Before (end of 1986) (33 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 28 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 4 · Conservative 1 · Other 0
After (end of 1987) (33 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 26 · Conservative 4 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 · Other 0
Ward results
Hucknall Central2 seats · turnout 40.1%
| B. Chance | Labour | 1,009 |
| R. Hodgman | Conservative | 930 |
| W. Chaplin | Labour | 910 |
| R. Harris | Lib/Sdp | 629 |
| J. Morris | Lib/Sdp | 543 |
Hucknall East2 seats · turnout 41.5%
| K. Creed | Labour | 1,070 |
| M. Williamson | Labour | 936 |
| R. Buckley | Conservative | 820 |
| C. Harris | Lib/Sdp | 622 |
| C. Morris | Lib/Sdp | 433 |
Hucknall North2 seats · turnout 42.2%
| N. Clurow | Labour | 1,087 |
| M. Heath | Labour | 1,072 |
| G. Cresswell | Conservative | 1,070 |
| B. Whitelocks | Lib/Sdp | 953 |
| J. Dickinson | Lib/Sdp | 676 |
Hucknall West2 seats · turnout 37.3%
| S. Robbins | Conservative | 1,425 |
| B. Moult | Lib/Sdp | 1,247 |
| N. Smedley | Labour | 1,243 |
| M. Dale | Labour | 1,108 |
Kirkby Central2 seats · turnout 38.9%
| A. Butler | Labour | 923 |
| E. Llewellyn-Jones | Labour | 763 |
| L. Buck | Conservative | 725 |
| D. Walker | Lib/Sdp | 640 |
| P. Robson | Lib/Sdp | 532 |
Kirkby East2 seats · turnout 32.2%
| J. Sankey | Labour | 881 |
| G. Herberts | Labour | 789 |
| W. Walker | Lib/Sdp | 496 |
| S. Alexander | Lib/Sdp | 478 |
| J. Parr | Conservative | 295 |
Kirkby West2 seats · turnout 38.9%
| G. Gascoyne | Labour | 1,019 |
| G. Thierry | Labour | 996 |
| J. Turton | Lib/Sdp | 602 |
| E. Turton | Lib/Sdp | 520 |
| S. Wakeland | Conservative | 490 |
Selston2 seats · turnout 40.7%
| C. Bonam | Labour | 818 |
| M. Drew | Labour | 810 |
| J. Nelson | Lib/Sdp | 705 |
| H. Kitson | Lib/Sdp | 691 |
| P. Routledge | Conservative | 464 |
| M. Hallas | Conservative | 382 |
Sutton-In-Ashfield Central3 seats · turnout 41.7%
| F. Stein | Lib/Sdp | 2,168 |
| G. Stein | Lib/Sdp | 2,065 |
| A. Thorpe | Labour | 1,414 |
| I. Graham-Macleod | Labour | 1,319 |
| S. Reddish | Lib/Sdp | 1,314 |
| G. Graham-Macleod | Labour | 1,268 |
| R. Chandram | Conservative | 876 |
Sutton-In-Ashfield East3 seats · turnout 41.3%
| M. Barsby | Labour | 1,705 |
| J. Allsop | Labour | 1,528 |
| B. Denham | Labour | 1,446 |
| D. Lowbridge | Lib/Sdp | 1,311 |
| D. Blow | Lib/Sdp | 1,203 |
| H. Draycott | Lib/Sdp | 1,078 |
| J. Taylor | Conservative | 812 |
| T. Henstock | RATE | 511 |
Sutton-In-Ashfield North3 seats · turnout 39.8%
| J. Breed | Labour | 1,693 |
| M. Thorpe | Labour | 1,604 |
| G. Watson | Labour | 1,580 |
| B. Parr | Conservative | 966 |
| D. Taylor | Lib/Sdp | 960 |
| B. Hall | Lib/Sdp | 925 |
| R. Peat | Lib/Sdp | 809 |
| N. Harpham | Conservative | 772 |
Sutton-In-Ashfield West3 seats · turnout 40.8%
| D. Ayres | Labour | 1,728 |
| D. Hague | Labour | 1,538 |
| D. Shooter | Labour | 1,497 |
| C. Hayes-Bradley | Lib/Sdp | 1,270 |
| D. Pemblington | Lib/Sdp | 1,204 |
| F. Ellis | Conservative | 1,199 |
| M. Parry | Lib/Sdp | 1,134 |
Underwood1 seat · turnout 54.1%
| E. Di Villa | Conservative | 423 |
| M. Holmes | Labour | 415 |
| J. Brentnall | Lib/Sdp | 285 |
Woodhouse3 seats
| E. Bakewell | Labour | 1,152 ✓ |
| A Hobson | Conservative | 1,148 ✓ |
| Ryan Daniel Mullarkey Chamberlain | Labour | 1,114 ✓ |
| T Jones | Labour | 931 |
| R Kent | Conservative | 791 |
| D Winfield | Conservative | 775 |
| C. Jones | Lib/Sdp | 542 |
| J Reeve | Lib/Sdp | 526 |
| J Hadley | Lib/Sdp | 501 |