Before (end of 1986) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 23 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 12 · Labour 6 · Other 1
After (end of 1987) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 22 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 14 · Labour 6 · Other 0
Ward results
Brompton1 seat · turnout 43.4%
| M. Smith | Lib/Sdp | 954 |
| W. Keane | Conservative | 605 |
| P. Higgins | Labour | 263 |
Hempstead & Wigmore2 seats · turnout 39.8%
| D. Chambers | Conservative | 1,830 ✓ |
| C. Harries | Conservative | 1,820 ✓ |
| D. Earley | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 715 |
| L. Brinsden | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 707 |
| J. Byrne | Labour | 249 |
| S. Daman | Labour | 218 |
Medway1 seat · turnout 43.6%
| B. Heffernan | Lib/Sdp | 1,134 |
| K. Williams | Conservative | 559 |
| J. Byrne | Labour | 371 |
Park Wood1 seat · turnout 40.3%
| K. Jury | Conservative | 1,144 |
| P. Holman | Lib/Sdp | 911 |
| G. Crawford | Labour | 206 |
Priestfield1 seat · turnout 44.3%
| P. Yendell | Lib/Sdp | 1,105 |
| R. McNeill | Conservative | 642 |
| H. Baker | Labour | 351 |
Rainham1 seat · turnout 40.0%
| G. Fagg | Conservative | 1,095 |
| I. Silver | Lib/Sdp | 491 |
| K. Stevens | Labour | 356 |
Rainham Mark1 seat · turnout 39.1%
| H. Doe | Conservative | 1,351 |
| A. Peatfield | Lib/Sdp | 619 |
| L. Korff | Labour | 244 |
Riverside1 seat · turnout 51.0%
| R. Sayer | Lib/Sdp | 1,244 |
| M. Goddard | Conservative | 999 |
| D. Spencer | Labour | 235 |
South1 seat · turnout 45.7%
| R. Chambers | Conservative | 866 |
| R. West | Lib/Sdp | 730 |
| K. Ellis | Labour | 337 |
St. Margarets1 seat
| R. Russell | Conservative | 1,551 ✓ |
| D. Sherhod | Lib/Sdp | 652 |
| B. Eratt | Labour | 348 |
Twydall1 seat · turnout 43.7%
| P. Harriott | Labour | 979 |
| D. Lawrence | Conservative | 652 |
| S. Royle | Lib/Sdp | 399 |
Watling Street1 seat · turnout 53.6%
| M. Lewis | Conservative | 1,205 |
| K. Haque | Lib/Sdp | 969 |
| D. Hawley | Labour | 186 |