Before (end of 1986) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 40 · Conservative 13 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 1 · Other 0
After (end of 1987) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 41 · Conservative 11 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 2 · Other 0
Ward results
Bablake1 seat · turnout 45.9%
| L. Milligan | Conservative | 2,876 ✓ |
| M. Rosher | Labour | 1,899 |
| P. Townsend | Lib/Sdp | 963 |
| C. Bennett | Green | 172 |
| A. Enstone | Independent | 42 |
Binley & Willenhall1 seat · turnout 36.1%
| T. Smith | Labour | 2,652 ✓ |
| N. Hales | Conservative | 1,305 |
| M. Willmott | Lib/Sdp | 1,284 |
| D. Tait | Green | 84 |
Cheylesmore1 seat · turnout 45.8%
| O. Wesson | Conservative | 2,174 ✓ |
| G. Ready | Labour | 1,987 |
| H. Burgwyn | Lib/Sdp | 1,281 |
| C. Williams | Green | 106 |
Earlsdon2 seats · turnout 48.1%
| H. Cooper | Conservative | 3,191 |
| M. Harmon | Conservative | 3,073 |
| D. Robinson | Lib/Sdp | 1,744 |
| D. Leach | Labour | 1,716 |
| D. Morgan | Lib/Sdp | 1,710 |
| P. Leigh | Labour | 1,653 |
Foleshill1 seat · turnout 37.3%
| J. Ward | Labour | 3,460 |
| R. Drake | Conservative | 763 |
| L. Robbins | Lib/Sdp | 501 |
Henley1 seat · turnout 33.0%
| D. Cairns | Labour | 2,474 ✓ |
| Jean Tandy | Conservative | 1,140 |
| P. Roughton | Lib/Sdp | 695 |
| P. Braithwaite | Green | 135 |
Holbrook1 seat · turnout 37.1%
| N. Nolan | Labour | 3,006 |
| W. Windsor | Conservative | 1,360 |
| C. Kelly | Lib/Sdp | 867 |
Longford1 seat · turnout 36.3%
| R. Ainsworth | Labour | 2,909 |
| J. Hudghton | Conservative | 1,272 |
| E. Rafferty | Lib/Sdp | 816 |
Lower Stoke1 seat · turnout 40.5%
| C. Purch | Labour | 2,396 ✓ |
| J Farmer | Conservative | 1,717 |
| A. Tough | Lib/Sdp | 1,051 |
| R. Gill | Green | 113 |
Radford1 seat · turnout 35.3%
| W. McKernan | Labour | 3,024 |
| J. Bantin | Conservative | 994 |
| P. Dunbar | Lib/Sdp | 713 |
Sherbourne1 seat · turnout 41.3%
| A. Emery | Labour | 2,221 ✓ |
| L Owen | Conservative | 1,935 |
| B. Lewis | Lib/Sdp | 1,240 |
| K. Taylor | Green | 78 |
St. Michaels1 seat · turnout 32.3%
| T. McLetchie | Labour | 2,535 ✓ |
| R. Bailey | Conservative | 687 |
| M. Moran | Lib/Sdp | 614 |
| C. Herbert | Green | 217 |
Upper Stoke1 seat · turnout 38.4%
| Debs Edwards | Labour | 3,000 ✓ |
| J. Rotherham | Conservative | 1,494 |
| E. Dewhurst | Lib/Sdp | 722 |
| N. Ayres | Green | 85 |
| M. McNally | COMM | 49 |
Wainbody1 seat · turnout 47.0%
| K. Whitehouse | Conservative | 2,969 |
| G. Penlington | Lib/Sdp | 1,441 |
| P. Gow | Labour | 1,154 |
Westwood1 seat · turnout 39.7%
| J. Thompson | Labour | 2,332 |
| B Peace | Conservative | 1,277 |
| M. Hover | Lib/Sdp | 1,076 |
