Before (end of 1986)
Not known.
After (end of 1987)
Not known.
Ward results
Bede1 seat · turnout 32.7%
| Patricia Murray | Labour | 1,542 |
| G. Gardner | Lib/Sdp | 588 |
Bensham1 seat · turnout 31.7%
| P. Wallace | Labour | 1,331 |
| C. Walker | Lib/Sdp | 452 |
| G. Child | COMM | 54 |
Blaydon2 seats · turnout 33.1%
| P. Hansen | Labour | 1,673 |
| T. Hudspith | Labour | 1,550 |
| W. Lee | Lib/Sdp | 874 |
| A. Todd | Lib/Sdp | 702 |
Chopwell & Rowlands Gill1 seat · turnout 43.9%
| M. McNestry | Labour | 2,525 |
| R. Swinney | Lib/Sdp | 831 |
Chowdene1 seat · turnout 44.4%
| E. Henry | Labour | 1,930 |
| S. Christie | Conservative | 873 |
| V. Scott | Lib/Sdp | 637 |
Felling1 seat · turnout 41.8%
| R. Napier | Labour | 2,127 |
| G. Crook | Lib/Sdp | 504 |
| Ada Callanan | Conservative | 288 |
Leam1 seat · turnout 36.0%
| P. Tinnion | Labour | 2,043 |
| G. Foster | Lib/Sdp | 881 |
Low Fell1 seat · turnout 44.7%
| Maureen Moor | Conservative | 1,568 |
| I. Daley | Labour | 1,097 |
| R. Shirley | Lib/Sdp | 983 |
Pelaw & Heworth1 seat · turnout 38.9%
| J. Balls | Labour | 1,807 |
| M. Ord | Lib/Sdp | 534 |
| B. Christie | Conservative | 485 |
Saltwell1 seat · turnout 34.5%
| J. Mearns | Labour | 1,619 |
| F. Hindle | Lib/Sdp | 547 |
| M. Callanan | Conservative | 507 |
Whickham South1 seat · turnout 55.4%
| J. Wallace | Lib/Sdp | 2,290 |
| D. Stokoe | Conservative | 1,434 |
| J Graham | Labour | 1,064 |
Wrekendyke1 seat · turnout 36.5%
| J. Cummings | Labour | 1,940 |
| G. McClelland | Lib/Sdp | 610 |
| John Callanan | Conservative | 363 |