Before (end of 1986) (52 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 32 · Labour 13 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 6 · Other 1
After (end of 1987) (52 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 33 · Labour 12 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 7 · Other 0
Ward results
Bicester East1 seat · turnout 45.6%
| Barry Victor Wood | Conservative | 1,059 |
| A. Timbrell | Lib/Sdp | 445 |
| J. Minns | Labour | 388 |
Bicester South1 seat · turnout 47.4%
| V. Duclos | Conservative | 882 |
| M. McKeever | Labour | 541 |
Bicester West1 seat · turnout 48.3%
| D. Spencer | Conservative | 1,187 |
| T. Lee | Lib/Sdp | 440 |
| N. Williams | Labour | 300 |
Bloxham1 seat · turnout 53.9%
| C. Prescott | Conservative | 930 |
| S. Prosser | Lib/Sdp | 418 |
| A. Box | Labour | 205 |
Chesterton1 seat · turnout 53.8%
| W. Green | Conservative | 315 |
| H. Rowlands | Lib/Sdp | 243 |
| R. Watt | Labour | 26 |
Gosford1 seat
| B. Prestidge | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Hardwick1 seat · turnout 43.3%
| P. Gray | Lib/Sdp | 752 |
| M. Ferriman | Labour | 660 |
| E. Worthington | Conservative | 531 |
Heyford1 seat · turnout 60.0%
| Matthews N. | Conservative | 601 |
| R. Rookwood | Lib/Sdp | 173 |
| A Beere | Labour | 103 |
Neithrop2 seats · turnout 41.9%
| D. Ainsworth | Lib/Sdp | 856 |
| E. White | Lib/Sdp | 827 |
| A. Clarke | Labour | 671 |
| N Mills | Labour | 630 |
| J Brooks | Conservative | 523 |
North West Kidlington1 seat · turnout 42.2%
| H Munday | Conservative | 1,189 |
| N. Toon | Labour | 585 |
| A. Lardner | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 578 |
Ruscote1 seat · turnout 38.9%
| A. Humphries | Labour | 989 |
| C. Blackwell | Conservative | 444 |
| P. Collins | Lib/Sdp | 347 |
South East Kidlington1 seat · turnout 44.1%
| Groves R. | Labour | 988 |
| D Ilott | Conservative | 946 |