Before (end of 1985) (50 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 31 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 18 · Other 1 · Conservative 0
After (end of 1986) (50 seats, Elections Centre)
SDP-Liberal Alliance 26 · Labour 24 · Conservative 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Blackwall2 seats · turnout 37.1%
| C. Shawcroft | Labour | 834 |
| J. Mathews | Lib/Sdp | 788 |
| S. Ali | Labour | 661 |
| R. Neale | Lib/Sdp | 657 |
| R. Hughes | Conservative | 129 |
Bow3 seats
| P. Catchpole | LIBAFT | 1,198 |
| R. Lebar | LIBAFT | 1,165 |
| A. Wilcock | LIBAFT | 1,071 |
| E. Caunter | Labour | 795 |
| W. Allman | Labour | 777 |
| T. Redmond | Labour | 737 |
| B. Jenkin | Conservative | 172 |
Bromley3 seats
| A. Downes | Labour | 1,458 |
| A. Delargy | Labour | 1,450 |
| N. McAree | Labour | 1,403 |
| B. Day | LIBAFT | 1,292 |
| P. Hughes | LIBAFT | 1,139 |
| Z. Hart | LIBAFT | 1,112 |
| R. Harrison | Conservative | 166 |
East India2 seats · turnout 32.4%
| T. Connolly | Labour | 906 |
| P. Little | Labour | 800 |
| M. Caplan | LIB | 541 |
| A. Peter | LIB | 464 |
| D. Canning | Ind Lab | 318 |
| Sayer P. | Conservative | 95 |
Grove2 seats · turnout 44.5%
| E. Flounders | LIBAFT | 1,049 |
| J. Ludlow | LIBAFT | 1,011 |
| J. Griffin | Labour | 701 |
| J. Mainwaring | Labour | 685 |
| Barbara Perrott | Conservative | 104 |
| L. Ransom | Conservative | 81 |
Holy Trinity3 seats · turnout 40.0%
| S. Charters | LIBAFT | 1,526 |
| B. Knowles | LIBAFT | 1,445 |
| J. Nudds | LIBAFT | 1,351 |
| M. Chalkley | Labour | 1,225 |
| G. Cade | Labour | 1,167 |
| S. Ullah | Labour | 1,025 |
| D. Etridge | BNP | 212 |
| A. Norton | Conservative | 138 |
| A. Pedingham | Conservative | 105 |
Lansbury3 seats · turnout 35.4%
| B. Blandford | LIBAFT | 1,119 ✓ |
| G. Deakins | LIBAFT | 1,108 ✓ |
| P. Fletcher | LIBAFT | 1,093 ✓ |
| S. Bowen | Labour | 956 |
| P. Collins | Labour | 883 |
| M. Hawkins | Labour | 871 |
| R. Beer | Ind Lab | 407 |
| P. Beasley | Ind Lab | 385 |
| G. Desmond | Ind Lab | 376 |
| C. Kingsley-Smith | Conservative | 77 |
Limehouse3 seats · turnout 33.5%
| D. Lewis | LIBAFT | 1,223 |
| S. Rayment | LIBAFT | 1,153 |
| C. Manser | LIBAFT | 1,147 |
| D. Twoney | Labour | 1,142 |
| M. Tyrrell | Labour | 1,105 |
| O. Hickson | Labour | 1,055 |
| D. Hughes | Conservative | 147 |
| G. Lenox-Smith | Conservative | 137 |
Millwall3 seats
| A. Porter | Labour | 1,119 ✓ |
| M. Shanahan | Labour | 1,114 ✓ |
| T. Staten | Labour | 1,013 ✓ |
| J. Moore | Lib/Sdp | 822 |
| B. Kettell | Lib/Sdp | 738 |
| P. Wade | IIND | 702 |
| G. Pye | IIND | 701 |
| W. Kilgour | IIND | 687 |
| A. Prag | Lib/Sdp | 664 |
| P. Holland | Conservative | 204 |
Park2 seats · turnout 41.3%
| T. Cowley | LIBAFT | 1,154 |
| B. Williams | LIBAFT | 1,153 |
| Belle Harris | Labour | 781 |
| S. Gardiner | Labour | 766 |
| D. Ranson | Conservative | 86 |
| J. Livingstone | Conservative | 73 |
Redcoat2 seats · turnout 42.3%
| C. Birt | LIBAFT | 1,184 |
| L. Smith | LIBAFT | 1,158 |
| S. Joseph | Labour | 920 |
| W. Leary | Labour | 907 |
| P. Ingham | Conservative | 159 |
| P. Ainsworth | Conservative | 126 |
Shadwell3 seats · turnout 32.1%
| A. Lilley | Labour | 1,121 |
| C. Mudd | Labour | 1,101 |
| J. Riley | Labour | 1,057 |
| D. Webb | Lib/Sdp | 881 |
| J. Minch | Lib/Sdp | 868 |
| G. White | Lib/Sdp | 810 |
| R. Mitchell | Conservative | 198 |
Spitalfields3 seats · turnout 45.2%
| A. Uddin | Labour | 1,246 ✓ |
| G. Mortuza | Labour | 1,019 ✓ |
| P. Maxwell | Labour | 988 ✓ |
| M. Huque | Independent | 837 |
| A. Rahman | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 590 |
| W. Kelly | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 444 |
| S. Islam | Independent | 402 |
| M. Mustafa | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 387 |
| J. Emmerson | Conservative | 215 |
| B. Wright | Independent | 199 |
| A. Chapman | Conservative | 189 |
St. James2 seats
| B. Duffey | LIBAFT | 833 |
| A Jacob | Labour | 800 |
| E. Short | Labour | 782 |
| M. Hook | LIBAFT | 757 |
| H. Hunter | Conservative | 134 |
| H Smith | Conservative | 127 |
St. Katharines3 seats · turnout 31.1%
| J. Rowe | Labour | 1,651 ✓ |
| A. Ali | Labour | 1,562 ✓ |
| M. Ahmed | Labour | 1,513 ✓ |
| K. Ali | Lib/Sdp | 714 |
| G. Clark | Lib/Sdp | 695 |
| M. Hussain | Lib/Sdp | 640 |
| A. George | Conservative | 461 |
| A. Smith | Conservative | 410 |
| S. Folan | Conservative | 371 |
| S. Smith | Independent | 84 |
St. Marys2 seats · turnout 28.3%
| R. Ashkettle | Labour | 948 |
| B. Saunders | Labour | 861 |
| A. Barik | Lib/Sdp | 316 |
| P. Mathurin | Lib/Sdp | 253 |
| M. Ali | Conservative | 218 |
| R. Ingram | Conservative | 147 |
