Before (end of 1986) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 26 · Conservative 12 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 7 · Other 0
After (end of 1987) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 26 · Conservative 12 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 7 · Other 0
Ward results
Beckfield1 seat · turnout 56.8%
| P Brown | Conservative | 1,470 |
| D. Roberts | Labour | 1,035 |
| K. Harper | All | 485 |
Bishophill1 seat · turnout 50.7%
| C. Wallace | Labour | 1,105 |
| R. Youngson | Conservative | 892 |
| J. Talbot | All | 370 |
Clifton1 seat · turnout 52.4%
| A. Bond | Conservative | 1,191 |
| J. Cockerill | Labour | 1,168 |
| S. Gildener | All | 410 |
Fishergate1 seat · turnout 54.3%
| M. Bwye | Conservative | 1,287 |
| J. Bird | Labour | 1,172 |
| V. Campbell | All | 464 |
Foxwood1 seat · turnout 48.2%
| S. Galloway | All | 1,934 ✓ |
| D. Goldthorpe | Conservative | 652 |
| B. Walker | Labour | 520 |
| J. Forrester | Green | 88 |
Guildhall1 seat · turnout 49.3%
| A. Moxon | Labour | 1,305 |
| E. Beavan | Conservative | 990 |
| P. Gildener | All | 415 |
Heworth1 seat · turnout 55.1%
| K. Wood | Conservative | 1,307 |
| P. Kind | Labour | 1,159 |
| N. McIlveen | All | 457 |
Holgate1 seat · turnout 51.9%
| J. Archer | Labour | 1,396 |
| R. Dickson | Conservative | 972 |
| D. Wilson | All | 358 |
Knavesmire1 seat · turnout 56.5%
| J. Hargrave | Conservative | 1,239 ✓ |
| V. Fry | Labour | 1,135 |
| D. Hagyard | All | 355 |
| J. McCallum | Green | 145 |
Micklegate1 seat · turnout 58.2%
| M. Bartram | Conservative | 1,462 ✓ |
| R. Dick | Labour | 918 |
| J. Hornsby | All | 520 |
| R Bell | Green | 97 |
Monk1 seat · turnout 59.4%
| J. Clout | Conservative | 1,395 |
| A. Cormack | All | 1,138 |
| M. Iqbal | Labour | 613 |
Walmgate1 seat · turnout 47.2%
| F. Thistleton | Labour | 1,134 |
| D Thornton | Conservative | 857 |
| J. Salmon | All | 449 |
Westfield1 seat · turnout 55.9%
| S. Galloway | All | 1,452 |
| C. Jackson | Labour | 904 |
| A Potter | Conservative | 351 |