Before (end of 1985) (30 seats, Elections Centre)
SDP-Liberal Alliance 15 · Conservative 14 · Labour 1 · Other 0
After (end of 1986) (30 seats, Elections Centre)
SDP-Liberal Alliance 17 · Conservative 13 · Labour 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Devonshire1 seat · turnout 46.4%
| A. Rose | Lib/Sdp | 1,142 |
| M. Tunwell | Conservative | 1,132 |
| K. Usmani | Labour | 177 |
Downside1 seat · turnout 43.6%
| B. Leggett | Lib/Sdp | 1,696 |
| D. Townsend | Conservative | 822 |
| B. O'Shea | Green | 192 |
Hampden Park1 seat · turnout 46.1%
| P. Hearn | Lib/Sdp | 1,201 |
| P. Day | Labour | 1,116 |
| P. Lutterer | Conservative | 645 |
Langney1 seat · turnout 41.7%
| A. Shuttleworth | Lib/Sdp | 2,295 |
| J. Waghorne | Conservative | 526 |
| E. Stanley | Labour | 212 |
Meads1 seat · turnout 40.8%
| A. Vickers | Conservative | 1,991 |
| P. Nicholls | Lib/Sdp | 589 |
Ocklynge1 seat · turnout 45.0%
| P. Enser | Conservative | 1,312 |
| R. Kirtley | Lib/Sdp | 1,022 |
| J. Macdonald | Labour | 140 |
Ratton1 seat · turnout 48.0%
| F. Higgins | Conservative | 1,450 |
| C. Broome | Lib/Sdp | 1,120 |
| G. Turner | Labour | 345 |
Roselands1 seat · turnout 44.9%
| J. Healy | Lib/Sdp | 1,817 ✓ |
| J. Lowe | Conservative | 728 |
| B. Earley | Labour | 225 |
| J. Heath | Green | 219 |
St. Anthonys1 seat · turnout 46.2%
| J. Grist | Lib/Sdp | 1,701 |
| B. Leigh | Conservative | 1,128 |
Upperton1 seat · turnout 38.6%
| G. Fletcher | Conservative | 1,649 |
| P. Durrant | Lib/Sdp | 951 |