Before (end of 1986) (49 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 34 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 9 · Other 6 · Labour 0
After (end of 1987) (49 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 33 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 10 · Other 6 · Labour 0
Ward results
Aylsham1 seat · turnout 49.6%
| K. Wintle | Conservative | 996 |
| A. Quinn | Lib/Sdp | 499 |
| L. Woodley | Labour | 458 |
Blofield1 seat · turnout 49.2%
| A. Northcliffe | Conservative | 874 |
| E. Smith | Lib/Sdp | 351 |
Burlingham1 seat · turnout 47.7%
| K. Crowe | Lib/Sdp | 702 |
| B. Minns | Conservative | 362 |
Buxton1 seat · turnout 43.8%
| D. Smithson | Conservative | 442 |
| M. Green | Lib/Sdp | 194 |
Freethorpe1 seat · turnout 37.1%
| F. Siddall | Independent | 383 |
| K. Rout | Lib/Sdp | 63 |
Horsford1 seat · turnout 51.0%
| G Harrison | Conservative | 475 |
| F. Walker | Lib/Sdp | 376 |
South Walsham1 seat · turnout 50.5%
| C. Everson | Independent | 397 |
| D. Murrell | Independent | 173 |
| P. Allison | Lib/Sdp | 74 |
Sprowston Central1 seat · turnout 45.3%
| M. Hardingham | Independent | 737 |
| A. Young | Lib/Sdp | 410 |
| K. Lashley | Labour | 390 |
Sprowston East1 seat · turnout 49.6%
| L. Woolf | Conservative | 873 |
| V. Fazakerly | Lib/Sdp | 478 |
| S. Dyball | Labour | 457 |
Sprowston South1 seat · turnout 49.9%
| S. Beadle | Lib/Sdp | 625 |
| G. Fisher | Conservative | 470 |
| C Cutting | Labour | 192 |
Sprowston West1 seat · turnout 32.6%
| H Maidment | Conservative | 314 |
| Lashley B. | Labour | 189 |
| C. Crane | Lib/Sdp | 173 |
| R. James | Conservative | 641 |
| M. Ford | Lib/Sdp | 565 |
| G. Golding | Labour | 150 |
Thorpe St. Andrew Northeast1 seat · turnout 48.6%
| E Harris | Conservative | 704 |
| J. Clayton | Lib/Sdp | 599 |
| E. Grimson | Labour | 266 |
