Before (end of 1986) (30 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 24 · Labour 3 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 2 · Other 1
After (end of 1987) (30 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 22 · Labour 4 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 · Other 1
Ward results
Brunswick & Adelaide3 seats · turnout 40.9%
| B. Bailey | Lib/Sdp | 1,803 |
| J. Wakeling | Lib/Sdp | 1,534 |
| J. Hillman | Lib/Sdp | 1,526 |
| I. Moy-Loader | Conservative | 1,289 |
| J. Furness | Conservative | 1,190 |
| E. Rowe | Conservative | 1,152 |
| D. Bird | Labour | 393 |
| D. Robinson | Labour | 371 |
| J. Stacey | Labour | 352 |
Goldsmid3 seats · turnout 37.9%
| A. Burton | Conservative | 1,898 |
| J. McNaughton | Conservative | 1,797 |
| B. Jordan | Conservative | 1,795 |
| M. Thomas | Lib/Sdp | 657 |
| S. Brindle | Lib/Sdp | 640 |
| R. Whiting | Lib/Sdp | 586 |
| A. Devas | Labour | 452 |
| J. Riggs | Labour | 437 |
| D. Uzzaman | Labour | 419 |
Hangleton3 seats · turnout 35.6%
| G. White | Conservative | 1,571 |
| R. Allen | Conservative | 1,524 |
| E. Colin-Jones | Ind Con | 1,465 |
| K. Paterson | Labour | 710 |
| D. Paterson | Labour | 673 |
| C. Furness | Lib/Sdp | 652 |
| A. Grand | Lib/Sdp | 460 |
| J. Pearson | Lib/Sdp | 439 |
Nevill3 seats · turnout 30.4%
| J. Marshall | Conservative | 1,883 |
| S. Antunovich | Conservative | 1,642 |
| P. Wren | Labour | 482 |
| S. Kielty | Labour | 473 |
| S. Myers | Labour | 441 |
| G. Harkess | Lib/Sdp | 425 |
| J. Bassindale | Lib/Sdp | 377 |
| P. Francis | Lib/Sdp | 355 |
Portslade North3 seats · turnout 31.2%
| L. Hamilton | Labour | 1,490 |
| P. Godwin | Labour | 1,227 |
| G. Bushati | Conservative | 969 |
| J. Kapp | Conservative | 944 |
| K. Davey | Conservative | 909 |
| R. Aylward | Lib/Sdp | 366 |
| A. Barnett | Lib/Sdp | 331 |
| S. Rushton | Lib/Sdp | 300 |
Portslade South3 seats · turnout 43.1%
| F. Dupre | Conservative | 1,392 ✓ |
| F. Steer | Labour | 1,355 ✓ |
| H. Dupre | Conservative | 1,315 ✓ |
| H. Steer | Labour | 1,293 |
| M. Mendoza | Conservative | 1,291 |
| S. Collier | Labour | 1,221 |
| I. James | Lib/Sdp | 499 |
| T. Dumps | Lib/Sdp | 488 |
| B. Percy | Lib/Sdp | 417 |
| Catt A. | Green | 212 |
Stanford3 seats · turnout 39.2%
| M. Adams | Conservative | 2,032 |
| G. Exley | Conservative | 2,013 |
| B. Rowe | Conservative | 1,961 |
| D. Stringer | Lib/Sdp | 474 |
| R. Newell | Lib/Sdp | 456 |
| J. Price | Lib/Sdp | 435 |
| D. Edwards | Labour | 194 |
| W. McDermott | Labour | 167 |
| J. Purchase | Labour | 163 |
Vallance3 seats · turnout 36.0%
| P. Martin | Conservative | 1,572 |
| G. Peltzer Dunn | Conservative | 1,553 |
| B. Sanders | Conservative | 1,548 |
| D. Henderson | Labour | 667 |
| M. Lyons | Labour | 663 |
| A. Richards | Labour | 659 |
| M. Goodchild | Lib/Sdp | 508 |
| M. Corcoran | Lib/Sdp | 483 |
| B. Smith | Lib/Sdp | 477 |
Westbourne3 seats · turnout 47.4%
| A. Buttimer | Conservative | 1,768 ✓ |
| J. Buttimer | Conservative | 1,729 ✓ |
| P. Baker | Conservative | 1,721 ✓ |
| R. Bagnall | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,431 |
| S. Heaton | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,343 |
| D. Jackson | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,341 |
| D. Anthony | Labour | 300 |
| M. Atkinson | Labour | 286 |
| P. Atkinson | Labour | 276 |
Wish3 seats · turnout 42.0%
| J. Broadley | Conservative | 1,701 |
| S. Foley | Conservative | 1,598 |
| M. Long | Conservative | 1,539 |
| I. Caplin | Labour | 870 |
| A. Percy | Lib/Sdp | 830 |
| F. Honore | Lib/Sdp | 794 |
| L. Yeodal | Lib/Sdp | 768 |
| N. Romeril | Labour | 510 |
| S. Sandground | Labour | 508 |