Before (end of 1985) (33 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 16 · Labour 11 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 6 · Other 0
After (end of 1986) (33 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 15 · Labour 12 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 5 · Other 1
Ward results
Barnwood1 seat · turnout 45.8%
| A. Hartshorne | Conservative | 1,807 |
| E. Waldon | Labour | 1,604 |
| M. O'Connor | Lib/Sdp | 536 |
Barton1 seat · turnout 42.3%
| A. Gravells | Conservative | 1,207 |
| D. Evans | Labour | 1,102 |
| E. Drinan | Lib/Sdp | 150 |
Hucclecote1 seat · turnout 51.8%
| P. Arnold | Conservative | 1,531 |
| R. Cox | Lib/Sdp | 1,221 |
| M. Lawlor | Labour | 506 |
Kingsholm1 seat · turnout 53.2%
| D. Philip | Conservative | 1,466 |
| J. Hilton | Lib/Sdp | 1,297 |
| M. Harriot | Labour | 508 |
Linden1 seat · turnout 46.8%
| P. Evans | Conservative | 1,170 |
| C. Glover | Labour | 1,098 |
| A. Gribble | Lib/Sdp | 404 |
Longlevens1 seat · turnout 49.6%
| P. Grant-Hudson | Conservative | 1,548 |
| T. Sherwood | Labour | 911 |
| J. Goodwin | Lib/Sdp | 666 |
Matson1 seat · turnout 33.8%
| T. Potts | Labour | 1,315 |
| G. Parrott | Conservative | 547 |
| J. Green | Lib/Sdp | 271 |
Tuffley1 seat · turnout 50.8%
| N. Durrant | Labour | 1,436 |
| J. Phillips | Conservative | 1,166 |
| S. O'Connor | Lib/Sdp | 558 |
Westgate1 seat · turnout 46.9%
| R. Welshman | Lib/Sdp | 1,031 |
| R. Smith | Conservative | 963 |
| D. James | Labour | 504 |
