Before (end of 1985) (72 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 36 · Conservative 35 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 1 · Other 0
After (end of 1986) (72 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 46 · Conservative 25 · Other 1 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0
Ward results
Amblecote1 seat · turnout 35.1%
| C. Wray | Labour | 1,852 |
| G. Fletcher | Conservative | 1,511 |
| K. Briggs | Lib/Sdp | 750 |
Belle Vale & Hasbury1 seat · turnout 41.0%
| M. Ellison | Labour | 1,948 |
| J. Woodall | Conservative | 1,253 |
| T. Clitheroe | Lib/Sdp | 833 |
Brierley Hill1 seat · turnout 38.6%
| T. Sunter | Labour | 2,350 |
| C. Fraser-Macnamara | Conservative | 631 |
Brockmoor & Pensnett1 seat · turnout 35.5%
| W. Shingleton | Labour | 2,556 |
| D. Thomas-Smout | Conservative | 643 |
| C. Bell | Lib/Sdp | 294 |
Castle & Priory1 seat · turnout 32.3%
| L. Smart | Labour | 2,123 |
| M. Colbourne | Conservative | 662 |
| F. Bridges | Lib/Sdp | 255 |
Coseley East1 seat · turnout 36.3%
| J. Wilson | Labour | 2,302 |
| W. Lane | Conservative | 964 |
Coseley West1 seat · turnout 39.6%
| J. Walters | Labour | 1,460 |
| R. Griffiths | Conservative | 1,382 |
| N. Caddick | Lib/Sdp | 660 |
Halesowen North1 seat · turnout 43.7%
| A. Hankon | Labour | 2,497 |
| C. Graham | Conservative | 1,693 |
Halesowen South1 seat · turnout 40.2%
| K. Johnson | Conservative | 2,418 |
| A. Koszary | Labour | 898 |
| S. Williams | Lib/Sdp | 698 |
Hayley Green1 seat · turnout 44.7%
| P. Begley | Labour | 1,835 |
| A. Mead | Conservative | 1,667 |
| J. Jones | Lib/Sdp | 782 |
Kingswinford North & Wall Heath1 seat · turnout 40.0%
| G. Homer | Conservative | 2,134 |
| R. Norfolk | Labour | 950 |
| R. Bell | Lib/Sdp | 889 |
Kingswinford South1 seat · turnout 40.4%
| D. Harty | Conservative | 1,819 |
| N. Matthews | Labour | 1,537 |
| T. Bridges | Lib/Sdp | 611 |
Lye & Wollescote1 seat · turnout 34.2%
| F. Hunt | Labour | 2,247 |
| I. Kettle | Conservative | 618 |
| M. Lidstone | Lib/Sdp | 402 |
Netherton & Woodside1 seat · turnout 35.0%
| W. Cody | Labour | 1,590 |
| F. Homer | Conservative | 962 |
Norton1 seat · turnout 42.7%
| J. Edmonds | Conservative | 2,130 ✓ |
| J. Plant | Labour | 1,038 |
| A. Head | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 998 |
Pedmore & Stourbridge East1 seat · turnout 39.1%
| P. Douglas-Osbourn | Conservative | 2,143 |
| K. Barwick | Lib/Sdp | 968 |
| J. Holmes | Labour | 836 |
Quarry Bank & Cradley1 seat · turnout 35.4%
| D. Sparks | Labour | 2,199 |
| P. Blunt | Lib/Sdp | 1,053 |
| P. Coleman | Conservative | 866 |
Sedgley1 seat · turnout 37.9%
| D. Caunt | Conservative | 2,355 |
| M. Wright | Labour | 1,051 |
| P. Pickerill | Lib/Sdp | 530 |
St Andrews1 seat · turnout 27.2%
| D. Ablett | Labour | 1,878 ✓ |
| D. Allison | Conservative | 722 |
St. James1 seat · turnout 33.9%
| L. Pearce | Labour | 2,056 ✓ |
| W. Griffiths | Conservative | 1,044 |
| K. Short | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 302 |
| S. Dunkley | Other | 27 |
St. Thomas1 seat · turnout 36.2%
| C. Woodall | Labour | 2,243 ✓ |
| H. Williams | Conservative | 994 |
| M. Dorsett | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 422 |
Wollaston & Stourbridge West1 seat · turnout 45.6%
| M. Vaughan | Labour | 1,934 |
| J. Watteson | Conservative | 1,818 |
| S. Sharples | Lib/Sdp | 749 |
Wordsley1 seat · turnout 37.9%
| J. Pearson | Labour | 2,015 |
| E. Harty | Conservative | 1,375 |
| A. Lewis | Lib/Sdp | 834 |
