Before (end of 1986) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 32 · Conservative 16 · Other 0 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0
After (end of 1987) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 33 · Conservative 15 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Bixley1 seat · turnout 51.2%
| B. Wright | Conservative | 1,541 |
| K. Howkins | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 1,104 |
| J. Peacock | Labour | 364 |
Bridge1 seat · turnout 34.3%
| P. Smart | Labour | 1,103 |
| D. Baxter | Conservative | 530 |
| I. Goddard | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 268 |
Broom Hill1 seat · turnout 44.5%
| R. Driver | Conservative | 1,319 |
| R. Sudds | Labour | 623 |
| M. Gray | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 381 |
Castle Hill1 seat · turnout 41.4%
| J. Cooper | Conservative | 1,327 |
| N. Cheeseman | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 601 |
| A. Grant | Labour | 545 |
Gainsborough1 seat · turnout 37.4%
| M. Alderton | Labour | 1,606 |
| J. Young | Conservative | 397 |
| P. Ablett | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 199 |
Priory Heath1 seat · turnout 37.5%
| R. Brame | Labour | 1,342 |
| L. Howard | Conservative | 539 |
| B. Carter | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 238 |
Rushmere1 seat · turnout 55.7%
| K. Boynes | Conservative | 1,472 |
| B. Shelley | Labour | 1,325 |
| B. Taylor | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 528 |
Sprites1 seat · turnout 35.0%
| V. Nice | Labour | 1,092 |
| K. Thomas | Conservative | 586 |
| J. Buckle | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 301 |
St John's1 seat
| I. Macy | Labour | 1,234 ✓ |
| A. Ford | Conservative | 1,076 |
| A. Howlett | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 456 |
St Margaret's2 seats
| D. Wright | Conservative | 1,390 |
| A. Thrussell | Conservative | 1,385 |
| S. Goodall | Labour | 797 |
| S. Sanford | Labour | 751 |
| R. Atkins | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 650 |
| J. Mnaley | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 590 |
St. Clements1 seat · turnout 53.0%
| R. Harsant | Conservative | 1,395 |
| A. Elliott | Labour | 1,283 |
| K. Prior | Lib/Sdp | 374 |
Stoke Park1 seat · turnout 37.6%
| D. Powell | Labour | 998 |
| C. Body | Conservative | 896 |
| M. Redbond | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 306 |
Town1 seat · turnout 85.3%
| S. Baguley | Labour | 1,208 ✓ |
| D. Goldsmith | Conservative | 603 |
| M. Eggleston | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 261 |
Whitehouse1 seat · turnout 34.3%
| J. Selway | Labour | 1,042 |
| L. Greenwood | Conservative | 438 |
| E. Beattie | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 272 |
Whitton1 seat · turnout 34.4%
| K. Wilcox | Labour | 1,105 |
| S. Fuller | Conservative | 555 |
| D. Kennedy | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 213 |
