Before (end of 1986) (41 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 28 · Conservative 12 · Other 1 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0
After (end of 1987) (41 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 28 · Conservative 12 · Other 1 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0
Ward results
Burton and Ness1 seat · turnout 65.5%
| N. Williams | Conservative | 800 |
| M. Corcoran | Lib/Sdp | 526 |
| H. Bestwick | Labour | 66 |
Central1 seat · turnout 38.1%
| T. Farrant | Labour | 1,154 |
| K. Foxley | Conservative | 306 |
Groves1 seat · turnout 49.9%
| H. Evans | Conservative | 1,117 |
| J. Stockall | Labour | 1,033 |
| M. Henesy | Lib/Sdp | 435 |
Ledsham1 seat · turnout 47.8%
| G. Smith | Conservative | 1,248 |
| K. Butcher | Labour | 751 |
| C. Bones | Lib/Sdp | 434 |
Little Neston1 seat · turnout 64.3%
| R. Chrimes | Labour | 945 |
| Woodward C. | Conservative | 645 |
| C. Kaufmann | Lib/Sdp | 193 |
Neston1 seat · turnout 55.5%
| J. Gruffydd | Labour | 953 |
| H. Probert | Conservative | 583 |
| W. Ward | Lib/Sdp | 265 |
Parkgate1 seat · turnout 55.0%
| B. Dowding | Conservative | 1,190 |
| S. Morris | Labour | 229 |
| P. Hewitt | Lib/Sdp | 215 |
Rivacre1 seat · turnout 40.1%
| P. Shephard | Labour | 1,045 |
| C. Collins | Conservative | 426 |
Rossmore1 seat · turnout 44.1%
| W. Williams | Labour | 1,179 |
| E. O'Connor | Conservative | 598 |
| H. Morris | Lib/Sdp | 315 |
Sutton1 seat · turnout 43.4%
| B. Jones | Labour | 1,343 |
| C. Rose | Conservative | 583 |
| J. Gaskell | Lib/Sdp | 310 |
Westminster1 seat · turnout 49.4%
| F. Venables | Labour | 1,208 |
| A Martin | Conservative | 179 |
