Before (end of 1986) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 36 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 10 · Labour 1 · Other 1
After (end of 1987) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 34 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 11 · Labour 2 · Other 1
Ward results
Cranbrook1 seat
| W. Jempson | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Culverden1 seat · turnout 39.0%
| H. Wright | Conservative | 1,003 ✓ |
| J. Marsden | Lib/Sdp | 532 |
| H. Brown | Labour | 94 |
| A. Bolton | Green | 75 |
FRITTENDEN & SISSINGHURST1 seat · turnout 50.0%
| L. Bone | Conservative | 499 |
| J. Nicholson | Lib/Sdp | 237 |
| D. Hall | Labour | 59 |
Paddock Wood1 seat · turnout 37.7%
| S. Ward | Conservative | 835 |
| T. Wickham | Lib/Sdp | 812 |
| P. Doughty | Labour | 267 |
Park1 seat · turnout 47.3%
| M. Streeten | Conservative | 1,275 |
| A. Howard | Lib/Sdp | 624 |
| P. McBride | Labour | 178 |
PEMBURY1 seat · turnout 57.3%
| H. Swinden | Lib/Sdp | 1,378 |
| A. Bromwich | Conservative | 1,252 |
Southborough East1 seat · turnout 46.2%
| D. Fletcher | Conservative | 502 |
| J. Izard | All | 466 |
| T. O'Sullivan | Labour | 212 |
Southborough North1 seat · turnout 47.6%
| E. Garlick | Conservative | 980 ✓ |
| C. Gillmore | Lib/Sdp | 530 |
| P. Sellers | Labour | 102 |
| J. Simons | Green | 50 |
Southborough West1 seat · turnout 49.2%
| S. Relf | Conservative | 387 |
| W. Clary | Labour | 378 |
| R. Ross | Lib/Sdp | 368 |
Speldhurst & Bidborough1 seat · turnout 46.8%
| J. Wheeler | Conservative | 1,419 |
| A. Clark | All | 568 |
| R. Woods | Labour | 84 |
St. Johns1 seat · turnout 50.6%
| R. Hughes | Conservative | 1,204 ✓ |
| G. Lockwood | Lib/Sdp | 1,063 |
| P. Funnell | Labour | 172 |
| B. Leslie | Green | 56 |
St. Marks1 seat · turnout 48.7%
| D. Smith | Conservative | 1,173 |
| P. Liddell | Lib/Sdp | 666 |
| M. Richards | Labour | 59 |