Before (end of 1986) (47 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 38 · Conservative 9 · Other 0 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0
After (end of 1987) (47 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 35 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 7 · Conservative 5 · Other 0
Ward results
Brimington North2 seats · turnout 40.5%
| T. Whyatt | Labour | 1,032 |
| T. Gilby | Labour | 999 |
| B. Cummins | Lib/Sdp | 449 |
| J. Knight | Lib/Sdp | 403 |
| V. Hammond | Conservative | 168 |
Brimington South2 seats · turnout 50.8%
| M. Fanshawe | Lib/Sdp | 1,031 |
| P. Holmes | Lib/Sdp | 1,007 |
| H. Haywood | Labour | 883 |
| R. Sharp | Labour | 829 |
| D. Richards | Conservative | 298 |
Brockwell3 seats · turnout 55.8%
| J. Beckingham | Lib/Sdp | 1,182 |
| R. Russell | Lib/Sdp | 1,148 |
| A. Qazi | Lib/Sdp | 1,079 |
| F. Greenham | Conservative | 910 |
| J. Birkin | Conservative | 893 |
| J. Storer | Conservative | 886 |
| J. Rodgers | Labour | 763 |
| I. Rutledge | Labour | 719 |
| T Vallins | Labour | 685 |
Dunston3 seats · turnout 39.3%
| M. Caulfield | Labour | 1,567 |
| D. Treece | Labour | 1,433 |
| J. Lowry | Labour | 1,414 |
| S. Hopkinson | Lib/Sdp | 493 |
| T. Collins | Lib/Sdp | 489 |
| W. Hopkinson | Lib/Sdp | 443 |
| H. Eales | Conservative | 410 |
Hasland3 seats · turnout 45.1%
| W. Jepson | Labour | 1,400 |
| N. Dooley | Labour | 1,380 |
| D. Walsh | Labour | 1,327 |
| N. Fanshawe | Lib/Sdp | 514 |
| R. Holmes | Lib/Sdp | 503 |
| M. Rowley | Lib/Sdp | 479 |
| A. Meeney | Conservative | 461 |
Lowgates & Woodthorpe2 seats · turnout 44.5%
| W. Edwards | Labour | 1,248 |
| M. Tipler | Labour | 1,195 |
| D. Weston | Conservative | 253 |
| D. Tagg | Lib/Sdp | 253 |
| H. Holloway | Lib/Sdp | 246 |
Moor2 seats · turnout 42.9%
| M. Leverton | Labour | 1,004 |
| P. Barry | Labour | 915 |
| R. Smith | Lib/Sdp | 530 |
| R. Ward | Lib/Sdp | 482 |
| J. Fuller | Conservative | 456 |
Old Whittington2 seats · turnout 48.4%
| W. Flanagan | Labour | 1,020 |
| K Taylor | Labour | 951 |
| E. Pratt | Conservative | 590 |
| D. Ward | Lib/Sdp | 339 |
| P. Wilson | Lib/Sdp | 323 |
Walton3 seats
| L. McCulloch | Conservative | 1,348 ✓ |
| R Matthews | Conservative | 1,335 ✓ |
| H Linsey | Conservative | 1,332 ✓ |
| M Madin | Lib/Sdp | 1,297 |
| G Brocklebank | Lib/Sdp | 1,278 |
| K Morgan | Lib/Sdp | 1,262 |
| P Barrow | Labour | 480 |
| J Hardy | Labour | 461 |
| A Rippingdale | Labour | 450 |
West2 seats
| G Havenhand | Conservative | 956 ✓ |
| R Hoskins | Conservative | 933 ✓ |
| J Butler | Lib/Sdp | 501 |
| D Clark | Lib/Sdp | 498 |
| K Whiteside | Labour | 307 |
| R Portman | Labour | 293 |