Before (end of 1986) (35 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 19 · Labour 10 · Other 5 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 1
After (end of 1987) (35 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 19 · Labour 9 · Other 5 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 2
Ward results
Abbey North1 seat
| W. Brian | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Badby1 seat · turnout 55.8%
| P. Dent | Conservative | 557 |
| C. Wade | Lib/Sdp | 220 |
| B. McGowan | Labour | 87 |
Byfield1 seat · turnout 45.3%
| J. Russell | Independent | 407 |
| M. Hewitt | Labour | 87 |
Clipston1 seat · turnout 55.0%
| K. Driver | Conservative | 525 |
| J. Corbett | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 126 |
| J. Woolley | Labour | 70 |
Crick & West Haddon1 seat · turnout 50.5%
| E. Wordsworth | Conservative | 510 ✓ |
| S. Elmes | Lib/Sdp | 137 |
| R. Atterbury | Independent | 121 |
| M. Boniface | Labour | 111 |
Drayton1 seat · turnout 39.1%
| M. Luke | Labour | 723 |
| A. Baker | Lib/Sdp | 652 |
| A. Tebbutt | Conservative | 484 |
Hill1 seat · turnout 34.2%
| J. Birch | Independent | 509 |
| G Pritchard | Labour | 445 |
Long Buckby1 seat · turnout 48.8%
| Sue Osborne | Conservative | 960 |
| R. Bates | Labour | 439 |
Moulton1 seat · turnout 57.8%
| A. Campling | Lib/Sdp | 695 |
| A. Kirk | Conservative | 560 |
| J. Harrington | Labour | 132 |
Overstone & Walgrave1 seat · turnout 61.2%
| C. Pomeroy | Conservative | 598 |
| E. Duffy | Lib/Sdp | 274 |
| J Saffer | Labour | 185 |
Spratton1 seat · turnout 58.9%
| T Matts | Conservative | 536 |
| A. Attwood | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 166 |
| C. Myers | Labour | 85 |
Yelvertoft1 seat · turnout 52.3%
| Cobb J. | Conservative | 359 |
| B. Corbett | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 116 |
| K. House | Labour | 73 |