Before (end of 1986) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 24 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 13 · Labour 2 · Other 0
After (end of 1987) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 23 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 14 · Labour 2 · Other 0
Ward results
Brentwood North1 seat · turnout 53.8%
| P. Costin | Lib/Sdp | 1,173 |
| K. Ashton | Conservative | 1,124 |
| C. Maxey | Labour | 195 |
Brentwood South1 seat · turnout 59.7%
| J. Bates | Conservative | 1,174 ✓ |
| Jim Hopkins | Labour | 939 |
| M. Hatton | Lib/Sdp | 390 |
| J. Walsh | Green | 55 |
Brentwood West1 seat · turnout 53.1%
| E. Ramsey | Conservative | 1,063 |
| D. Higgins | Lib/Sdp | 878 |
| G. Bender | Labour | 249 |
Brizes & Doddinghurst1 seat · turnout 47.6%
| J. Mackintosh | Conservative | 1,202 ✓ |
| P. Reed | Lib/Sdp | 1,017 |
| T. Ward | Labour | 142 |
| J. Barnes | Green | 86 |
Herongate & Ingrave1 seat · turnout 59.9%
| R. Booth | Conservative | 613 |
| S. Moulds | Lib/Sdp | 315 |
| T. Acton | Labour | 83 |
Hutton East1 seat · turnout 49.8%
| C. Colley | Conservative | 840 |
| T. Brown | Lib/Sdp | 641 |
| P. Caira | Labour | 448 |
Hutton North1 seat · turnout 55.2%
| P. Billinge | Lib/Sdp | 802 |
| P. Hughes | Conservative | 784 |
| M. Waldie | Labour | 182 |
Hutton South1 seat · turnout 45.0%
| G. Owen | Conservative | 1,641 |
| P. Pike | Lib/Sdp | 500 |
| J. Keohane | Labour | 110 |
Ingatestone & Fryerning1 seat · turnout 62.0%
| E. Bottomley | Lib/Sdp | 1,272 ✓ |
| D. Hiscock | Conservative | 1,065 |
| R. Tattersall | Labour | 118 |
| R. Lancaster | Green | 50 |
Mountnessing1 seat · turnout 58.7%
| D. Gottesmann | Lib/Sdp | 441 |
| P. Brocklehurst | Conservative | 131 |
| P. Hume | Labour | 16 |
Pilgrims Hatch1 seat · turnout 48.3%
| C. Myers | Lib/Sdp | 1,146 |
| A Galbraith | Conservative | 1,026 |
| R. Cragg | Labour | 346 |
Shenfield1 seat · turnout 52.1%
| G. Jennings | Conservative | 1,541 |
| J. Gleeson | Lib/Sdp | 628 |
| C. Cozens | Labour | 128 |
Warley1 seat · turnout 47.2%
| A. Earl | Conservative | 1,265 ✓ |
| J. Gurny | Lib/Sdp | 457 |
| L. Southgate | Labour | 342 |
| I. Macdonald | Green | 85 |