams | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,990 ✓ |
| G. Southgate | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,743 ✓ |
| S. Brenner | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,739 ✓ |
| P. Matthews | Labour | 1,271 |
| N. Bishop | Labour | 1,215 |
| I. Wilosn | Labour | 1,046 |
| D. Bromfield | Conservative | 442 |
| R. Bromfield | Conservative | 376 |
| E. Carlson | Conservative | 311 |
| E. Arundel | Green | 190 |
Gillespie2 seats · turnout 47.9%
| D. Burridge | Labour | 1,242 ✓ |
| B. Crossman | Labour | 1,196 ✓ |
| H. Chell | Lib/Sdp | 400 |
| A. Dekany | Conservative | 368 |
| C. Husbands | Lib/Sdp | 363 |
| A. Price-Thomas | Conservative | 353 |
| R. Halvorsen | Green | 208 |
Highbury3 seats
| P. Broadhurst | Labour | 1,514 ✓ |
| M. Devenney | Labour | 1,407 ✓ |
| K. Arthurs | Labour | 1,369 ✓ |
| W. Harding | Lib/Sdp | 963 |
| S. Hitchins | Lib/Sdp | 920 |
| P. Tuson | Lib/Sdp | 905 |
| C. Dancer | Conservative | 426 |
| E. Edmunds | Conservative | 408 |
| S Matthews | Conservative | 398 |
| K. Wicksteed | Green | 224 |
Highview2 seats · turnout 43.4%
| M. Leigh | Labour | 936 ✓ |
| V. James | Labour | 872 ✓ |
| A. Fenton | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 282 |
| J. Michie | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 275 |
| C. Blackwood | Conservative | 198 |
| L. Christodoulides | Conservative | 179 |
| R. Whitney | Green | 86 |
Hillmarton2 seats
| A. Bell | Labour | 1,043 ✓ |
| J. Norden | Labour | 973 ✓ |
| F. Vincent | Lib/Sdp | 645 |
| R. Caudwell | Lib/Sdp | 610 |
| O. Carruthers | Conservative | 398 |
| R Taft | Conservative | 337 |
| Latimer R. | Green | 115 |
Hillrise3 seats · turnout 41.4%
| A. Clinton | Labour | 1,757 ✓ |
| M. Babulall | Labour | 1,546 ✓ |
| D. Coles | Labour | 1,514 ✓ |
| G. Hubbard | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 573 |
| D. Janner | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 544 |
| S. Ludford | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 522 |
| M. Dipre | Conservative | 413 |
| K. Hynes | Conservative | 389 |
| A. Moody | Conservative | 338 |
| R. Macleod | Green | 187 |
Holloway3 seats · turnout 45.3%
| R. Dale | Labour | 1,377 ✓ |
| N. Beddington | Labour | 1,254 ✓ |
| D. Yorath | Labour | 1,164 ✓ |
| P. McCann | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,006 |
| S. Bryceson | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 932 |
| M. Dunn | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 919 |
| N. Farrow | Conservative | 352 |
| A. McHallam | Conservative | 328 |
| R. Wong | Conservative | 318 |
| A. Myer | Green | 147 |
Junction3 seats · turnout 48.3%
| M. Barnes | Labour | 1,813 ✓ |
| C. Atherton | Labour | 1,748 ✓ |
| T. Kalim | Labour | 1,669 ✓ |
| P. Julian | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 600 |
| S. Cope | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 594 |
| D. Nicholson | Conservative | 545 |
| E. Smalley | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 523 |
| K. Manning | Conservative | 516 |
| N. Boardman | Conservative | 491 |
| M. Adshead | Green | 206 |
Mildmay3 seats · turnout 41.9%
| P. Haynes | Labour | 1,720 ✓ |
| A. Hasian | Labour | 1,616 ✓ |
| D. Sawyer | Labour | 1,529 ✓ |
| A. Davey | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 910 |
| S. Jones | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 890 |
| G. Berent | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 874 |
| R. Hewitt | Conservative | 632 |
| M. McCabe | Conservative | 575 |
| M. Oza | Conservative | 512 |
| S. Freeman | Green | 334 |
Quadrant2 seats · turnout 49.6%
| D. Barnes | Labour | 1,111 ✓ |
| A. Green | Labour | 995 ✓ |
| M. Campbell | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 908 |
| D. Rogers | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 852 |
| W. Thomas | Conservative | 491 |
| J. Moody | Conservative | 484 |
| A. Williams | Green | 123 |
St. Georges3 seats · turnout 54.8%
| P. Rees | Labour | 1,480 ✓ |
| Craig Adams | Labour | 1,444 ✓ |
| P. Murray | Labour | 1,391 ✓ |
| J. Bryan | Lib/Sdp | 658 |
| S. Cockcroft | SDPLIB | 616 |
| A. Stevens | SDPLIB | 615 |
| K Graham | Conservative | 531 |
| T. Ramsey | Conservative | 488 |
| A. Savage | Conservative | 463 |
| R Turner | Green | 315 |
St. Mary3 seats · turnout 50.2%
| R. Heseltine | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,165 ✓ |
| J. Kelson | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,112 ✓ |
| P. Herbert | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,107 ✓ |
| D. Welfare | Labour | 1,014 |
| P. Convery | Labour | 1,012 |
| W. Young | Labour | 1,005 |
| M. Eldridge | Conservative | 370 |
| M. Fagg | Conservative | 347 |
| H. Summerson | Conservative | 323 |
| H. Bailey | Green | 178 |
| M. Wicking | Other | 37 |
St. Peter3 seats
| M. Powell | SDPLIB | 1,613 ✓ |
| C. Pryce | SDPLIB | 1,610 ✓ |
| E. Czwartos | SDPLIB | 1,491 ✓ |
| G. Hayes | Labour | 1,142 |
| C. Jackson | Labour | 1,064 |
| A. Bosi | Labour | 1,028 |
| L. Hatcher | Conservative | 358 |
| C. Micklewright | Conservative | 343 |
| S. Ross Goobey | Conservative | 271 |
| P. Neuss | Green | 183 |
Sussex2 seats · turnout 44.4%
| M. Hodge | Labour | 1,209 ✓ |
| C. King | Labour | 1,156 ✓ |
| H. Hyman | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 272 |
| E. Georgoulas | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 240 |
| N. Shervey | Conservative | 229 |
| E. Stephens | Conservative | 206 |
| A. Wainwright | Green | 102 |
| E. Branigan | Other | 58 |
Thornhill2 seats · turnout 48.6%
| C. Chapman | Labour | 1,130 ✓ |
| S. Gilbert | Labour | 1,027 ✓ |
| R. Bayliss | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 762 |
| P. Peel | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 713 |
| S. Kreppel | Conservative | 159 |
| I. Moore | Conservative | 157 |
| P. Lewis | Green | 79 |
Tollington3 seats · turnout 46.4%
| S. Marks | Labour | 1,860 ✓ |
| F. Mort | Labour | 1,839 ✓ |
| E. Niles | Labour | 1,734 ✓ |
| M. Ryan | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 921 |
| C. Smith | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 890 |
| M. Thatcher | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 793 |
| D. Harrison | Conservative | 318 |
| F. Dancer | Conservative | 273 |
| D. Starkey | Conservative | 261 |
| J. Anderson | Green | 258 |
