Before (end of 1986) (53 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 37 · Labour 10 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 5 · Other 1
After (end of 1987) (53 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 39 · Labour 8 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 4 · Other 2
Ward results
Barton-le-Clay1 seat · turnout 60.3%
| P. Ashby | Conservative | 987 |
| K. Lea | All | 588 |
| J. Moulsley | Labour | 168 |
Beaudesert1 seat · turnout 48.6%
| S. Jones | Conservative | 1,150 |
| S. Freeman | All | 722 |
| B Elliott | Labour | 514 |
Brooklands1 seat · turnout 48.5%
| R. Johnstone | Conservative | 1,313 |
| A. Stone | All | 820 |
| R. Byrne | Labour | 320 |
Caddington1 seat · turnout 51.8%
| P. Briers | RES | 840 ✓ |
| A. Brewer | Conservative | 604 |
| J. Thakoordin | Labour | 117 |
| K. Faulkner | All | 59 |
Dunstable Central1 seat · turnout 49.5%
| P Roberts | Conservative | 1,825 ✓ |
| I. Hunter | Labour | 424 |
| K. Young | All | 372 |
| J. Eldridge | Green | 210 |
Heath & Reach1 seat · turnout 65.8%
| J. Steward | Conservative | 439 |
| J. Hawkridge | Labour | 118 |
| B. Keeley | All | 115 |
Houghton Central1 seat · turnout 35.6%
| P. Jones | Labour | 782 |
| J. Rogers | Conservative | 466 |
| R. Keyes | All | 272 |
Houghton East2 seats · turnout 32.2%
| D. Snow | Conservative | 492 |
| T. Carroll | Labour | 485 |
| B Piggott | Conservative | 473 |
| M. Chalk | Labour | 457 |
| P. Hamill | All | 414 |
| K. Quadri | All | 342 |
Houghton South1 seat · turnout 48.4%
| M. Biswell | Conservative | 627 |
| R. Bird | All | 560 |
| A Carter | Labour | 217 |
Icknield1 seat · turnout 47.3%
| P. Newton | Conservative | 1,494 |
| M. Young | All | 514 |
| R. Shelley | Labour | 495 |
Linslade1 seat · turnout 53.8%
| J. Peacock | Conservative | 1,088 ✓ |
| K. Sharer | All | 801 |
| S. Woolley | Labour | 233 |
| R Morrisey | Green | 92 |
Northfields1 seat · turnout 43.5%
| D. Webber | Conservative | 911 |
| A. Musannif | Labour | 907 |
| G. Conquest | All | 532 |
Plantation1 seat · turnout 47.1%
| R. Dawson | Conservative | 1,442 |
| I. McGregor | All | 464 |
| J. Miller | Labour | 375 |
Priory1 seat · turnout 46.2%
| J. Cawdell | Conservative | 1,039 |
| D. Barker | Labour | 607 |
| R. Walker | All | 438 |
Southcott1 seat · turnout 53.5%
| E. Luckhurst-Matthews | Conservative | 1,308 |
| J. Sullivan | All | 800 |
| S. Allen | Labour | 198 |
Toddington1 seat · turnout 53.7%
| R. Jafrate | Conservative | 881 |
| H. Woodfield | All | 541 |
| C. Osler | Labour | 182 |
Watling1 seat · turnout 50.9%
| F. Ball | Conservative | 1,866 |
| C. Gurr | All | 679 |
| J. McAllister | Labour | 346 |
