Before (end of 1986) (55 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 28 · Conservative 27 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0 · Other 0
After (end of 1987) (55 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 28 · Labour 26 · Other 1 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0
Ward results
Abbey2 seats · turnout 46.6%
| E. Bateman | Conservative | 2,692 |
| M. Suthers | Conservative | 2,609 |
| D. Whitworth | Labour | 1,141 |
| Z. Mir | Labour | 1,018 |
| T. Allsopp | Lib/Sdp | 976 |
| D. Coldrick | Lib/Sdp | 882 |
Aspley2 seats · turnout 40.2%
| T. Harby | Labour | 1,781 |
| C. Worthington | Labour | 1,464 |
| R. Johnson | Conservative | 1,421 |
| B. Sharma | Conservative | 1,183 |
| A. Keith | Lib/Sdp | 439 |
| S. Smith | Lib/Sdp | 394 |
Basford2 seats · turnout 50.9%
| G. Howe | Conservative | 1,992 |
| R Rolling | Conservative | 1,837 |
| E. Heppell | Labour | 1,758 |
| R. Lambert | Labour | 1,487 |
| T. Ball | Lib/Sdp | 553 |
| J. Sutton | Lib/Sdp | 518 |
Beechdale2 seats · turnout 56.9%
| M. Crowe | Conservative | 2,193 |
| C Hickey | Conservative | 2,147 |
| J Peck | Labour | 1,626 |
| P. Burgess | Labour | 1,598 |
| J. Welch | Lib/Sdp | 587 |
| V. Grocock | Lib/Sdp | 550 |
Bestwood Park2 seats · turnout 41.8%
| J. Hartshorne | Labour | 1,427 |
| A. Robinson | Labour | 1,371 |
| S. Russell | Conservative | 1,330 |
| P Smedley | Conservative | 1,210 |
| M. Johnson | Lib/Sdp | 462 |
| J. Peacock | Lib/Sdp | 452 |
Bilborough2 seats · turnout 54.2%
| M. Wood | Labour | 1,354 |
| J. Shore | Conservative | 1,284 |
| D. Scott | Labour | 1,269 |
| F. Stannard | Conservative | 1,259 |
| M. Matthews | Lib/Sdp | 513 |
| J. Calvert | Lib/Sdp | 511 |
Bridge2 seats
| D Clausen | Labour | 1,716 |
| I. Maclennan | Labour | 1,603 |
| S. Wilford | Independent | 1,137 |
| D. Barton | Labour | 1,125 |
| R Azad | Conservative | 955 |
| J. McGuiness | Labour | 937 |
| G Cross | Conservative | 935 |
| E. Marriott | Conservative | 838 |
| A. Fell | Lib/Sdp | 681 |
| L. Gordon | Lib/Sdp | 652 |
| F. Horan | Lib/Sdp | 370 |
| J. Williams | Lib/Sdp | 308 |
Bulwell East2 seats · turnout 49.9%
| I. Matthews | Labour | 1,619 ✓ |
| J. Peck | COMM | 1,417 ✓ |
| B. Timson | Conservative | 1,369 |
| G. Parkinson | Conservative | 1,342 |
| N. Baker | Labour | 1,270 |
| A. Warwick | Lib/Sdp | 615 |
| D. Wood | Lib/Sdp | 361 |
Bulwell West2 seats · turnout 38.2%
| D. Jones | Labour | 1,791 |
| V Gapper | Labour | 1,670 |
| G. Elliott | Conservative | 1,377 |
| A. Campione | Conservative | 1,335 |
| P. Boyle | Lib/Sdp | 540 |
| N. Dennis | Lib/Sdp | 538 |
Byron3 seats
| M Duncan | Conservative | 2,466 ✓ |
| D. Flowerday | Conservative | 2,234 ✓ |
| G Kilbourne | Conservative | 2,218 ✓ |
| J. Ducker | Labour | 1,757 |
| W. Dinwoodie | Labour | 1,643 |
| G. O'Connor | Labour | 1,579 |
| D Godsmark | Lib/Sdp | 652 |
| P Walsh | Lib/Sdp | 581 |
Clifton East2 seats · turnout 42.4%
| A. White | Labour | 1,440 |
| C. Gibson | Labour | 1,355 |
| R. Carter | Conservative | 1,027 |
| P Lowery | Conservative | 1,009 |
| G. Candlish | Lib/Sdp | 502 |
| H. Wheatley | Lib/Sdp | 488 |
Clifton West2 seats · turnout 47.8%
| B. Charlesworth | Labour | 1,807 |
| J. Riley | Labour | 1,749 |
| G. Culley | Conservative | 1,568 |
| P. Hermann | Conservative | 1,524 |
| H. Lucas | Lib/Sdp | 542 |
| G. Oubridge | Lib/Sdp | 438 |
Forest2 seats · turnout 45.8%
