Before (end of 1986) (56 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 23 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 13 · Labour 11 · Other 9
After (end of 1987) (56 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 23 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 15 · Labour 9 · Other 9
Ward results
Cainscross1 seat · turnout 44.7%
| R Eccles | Labour | 764 |
| S. Gudge | Conservative | 702 |
| F. Brown | Lib/Sdp | 557 |
Cambridge1 seat
| F. Randall | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Central1 seat · turnout 45.9%
| R. Ellison | Conservative | 713 ✓ |
| I. McRiner | Lib/Sdp | 597 |
| M. Bax | Green | 219 |
| C. Rainger | Labour | 205 |
Chalford1 seat · turnout 52.9%
| J. Mould | Lib/Sdp | 556 ✓ |
| J. Russell | Conservative | 548 |
| F. Fisher | Independent | 395 |
| W. Morgan | Independent | 126 |
Dursley1 seat · turnout 52.3%
| A. Pierce | Conservative | 933 |
| M. Treasure | Labour | 818 |
| R. Hodgkinson | Lib/Sdp | 614 |
Eastington1 seat · turnout 50.0%
| W. Harris | Independent | 361 |
| R. Hartland | Lib/Sdp | 118 |
| S. Greenwood | Labour | 103 |
Kings Stanley1 seat · turnout 53.0%
| L. Chubb | Conservative | 689 |
| S. Hammond | Lib/Sdp | 445 |
| Jean Smalley | Labour | 281 |
Leonard Stanley1 seat · turnout 63.3%
| N Kay | Labour | 336 |
| P. Herbert | Lib/Sdp | 225 |
| F. Geller | Conservative | 214 |
Minchinhampton1 seat · turnout 49.2%
| R Nicholas | Conservative | 1,140 |
| M. Taylor | Lib/Sdp | 679 |
| C. Evans | Labour | 226 |
Nailsworth2 seats · turnout 37.2%
| A. Evans | Independent | 1,015 |
| F. McGough | Conservative | 898 |
| B. Wade | Lib/Sdp | 870 |
| F. Bowen | Labour | 417 |
| K. Kay | Labour | 382 |
Painswick1 seat · turnout 62.6%
| N. Regan | Conservative | 1,352 |
| D. Weller | Lib/Sdp | 765 |
| J. Crosher | Labour | 124 |
Quedgeley & Hardwicke1 seat · turnout 47.2%
| A. Bolton-Williams | Lib/Sdp | 1,405 |
| D. Hall | Conservative | 1,387 |
| R. Ellerby | Labour | 351 |
Stonehouse1 seat · turnout 40.4%
| D Drew | Labour | 874 |
| G. Butler | Independent | 643 |
| A. Lyes | Lib/Sdp | 580 |
Thrupp1 seat · turnout 43.3%
| L. Bennett | Lib/Sdp | 323 |
| M. Drake | Conservative | 201 |
Trinity1 seat · turnout 46.9%
| V. Gardiner | Independent | 693 ✓ |
| T. Moxham | Conservative | 644 |
| J. Waring | Labour | 331 |
| M. May | Lib/Sdp | 192 |
Uplands1 seat · turnout 52.9%
| S. Mohammed | Independent | 834 ✓ |
| S. Weir | Conservative | 653 |
| W. Hicks | Labour | 296 |
| T. Powell | Lib/Sdp | 152 |
| P. Lister | Green | 131 |
| M. Cooper | Independent | 85 |
Woodfield1 seat
| E. Tipper | Conservative | 450 ✓ |
| E. Williams | Labour | 441 |
| R. Caines | Lib/Sdp | 392 |
Wotton & Kingswood1 seat · turnout 55.0%
| A. Sinclair | Lib/Sdp | 1,435 |
| G. Carter | Independent | 1,155 |
| R. Jackson | Labour | 307 |