Before (end of 1986) (59 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 34 · Labour 12 · Other 9 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 4
After (end of 1987) (59 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 35 · Labour 11 · Other 9 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 4
Ward results
Broadway1 seat · turnout 39.5%
| J. Davis | Labour | 1,125 |
| A. Swallow | Conservative | 545 |
Buckhurst Hill East1 seat · turnout 49.8%
| M. Bell | Conservative | 890 |
| J. Lowe | Lib/Sdp | 822 |
| S. Goodwin | Labour | 223 |
Buckhurst Hill West1 seat · turnout 44.3%
| I. Beattie | Conservative | 1,378 |
| L. Eveling | Lib/Sdp | 610 |
| L. Baddock | Labour | 114 |
Chipping Ongar1 seat · turnout 59.8%
| F. Love | Conservative | 396 |
| D. Jacobs | Lib/Sdp | 326 |
| R. Gross | Labour | 72 |
Debden Green1 seat · turnout 38.0%
| D. Martin | Labour | 935 |
| C. Finn | Conservative | 587 |
Epping Hemnall1 seat · turnout 42.0%
| P. Jones | Conservative | 1,150 |
| S. Mann | Lib/Sdp | 501 |
| I. Bell | Labour | 325 |
Epping Lindsey1 seat · turnout 46.7%
| A. O'Brien | Conservative | 1,125 |
| D. Gent | Lib/Sdp | 853 |
| D. Sturrock | Labour | 367 |
Grange Hill1 seat · turnout 46.5%
| Bryan A. | Conservative | 1,187 |
| G. West | Lib/Sdp | 884 |
| K. Dracott | Labour | 134 |
Greensted & Marden Ash1 seat · turnout 54.0%
| C. Henson | Conservative | 524 |
| S. Ormsby | Lib/Sdp | 417 |
| P. Hughes | Labour | 113 |
High Beech1 seat · turnout 43.2%
| A. Watts | Conservative | 782 |
| H. McSweeney | Labour | 164 |
Loughton Roding1 seat · turnout 45.3%
| T. Morris | Conservative | 1,003 |
| G. Owen | Labour | 646 |
| A. Humphris | Lib/Sdp | 264 |
Loughton St. Johns1 seat · turnout 45.7%
| R. Curtis | RES | 1,092 |
| J. Manning | Conservative | 685 |
| C. Wardell | Labour | 153 |
Moreton & Matching1 seat · turnout 51.2%
| R. Morgan | Ind Con | 666 |
| S. Ormsby | Lib/Sdp | 182 |
Nazeing1 seat · turnout 48.5%
| E. Downes | Conservative | 1,148 |
| G. Wigoder | Lib/Sdp | 319 |
| I. Brent | Labour | 318 |
North Weald Bassett1 seat · turnout 42.2%
| I. Abbey | Conservative | 1,263 |
| J. Whitehouse | Lib/Sdp | 343 |
| D. Tetlow | Labour | 255 |
Paternoster1 seat · turnout 41.3%
| C. Hewins | Labour | 737 |
| J. Day | Conservative | 722 |
Shelley1 seat · turnout 52.2%
| R. Barnes | Labour | 446 |
| J. Innocent | Conservative | 189 |
| G. Harmon | Lib/Sdp | 102 |
Waltham Abbey East1 seat · turnout 43.1%
| D. Spinks | Conservative | 1,387 |
| A. Davidson | Labour | 699 |
Waltham Abbey West1 seat · turnout 40.9%
| W. Weiland | Conservative | 871 |
| D. Sherman | Labour | 455 |
| R. Dunstan | Lib/Sdp | 206 |
