Before (end of 1985) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 43 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 13 · Other 3 · Labour 1
After (end of 1986) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 45 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 11 · Other 3 · Labour 1
Ward results
Broadclyst1 seat · turnout 44.0%
| G. Cottrell | Conservative | 684 |
| M. Squires | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 295 |
| J. Northam | Labour | 127 |
Budleigh Salterton1 seat · turnout 51.3%
| A. De Winton | Conservative | 1,355 |
| R. Dingwall | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 739 |
Exmouth Brixington1 seat · turnout 42.3%
| R. Bowes | Conservative | 1,130 |
| B. Bucklar | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 936 |
| H. Walker | Labour | 198 |
Exmouth Halsdon1 seat · turnout 48.4%
| J. Elson | Conservative | 1,059 |
| K. Turner | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 682 |
| S. Newman | Labour | 219 |
Exmouth Littleham Rural1 seat · turnout 51.7%
| D. Gibbons | Conservative | 1,091 |
| B. Toye | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 982 |
| C. Davison | Labour | 160 |
Exmouth Littleham Urban1 seat · turnout 38.3%
| D. Scott | Conservative | 695 |
| C. Fry | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 262 |
| S. Haine | Labour | 158 |
Exmouth Withycombe Raleigh1 seat · turnout 39.6%
| B. Taylor | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 850 |
| T. Leat | Conservative | 704 |
| A. Evans | Labour | 252 |
Honiton St. Michaels1 seat · turnout 32.1%
| P. Halse | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 462 |
| P. Allen | Conservative | 330 |
| R. Sharpe | Labour | 108 |
Newbridges1 seat · turnout 55.1%
| V. Bowles | Conservative | 582 |
| C. Jacobs | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 262 |
Otterhead1 seat · turnout 42.1%
| R. Disney | Conservative | 461 |
| A. Cornish | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 226 |
| L. Price | Labour | 41 |
Ottery St. Mary Rural1 seat · turnout 55.9%
| R. Stuart | Conservative | 1,206 |
| P. Brown | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 667 |
| K. Kellan | Labour | 70 |
Seaton1 seat · turnout 55.4%
| V. Hetherington | Conservative | 1,455 |
| M. Rogers | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 1,149 |
| D. Hawkins | Labour | 135 |
Sidmouth Rural1 seat · turnout 48.8%
| B. Bagwell | Conservative | 1,511 |
| K. Hogg | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 592 |
| S. Mills | Labour | 169 |
Sidmouth Town1 seat · turnout 48.2%
| J. Smith | Conservative | 1,220 |
| A. Smith | Labour | 144 |
Sidmouth Woolbrook1 seat · turnout 50.0%
| F. Lock | Conservative | 1,034 |
| D. Tice | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 419 |
| S. Pollentine | Labour | 364 |
Tale Vale1 seat · turnout 50.9%
| B. Thorne | Conservative | 502 |
| M. Holt | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 211 |
| J. Gregory | Labour | 42 |
Trinity1 seat · turnout 46.7%
| S. Manfield | Conservative | 527 |
| M. Hodder | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 302 |
Upper Axe1 seat · turnout 49.5%
| T. Clarke-Irons | Conservative | 459 |
| S. Crook | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 210 |
Yarty1 seat · turnout 57.0%
| J. Long | Conservative | 674 |
| P. Pearce | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 145 |
| R. Griffiths | Labour | 77 |