| S. Taylor | Labour | 1,874 |
| M Ibrahim | Labour | 1,835 |
| K. Taylor | Conservative | 1,219 |
| P. Quigley | Conservative | 1,182 |
| B. Peach | Lib/Sdp | 476 |
| Y. Mohammed | Lib/Sdp | 445 |
Greenwood2 seats · turnout 49.3%
| C. Clarke | Conservative | 2,250 |
| S. Rushton | Conservative | 2,138 |
| W. Kirkwood | Labour | 1,410 |
| G. Maxfield | Labour | 1,357 |
| R. Allanach | Lib/Sdp | 537 |
| C. Roylance | Lib/Sdp | 536 |
Lenton2 seats · turnout 37.4%
| A. Morris | Labour | 1,631 |
| S. Khan | Labour | 1,515 |
| Susan Hayes | Conservative | 696 |
| E. Free | Conservative | 627 |
| S. Brown | Lib/Sdp | 437 |
| D. Platt | COMM | 127 |
Manvers2 seats · turnout 36.4%
| B. Higgins | Labour | 1,713 |
| W. Pearch | Labour | 1,566 |
| L. Pearson | Conservative | 942 |
| R. Singh | Conservative | 767 |
| V. Hopewell | All | 507 |
| A. Hay | All | 492 |
Mapperley2 seats · turnout 45.0%
| W. Bradbury | Conservative | 2,082 |
| F Ross | Conservative | 1,978 |
| A. Gaughan | Labour | 841 |
| P. Totterdill | Labour | 763 |
| G. Ashton | All | 728 |
| A. Staniforth | All | 718 |
Park2 seats · turnout 45.8%
| C. Borrett | Conservative | 1,470 |
| A. Pink | Conservative | 1,427 |
| S. Argyle | Labour | 1,424 |
| T. Clarke | Labour | 1,409 |
| A. Green | Lib/Sdp | 455 |
| G. Long | Lib/Sdp | 431 |
Portland2 seats · turnout 46.9%
| T Bowler | Conservative | 1,637 |
| B. Ricks | Conservative | 1,619 |
| A. Cooper | Labour | 1,173 |
| N. Cooke | Labour | 1,130 |
| J. Belshaw | Lib/Sdp | 518 |
| G. Lee | Lib/Sdp | 441 |
Radford2 seats · turnout 39.0%
| M. Munn | Labour | 1,453 |
| I. Ghazni | Labour | 1,344 |
| M. Maqsood | Conservative | 826 |
| M. Willis | Conservative | 819 |
| A. Williams | Lib/Sdp | 367 |
| J. Burr | Lib/Sdp | 347 |
Robin Hood2 seats · turnout 54.0%
| B. Marshall | Conservative | 2,086 |
| A. Stone | Conservative | 1,957 |
| P. Beesley | Lib/Sdp | 1,574 |
| M. Forskitt | Lib/Sdp | 1,521 |
| A. Clark | Labour | 1,302 |
| P Daley | Labour | 1,201 |
Sherwood2 seats · turnout 53.3%
| D Poole | Conservative | 2,043 |
| R. Young | Conservative | 1,924 |
| M. Whittaker | Lib/Sdp | 1,281 |
| E. Nolan | Labour | 1,198 |
| C. Jones | Lib/Sdp | 1,177 |
| O. Powe | Labour | 1,141 |
St Ann's2 seats
| J. Collins | Labour | 1,535 |
| H. Ahmed | Labour | 1,472 |
| B Levick | Conservative | 985 |
| R. Grimshaw | Conservative | 966 |
| R. Logan | All | 307 |
| M. Staniforth | All | 264 |
Strelley2 seats · turnout 43.0%
| B. Parker | Labour | 1,734 ✓ |
| G. Chapman | Labour | 1,704 ✓ |
| T. Parr | Conservative | 680 |
| E. Cipko | Conservative | 610 |
| D. Birkinshaw | Independent | 280 |
| A. Wyatt | Lib/Sdp | 178 |
| A. Laundy | Independent | 146 |
| P. Shah | Lib/Sdp | 120 |
Trent2 seats · turnout 45.5%
| J. Carter | Conservative | 1,582 ✓ |
| A. Satti | Conservative | 1,402 ✓ |
| Lubna Khan | Labour | 1,084 |
| A. Muter | Labour | 1,018 |
| J. Hiley | Lib/Sdp | 594 |
| G. Oliver | Lib/Sdp | 573 |
| E. Walsh | MOD LAB | 184 |
Wilford2 seats
| C. Mills | Conservative | 2,359 ✓ |
| S. Thompson | Conservative | 2,358 ✓ |
| T. Kay | Lib/Sdp | 1,301 |
| R. Harper | Labour | 1,197 |
| Anna Stevenson | Labour | 1,074 |
| L. Williams | Lib/Sdp | 1,018 |
Wollaton2 seats
| A. Hamilton | Conservative | 3,640 ✓ |
| O. Kingdon | Conservative | 3,385 ✓ |
| L Fletcher | Lib/Sdp | 1,220 |
| R Hain | Lib/Sdp | 1,215 |
| J. Casson | Labour | 1,098 |
| E Millard | Labour | 1,017 |
