Before (end of 1986) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 39 · Labour 11 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 4 · Other 0
After (end of 1987) (54 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 36 · Labour 11 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 7 · Other 0
Ward results
All Saints3 seats
| B Greenland | Labour | 1,198 ✓ |
| M. Rhodes | Conservative | 1,145 ✓ |
| P Young | Conservative | 1,104 ✓ |
| B Yates | Labour | 1,070 |
| B. Gadd | Conservative | 1,054 |
| John Swain | Labour | 969 |
Bamber Bridge Central3 seats · turnout 40.0%
| F. Cooper | Conservative | 1,177 ✓ |
| G. Woods | Conservative | 1,144 ✓ |
| T. Dixon | Conservative | 1,079 ✓ |
| D. Watson | Labour | 793 |
| A. Nicholson | Labour | 754 |
| E. Calvert | Labour | 754 |
Bamber Bridge South3 seats · turnout 40.4%
| E. Battersby | Conservative | 871 ✓ |
| T. Hanson | Labour | 833 ✓ |
| E. Smith | Conservative | 808 ✓ |
| W. Harrison | Labour | 781 |
| D. Titterington | Conservative | 770 |
| Owen J. | Labour | 765 |
Charnock1 seat · turnout 51.9%
| P. Dowdall | Labour | 314 ✓ |
| J Byrne | Conservative | 292 |
| B. Ward | Lib/Sdp | 137 |
Farington3 seats · turnout 43.8%
| G. Cross | Conservative | 1,100 ✓ |
| G. Thorpe | Conservative | 1,074 ✓ |
| E. Chadwick | Conservative | 1,040 ✓ |
| N. Berry | Labour | 821 |
| G. Baehren | Labour | 796 |
| R Durham | Labour | 717 |
| J. Healy | Lib/Sdp | 346 |
Hoole2 seats · turnout 35.6%
| E. Webster | Conservative | 740 ✓ |
| J. Knowles | Conservative | 736 ✓ |
| J. Haddock | Labour | 304 |
| M. Graham | Labour | 277 |
Howick2 seats · turnout 44.4%
| D. Stewart | Conservative | 807 ✓ |
| H. Smith | Conservative | 780 ✓ |
| J. Thomason | Lib/Sdp | 220 |
| J. Crook | Labour | 216 |
| C. Miller | Lib/Sdp | 212 |
| K. Shaw | Labour | 208 |
Hutton & New Longton3 seats
| J. Hesketh | Conservative | 1,122 ✓ |
| M Jenkinson | Conservative | 1,015 ✓ |
| A. Underwood | Conservative | 948 ✓ |
| P. Wearden | Independent | 612 |
| Robert William Parkinson | Labour | 398 |
| I Chewter | Labour | 366 |
Kingsfold3 seats
| A. Bannister | Conservative | 1,027 ✓ |
| E Carson | Conservative | 946 ✓ |
| J Jenkinson | Conservative | 879 ✓ |
| S Crozier | Labour | 702 |
| David Wooldridge | Labour | 695 |
| Robert Millar | Labour | 682 |
| G Owen | Lib/Sdp | 335 |
Leyland Central2 seats · turnout 56.9%
| J. Jenkinson | Lib/Sdp | 879 ✓ |
| M. Gardner | Lib/Sdp | 676 ✓ |
| A. Dawson | Labour | 485 |
| J. Kelly | Labour | 475 |
| S. Kelley | Conservative | 303 |
| R. Harwood | Conservative | 233 |
Leyland St. Johns3 seats · turnout 37.8%
| J. Hocking | Labour | 1,272 ✓ |
| M. Beardsworth | Labour | 1,142 ✓ |
| J. Ryan | Labour | 998 ✓ |
| S. Postance | Conservative | 417 |
| K. Walmsley | Lib/Sdp | 364 |
| E. Marshall | Lib/Sdp | 343 |
| J. Ritchie | Lib/Sdp | 324 |
Leyland St. Marys3 seats · turnout 53.2%
| J. Edwin | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 925 ✓ |
| J. Treacher | Conservative | 905 ✓ |
| J. Knowles | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 900 ✓ |
| H. Parr | Conservative | 876 |
| M. Simmonds | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 811 |
| M. Creer | Conservative | 797 |
| C. Lamb | Labour | 569 |
| G. Lewis | Labour | 522 |
| C. Bass | Labour | 513 |
Longton Central & West3 seats
| R. Colton | Conservative | 993 ✓ |
| J. Breakell | Conservative | 908 ✓ |
| E. Nicholls | Conservative | 903 ✓ |
| T Yates | Lib/Sdp | 325 |
| S Breakell | Labour | 309 |
| N. Hall | Labour | 257 |
Lostock Hall3 seats
| N. Crossley | Conservative | 1,253 ✓ |
| K. Beattie | Conservative | 1,250 ✓ |
| J. Hughes | Conservative | 1,243 ✓ |
| B. Cox | Labour | 824 |
| D. Smith | Labour | 769 |
| P. Farrell | Labour | 756 |
Manor3 seats · turnout 37.9%
| M. Barker | Conservative | 721 ✓ |
| J. Holleran | Lib/Sdp | 698 ✓ |
| B. Thompson | Conservative | 680 ✓ |
| M. Thomason | Lib/Sdp | 598 |
| W. Crozier | Labour | 229 |
| A. Needham | Labour | 228 |
Middleforth Green2 seats · turnout 46.0%
| K. Dickinson | Conservative | 989 ✓ |
| J. Richardson | Conservative | 775 ✓ |
| J. Stoker | Labour | 452 |
| D. Pownall | Labour | 443 |
| J. Holleran | Lib/Sdp | 386 |
Moss Side3 seats · turnout 40.1%
| R. Quinn | Labour | 805 ✓ |
| Anne Margaret Brown | Labour | 742 ✓ |
| M. Evenson | Labour | 685 ✓ |
| N. Greenwood | Conservative | 624 |
| R. Smith | Conservative | 579 |
| M. Postance | Conservative | 577 |
| R. Prescott | Lib/Sdp | 307 |
Priory2 seats
| B Moulding | Conservative | 820 ✓ |
| R. Haworth | Conservative | 813 ✓ |
| P Farrer | Lib/Sdp | 410 |
| J Farmer | Lib/Sdp | 368 |
| John Clarkson | Labour | 171 |
| S Vendy | Labour | 157 |
Samlesbury & Cuerdale1 seat · turnout 42.6%
| F. Barton | Conservative | 306 ✓ |
| R. Ashburner | Labour | 111 |
Seven Stars2 seats · turnout 32.5%
| E. Croft | Labour | 809 ✓ |
| J. McDonald | Labour | 797 ✓ |
| H. Prescott | Lib/Sdp | 420 |
