Before (end of 1985) (33 seats, Elections Centre)
SDP-Liberal Alliance 14 · Conservative 12 · Other 5 · Labour 2
After (end of 1986) (33 seats, Elections Centre)
SDP-Liberal Alliance 16 · Conservative 11 · Other 4 · Labour 2
Ward results
All Saints2 seats · turnout 38.8%
| A. Hodges | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 1,261 ✓ |
| S. Jordan | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 1,146 ✓ |
| D. Pennell | Conservative | 1,079 |
| A. Cronk | Conservative | 1,048 |
| D. Hale | Labour | 412 |
| R. Pope | Labour | 350 |
Charlton Kings1 seat · turnout 53.8%
| D. Perry | RES | 1,358 ✓ |
| R. Daffurn | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 1,223 |
| N. Norman | Conservative | 864 |
College1 seat · turnout 51.2%
| B. Howell | Conservative | 1,782 ✓ |
| G. Barnes | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 1,481 |
| L. Luker | Labour | 228 |
Hatherley2 seats · turnout 37.9%
| E. Phillips | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 1,490 ✓ |
| D. Rosser-Smith | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 1,339 ✓ |
| T. Ockwell | Conservative | 974 |
| A. Shahlaei | Conservative | 819 |
| A. Palmer | Labour | 294 |
Hesters Way1 seat · turnout 37.2%
| A. Cameron | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 947 ✓ |
| T. Ruck | Labour | 870 |
| B. Chaplin | Conservative | 811 |
Lansdown1 seat · turnout 40.6%
| M. Dent | Conservative | 1,307 ✓ |
| C. Lloyd | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 753 |
| L. Stapleton | Labour | 279 |
Park1 seat · turnout 49.5%
| M. Stafford | Conservative | 1,586 ✓ |
| J. Norman | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 961 |
| M. Bottomley | Labour | 216 |
Pittville1 seat · turnout 42.3%
| M. Hale | Labour | 1,070 ✓ |
| K. Burke | Conservative | 883 |
| A. Wadley | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 661 |
St. Marks1 seat · turnout 35.5%
| J. Watson | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 1,099 ✓ |
| J. Naish | Labour | 585 |
| S. Richards | Conservative | 390 |
St. Pauls1 seat · turnout 41.1%
| D. Griggs | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 1,045 ✓ |
| D. Aldridge | IND RATE | 963 |
| S. Thomas | Labour | 285 |
St. Peters1 seat · turnout 38.6%
| P. Thornton | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 953 ✓ |
| English A. | Conservative | 751 |
| P. Chappell | Labour | 554 |
