Before (end of 1985) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 39 · Conservative 7 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 2 · Other 0
After (end of 1986) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 38 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 6 · Conservative 4 · Other 0
Ward results
Bowthorpe1 seat · turnout 33.9%
| J. Storie | Labour | 1,523 ✓ |
| H Collins | Conservative | 365 |
| A. Zvesper | Lib/Sdp | 266 |
| A. Carter | Green | 123 |
Catton Grove1 seat · turnout 36.0%
| B. Stevenson | Labour | 1,266 |
| R. Glasel | Conservative | 477 |
| S. Oakley | Lib/Sdp | 327 |
Crome1 seat · turnout 37.1%
| Bradford D. | Labour | 1,413 ✓ |
| D. Williment | Lib/Sdp | 463 |
| V Hopes | Conservative | 347 |
| K. Garnham | WRP | 23 |
Eaton1 seat · turnout 64.5%
| C. Lavin | Lib/Sdp | 1,862 |
| L Richards | Conservative | 1,684 |
| J. Newman | Labour | 696 |
Heigham1 seat · turnout 35.8%
| L. Stevenson | Labour | 1,306 |
| C. Baxter | Lib/Sdp | 384 |
| G. Steward | Conservative | 343 |
Henderson2 seats
| D. Hart | Labour | 1,201 ✓ |
| S. Knights | Labour | 1,194 ✓ |
| A. Mann | Conservative | 407 |
| Denise Eileen Carlo | Green | 340 |
| S. Parker | Conservative | 327 |
| C. Smith | Lib/Sdp | 286 |
| J. Wilkes | Lib/Sdp | 246 |
Lakenham1 seat · turnout 46.1%
| M. Hardy | Labour | 1,621 |
| G. Goffin | Lib/Sdp | 592 |
| E. Collishaw | Conservative | 471 |
Mancroft2 seats · turnout 38.6%
| D. Fullman | Labour | 1,316 ✓ |
| P. Garner | Labour | 1,268 ✓ |
| J. Dann | Conservative | 490 |
| A. Prior | Conservative | 475 |
| R. Bird | Lib/Sdp | 384 |
| E. Du Parcq | Lib/Sdp | 375 |
| J. Collyer | Green | 179 |
Mile Cross1 seat · turnout 33.4%
| P. Box | Labour | 1,437 |
| M. Ashton | Conservative | 223 |
| S. Richardson | Lib/Sdp | 189 |
Mousehold1 seat · turnout 36.4%
| A. Fielder | Labour | 1,416 ✓ |
| A. Lumbard | Conservative | 377 |
| B. Harty | Lib/Sdp | 370 |
| R. Woollacott | Green | 124 |
Nelson1 seat · turnout 66.4%
| D. Burgess | Lib/Sdp | 1,478 |
| G Gee | Labour | 1,189 |
| G Drake | Conservative | 762 |
St Stephen1 seat · turnout 56.9%
| U. Whetung | Labour | 1,500 ✓ |
| L. Cooper | Conservative | 991 |
| G. Marshall | Lib/Sdp | 489 |
| W. Malucha | Green | 181 |
Thorpe Hamlet1 seat · turnout 53.5%
| P. Fitt | Lib/Sdp | 1,623 |
| S. Petersen | Labour | 1,081 |
| R. Nash | Conservative | 366 |
Town Close1 seat · turnout 65.9%
| P. Scutter | Lib/Sdp | 1,720 |
| Bill Smith | Labour | 1,460 |
| T. Wright | Conservative | 593 |
University1 seat · turnout 45.8%
| J. Walker | Labour | 1,364 ✓ |
| J. Simpson | Conservative | 539 |
| I. Williams | Lib/Sdp | 440 |
| Mansell D. | Green | 186 |