Before (end of 1986) (40 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 23 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 10 · Labour 6 · Other 1
After (end of 1987) (40 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 23 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 10 · Labour 6 · Other 1
Ward results
Ashingdon1 seat · turnout 52.1%
| B. Crick | Lib/Sdp | 694 |
| J. Nicholls | Conservative | 442 |
| J. Ellis | Labour | 104 |
Barling and Sutton1 seat · turnout 55.0%
| R. Allen | Conservative | 369 |
| J. Nokes | Lib/Sdp | 234 |
| C Coyte | Labour | 94 |
Canewdon1 seat · turnout 58.3%
| D. Wood | Conservative | 424 ✓ |
| T. Powell | Lib/Sdp | 371 |
| E. Gladstone | Independent | 134 |
| J. Christie | Labour | 52 |
Cribden2 seats · turnout 51.9%
| J. Taylor | Conservative | 1,268 |
| J. McGowan | Conservative | 1,106 |
| S. Harding | Labour | 1,052 |
| D. Hancock | Labour | 998 |
| D. Goode | All | 698 |
Facit & Shawforth1 seat · turnout 57.6%
| J. Grogan | Conservative | 674 |
| E. Fox | Labour | 431 |
| K. White | All | 177 |
Foulness & Great Wakering East1 seat · turnout 51.0%
| R. Pearson | Conservative | 544 |
| S. Finch | Lib/Sdp | 169 |
| S. Bull | Labour | 166 |
Grange & Rawreth1 seat · turnout 44.1%
| P. Godsell | Lib/Sdp | 874 |
| N. Hill | Conservative | 671 |
| R. McCamley | Labour | 444 |
Great Wakering Central1 seat · turnout 58.8%
| D. Stow | Labour | 388 |
| E. Easlea | Conservative | 304 |
| J. Alabaster | Lib/Sdp | 93 |
Great Wakering West1 seat · turnout 56.3%
| B. Grigg | Conservative | 367 |
| C. Bellman | Labour | 161 |
| J. Brown | Lib/Sdp | 78 |
Greenfield1 seat · turnout 56.5%
| A. Banks | Labour | 1,175 |
| D. Tennant | Conservative | 1,029 |
Greensclough1 seat · turnout 58.2%
| M. Talukdar | Conservative | 1,002 |
| D. Baron | Labour | 751 |
| M. Bourke | All | 308 |
Hawkwell East1 seat · turnout 42.8%
| A. Harvey | Conservative | 1,218 |
| H. Glynn | Lib/Sdp | 806 |
| S. Leftley | Labour | 243 |
Hawkwell West1 seat · turnout 44.8%
| J. Fawell | Conservative | 711 |
| J. Haslam | Lib/Sdp | 537 |
| G. Plackett | Labour | 153 |
Healey & Whitworth1 seat · turnout 51.2%
| A. Bolton | Conservative | 879 |
| K. Farrell | Labour | 572 |
| R. Gee | All | 318 |
Helmshore1 seat · turnout 56.4%
| A. Goldsworthy | Conservative | 1,396 |
| S. Lyth | Labour | 1,011 |
| W. Holt | All | 561 |
Irwell1 seat · turnout 54.6%
| P. Heyworth | Labour | 992 |
| A. Neville | Conservative | 969 |
| D. Whatmough | All | 270 |
Lodge1 seat · turnout 48.6%
| P. Cooke | Conservative | 1,124 |
| S. Jarvis | Lib/Sdp | 1,010 |
| J. Stracey | Labour | 175 |
Stacksteads1 seat · turnout 57.0%
| Terry Daniels | Labour | 1,031 |
| A. Knight | Conservative | 867 |
Wheatley1 seat · turnout 52.8%
| Webster P. | Conservative | 650 |
| T. Dean | Lib/Sdp | 574 |
| S. Cox | Labour | 93 |
Whitewell1 seat · turnout 53.5%
| M. Manning | Conservative | 1,218 |
| R. Stuart | Labour | 1,021 |