Before (end of 1986) (68 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 35 · Conservative 26 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 7 · Other 0
After (end of 1987) (68 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 37 · Conservative 25 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 6 · Other 0
Ward results
Ashley1 seat · turnout 44.4%
| J. Williams | Labour | 2,050 ✓ |
| C. Bolton | Lib/Sdp | 738 |
| B. Anderson | Conservative | 641 |
| D. Bowring | Green | 297 |
Bedminster1 seat · turnout 51.3%
| I. Gillard | Conservative | 1,726 ✓ |
| P. Roberts | Labour | 1,681 |
| D. Usher | Lib/Sdp | 1,129 |
| M. Wood | Green | 78 |
Bishopsworth1 seat · turnout 44.9%
| H. Willcox | Labour | 1,501 ✓ |
| V. Goodland | Conservative | 1,452 |
| S. Willis | Lib/Sdp | 621 |
| L. Golden | Green | 34 |
Brislington East1 seat · turnout 48.8%
| A. Thomas | Labour | 2,001 ✓ |
| J. Cressey | Conservative | 1,564 |
| J. Exon | Lib/Sdp | 923 |
| C. Taylor | Green | 120 |
Brislington West1 seat · turnout 57.5%
| M. Langley | Lib/Sdp | 2,373 ✓ |
| M. Weeks | Conservative | 1,450 |
| N. Wills | Labour | 1,052 |
| R. Winfield | Green | 66 |
Cabot1 seat · turnout 46.9%
| R. Howell | Lib/Sdp | 1,623 ✓ |
| G. Keely | Conservative | 1,171 |
| G. Buchanan | Labour | 984 |
| W. Steedman | Green | 182 |
| W. Hunter | CPGB | 29 |
Clifton2 seats · turnout 36.5%
| H. Lewis | Labour | 1,548 |
| A. Lander | Labour | 1,430 |
| S. Bridge | Conservative | 1,048 |
| N. Ball | BIP | 365 |
Easton1 seat · turnout 52.2%
| K. Mahoney | Labour | 1,919 ✓ |
| G. Hopkins | Lib/Sdp | 1,667 |
| I Millard | Conservative | 533 |
| R. Nichols | Green | 58 |
Eastville1 seat · turnout 50.2%
| J. Vowles | Conservative | 1,922 ✓ |
| J. McLaren | Labour | 1,381 |
| E. Beaty | Lib/Sdp | 745 |
| P. Tonkin | Green | 106 |
Filwood1 seat · turnout 32.1%
| V. Hicks | Labour | 1,706 ✓ |
| J. Telling | Conservative | 403 |
| M. Norman | Lib/Sdp | 300 |
| D. Tayler | Green | 28 |
Frome Vale1 seat · turnout 55.7%
| K. Blanchard | Conservative | 2,256 |
| J. Hillier | Labour | 1,933 |
| R. Long | Lib/Sdp | 1,020 |
Hartcliffe1 seat · turnout 36.4%
| F. Pidgeon | Labour | 1,551 ✓ |
| J. Edwards | Conservative | 1,000 |
| R. Sharland | Lib/Sdp | 625 |
| B. Hussain | Green | 66 |
Hengrove1 seat · turnout 51.6%
| A. Telling | Conservative | 2,138 |
| J. Webb | Lib/Sdp | 1,878 |
| M. Riley | Labour | 1,380 |
Hillfields1 seat · turnout 42.3%
| G. Robertson | Labour | 1,634 |
| T. Murphy | Conservative | 1,242 |
| E. Fletcher | Lib/Sdp | 684 |
Knowle1 seat · turnout 46.9%
| S. Lamprey | Labour | 1,766 ✓ |
| T. Skipp | Conservative | 1,329 |
| E. James | Lib/Sdp | 548 |
| M. Pitt | Green | 61 |
Lawrence Hill1 seat · turnout 38.5%
| J. Jones | Labour | 2,142 ✓ |
| G. Marshall | Conservative | 638 |
| N. Winch | Lib/Sdp | 572 |
| A. Gilchrist | COMM | 87 |
Lockleaze1 seat · turnout 48.5%
| C. Merrett | Labour | 2,059 ✓ |
| M. Davis | Conservative | 1,260 |
| F. Young | Lib/Sdp | 477 |
| K. Woodhouse | Green | 40 |
Southville1 seat · turnout 50.7%
| A. May | Labour | 2,087 ✓ |
| M Jarrett | Conservative | 1,309 |
| D. Smith | Lib/Sdp | 608 |
| A. Grant | Green | 158 |
St George East1 seat · turnout 46.6%
| K. Mountstephen | Conservative | 1,739 ✓ |
| C. Price | Labour | 1,441 |
| J. Osborne | Lib/Sdp | 862 |
| C. Stones | Green | 73 |
St George West1 seat · turnout 47.3%
| R. Lewis | Lib/Sdp | 2,000 |
| V. Hammond | Labour | 1,273 |
| M. Stump | Conservative | 611 |
Stockwood1 seat · turnout 55.1%
| M Stamper | Conservative | 2,896 ✓ |
| A. Loveless | Labour | 1,688 |
| R. Bingham | Lib/Sdp | 1,108 |
| G. Dorey | Green | 49 |
Whitchurch Park1 seat · turnout 37.9%
| J. Rumble | Labour | 1,777 ✓ |
| A. Lancaster | Conservative | 904 |
| F. Thomas | Lib/Sdp | 579 |
| K. Saben | Green | 42 |
Windmill Hill1 seat · turnout 45.9%
| G. Micklewright | Labour | 2,462 ✓ |
| A. Reed | Conservative | 1,403 |
| J. Bushell | Lib/Sdp | 718 |
| S. Campbell | Green | 180 |
