Before (end of 1986) (34 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 16 · Conservative 11 · Labour 5 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 2
After (end of 1987) (34 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 15 · Conservative 12 · Labour 5 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 2
Ward results
Hayle-Gwinear1 seat · turnout 37.7%
| S. Menadue | Independent | 623 |
| H. Ingram | Conservative | 481 |
Hayle-Gwithian1 seat · turnout 47.8%
| T. Maggs | Lib/Sdp | 664 ✓ |
| P. Lineham | Labour | 576 |
| M. Reynolds | Conservative | 500 |
| J. Wakeham | Independent | 178 |
Lelant and Carbis Bay1 seat · turnout 51.4%
| D. Jones | Conservative | 726 |
| K. Matthews | Lib/Sdp | 540 |
| Dennison T. | Independent | 182 |
Ludgvan1 seat · turnout 55.6%
| W. Badcock | Conservative | 914 ✓ |
| R. Mann | Independent | 415 |
| W. Rule | Independent | 286 |
| S. Simpson | Labour | 179 |
| G. Kitchener | Green | 135 |
Penzance East1 seat · turnout 52.5%
| G. Venn | Conservative | 820 ✓ |
| G. Bonney | Labour | 598 |
| J. Dickson | Lib/Sdp | 553 |
| W. Lawrence | Independent | 139 |
Penzance South1 seat · turnout 53.8%
| R. Harding | Conservative | 1,168 |
| D. Haslam | Lib/Sdp | 494 |
| D. Macintyre | Labour | 319 |
St Erth and St Hilary1 seat
| P. Badcock | Independent | 0 ✓ |
St. Ives North1 seat · turnout 47.4%
| Tim Harvey | Labour | 555 |
| J. Gilpin | Conservative | 420 |
| D. Clarke | Lib/Sdp | 416 |
St. Ives South1 seat · turnout 44.6%
| D Milton | Conservative | 428 |
| E. James | Independent | 389 |
| T. Gower | Lib/Sdp | 345 |