Before (end of 1986) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 30 · Conservative 10 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 4 · Labour 1
After (end of 1987) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 31 · Conservative 11 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 2 · Labour 1
Ward results
Abbey1 seat · turnout 40.0%
| J. Durrant | Labour | 1,069 |
| J. Hayward | Conservative | 583 |
| S. Jordan | Alliance For Local Living (ALL) | 278 |
Ampneys1 seat
| S. Bentley | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Avening1 seat · turnout 49.1%
| S. Carter | Independent | 439 |
| S. Gibbons | Lib/Sdp | 263 |
Bourton-on-the-Water2 seats
| D. Fagan | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| K. King | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Churn Valley1 seat · turnout 54.4%
| S. Herdman | Conservative | 435 |
| J. Taylor | Lib/Sdp | 159 |
Cirencester Abbey2 seats
| J Lodge | Conservative | 672 ✓ |
| A. Calvert | Conservative | 668 ✓ |
| S Thorpe | Labour | 274 |
| E Keeble | Lib/Sdp | 153 |
| M King | Labour | 120 |
Cirencester Beeches2 seats · turnout 30.6%
| D. Fox | Lib/Sdp | 438 |
| G. Skuse | Conservative | 413 |
| R. Geary | Conservative | 383 |
| A. Johnson | Labour | 202 |
| M. Gilbride | Lib/Sdp | 184 |
| A. Pemberton | Labour | 130 |
Cirencester Chesterton2 seats
| M Brown | Conservative | 669 ✓ |
| D. Seath | Conservative | 577 ✓ |
| G. Taylor | Lib/Sdp | 381 |
| Helen Gibson | Labour | 350 |
| M King | Labour | 334 |
Cirencester Stratton2 seats · turnout 49.4%
| J. Bartlett | Lib/Sdp | 582 |
| G. Hughes | Conservative | 530 |
| J Harding | Conservative | 470 |
| P. Coleman | Labour | 262 |
Cirencester Watermoor2 seats · turnout 32.8%
| M. Marshall | Independent | 635 |
| R. Sharpes | Independent | 554 |
| R. Clough | Lib/Sdp | 481 |
| J. Deeks | Labour | 258 |
| F. Thomas | Labour | 185 |
Evenlode Vale1 seat
| T. Hill | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Fairford2 seats · turnout 43.3%
| W. Thomlinson | Independent | 494 |
| P. Wilkinson | Ind Con | 483 |
| G. Phillips | Lib/Sdp | 431 |
| J. Morrison | Lib/Sdp | 407 |
Fosseridge1 seat
| I. Maitland-Hume | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Grumbolds Ash1 seat
| J. Clark | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Mickleton1 seat
| G. Furtado | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Moreton-in-Marsh2 seats · turnout 40.8%
| R. Hooper | Independent | 695 |
| K Jeffrey | Independent | 632 |
| C. Dempster | Independent | 478 |
Northleach1 seat
| W. Fallows | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Sandywell1 seat
| A. Challoner | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Sherborne Brook1 seat
| E Williams | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Stow-On-The-Wold1 seat
| J. Fifield | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Tetbury3 seats · turnout 36.7%
| J. Pope | Conservative | 892 |
| S. Sutton | Conservative | 723 |
| H. Smith | Labour | 723 |
| B. Kimber | Conservative | 700 |
| G. Browning | Independent | 683 |
| E. Warr | Lib/Sdp | 678 |
Thames Head1 seat
| J. Somerville | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Three Rivers1 seat
| H. Macklin | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Water Park2 seats · turnout 37.2%
| J. Elliott | Independent | 656 |
| C. Kingsbury | Independent | 643 |
| J. George | Independent | 640 |
| M. Smith | Independent | 575 |
