Before (end of 1986) (30 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 20 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 6 · Labour 4 · Other 0
After (end of 1987) (30 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 19 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 6 · Labour 5 · Other 0
Ward results
Alverstoke1 seat · turnout 33.5%
| P. Edgar | Conservative | 1,493 |
| W. Mansfield | Lib/Sdp | 631 |
| B. Puiddicombe | Labour | 155 |
Bridgemary1 seat · turnout 49.0%
| S. Cully | Labour | 1,353 |
| A. Aledslake | Conservative | 972 |
| R. Chater | Lib/Sdp | 261 |
Brockhurst1 seat · turnout 46.2%
| H. Nicholls | Conservative | 1,246 |
| E. Carr | Lib/Sdp | 1,161 |
| M. Benfield | Labour | 424 |
Hardway1 seat
| M. Parker | Conservative | 1,182 |
| E. Denn | Lib/Sdp | 1,026 |
| P. Summersgill | Labour | 236 |
Hardway & Forton1 seat · turnout 42.6%
| M. Parker | Conservative | 1,182 |
| E. Denn | Lib/Sdp | 1,026 |
| P. Summersgill | Labour | 236 |
Lee1 seat · turnout 52.5%
| J. Reynolds | Conservative | 1,879 |
| C. Gill | Lib/Sdp | 983 |
| Tom Pollard | Labour | 162 |
Leesland1 seat · turnout 49.7%
| M. Hook | Conservative | 1,421 |
| J. Ufferton | Lib/Sdp | 1,118 |
| D. Smith | Labour | 228 |
Rowner1 seat · turnout 48.5%
| Andrew Hay | Conservative | 1,349 |
| G. Nicholls | Labour | 1,280 |
| S. Heridge | Lib/Sdp | 342 |
Town1 seat · turnout 48.7%
| P. Chegwyn | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,520 ✓ |
| D. Stagg | Conservative | 1,017 |
| L. Nicholls | Labour | 224 |