Before (end of 1986) (57 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 26 · Labour 25 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 6 · Other 0
After (end of 1987) (57 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 26 · Labour 24 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 5 · Other 2
Ward results
Acton1 seat · turnout 40.8%
| G. West | Conservative | 379 |
| K. Roberts | Lib/Sdp | 141 |
Alexandra1 seat · turnout 52.3%
| M. Scholes | Lib/Sdp | 1,226 |
| M Roberts | Labour | 795 |
Barony Weaver1 seat · turnout 55.4%
| T. Holman | Conservative | 1,221 |
| Angela Moran | Labour | 889 |
Coppenhall1 seat · turnout 33.2%
| W. Beard | Labour | 1,326 |
| D. Stockton | Conservative | 465 |
Delamere1 seat · turnout 44.4%
| R. Stafford | Lib/Sdp | 752 |
| H. Curran | Labour | 577 |
Haslington1 seat · turnout 40.7%
| E. Broadbent | Conservative | 952 |
| Liz Atkins | Labour | 425 |
| F. Hughes | Lib/Sdp | 323 |
Maw Green1 seat · turnout 36.0%
| C. Hassall | Labour | 1,200 |
| B. Edge | Conservative | 270 |
Minshull1 seat
| Rosemary Birchall | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Queens Park1 seat · turnout 38.9%
| B. Bickerton | Labour | 1,282 |
| D. Handford | Conservative | 428 |
Ruskin Park1 seat · turnout 45.4%
| W. Harding | Conservative | 918 |
| M. McCann | Labour | 821 |
Shavington1 seat · turnout 51.1%
| B Silvester | Conservative | 1,450 |
| I. Mumford | Labour | 691 |
St Barnabas1 seat · turnout 37.4%
| S. Bayman | Labour | 1,007 |
| C Wettern | Conservative | 286 |
St. Johns1 seat · turnout 75.7%
| S. Roberts | Labour | 911 ✓ |
| A. Silvester | Conservative | 393 |
St. Marys1 seat · turnout 49.6%
| R. Spendlove | Conservative | 1,253 |
| C. Curtis | Lib/Sdp | 801 |
| R. Turp | Labour | 392 |
Waldron1 seat · turnout 42.8%
| L. Cooper | Labour | 1,449 |
| D. Waywell | Conservative | 502 |
Weston Park1 seat · turnout 56.2%
| Rob Thompson | Conservative | 456 |
| H. Allison | Lib/Sdp | 222 |
Wistaston1 seat · turnout 49.9%
| J. Hall | Conservative | 1,331 |
| P. Bateman | Labour | 538 |
Wrenbury1 seat
| A. Roberts | Conservative | 544 |
| P. Nightingale | Labour | 142 |
Wybunbury1 seat · turnout 51.1%
| B. Woolrich | Conservative | 1,022 |
| P. Heaney | Labour | 271 |
