Before (end of 1986) (69 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 29 · Labour 24 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 16 · Other 0
After (end of 1987) (69 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 27 · Labour 24 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 18 · Other 0
Ward results
Ainsdale1 seat · turnout 46.7%
| R. Watson | Conservative | 2,921 ✓ |
| K. Edge | Lib/Sdp | 1,492 |
| I. Moncur | Labour | 471 |
| M. Jaggard | Green | 165 |
Birkdale1 seat · turnout 53.1%
| J. Pugh | Lib/Sdp | 2,386 ✓ |
| J. Cragg | Conservative | 2,134 |
| B. Bladon | Labour | 489 |
| A. Wright | Green | 134 |
Blundellsands2 seats · turnout 50.5%
| E. Harding | Conservative | 2,871 |
| P. Parry | Conservative | 2,844 |
| S. Jackson | Lib/Sdp | 1,320 |
| F. Perry | Lib/Sdp | 1,245 |
| P. Comer | Labour | 534 |
| Rob James | Labour | 501 |
Cambridge1 seat · turnout 46.9%
| J. Heaton | Conservative | 2,838 ✓ |
| J. Thompson | Lib/Sdp | 1,778 |
| I. Bryden | Labour | 442 |
| J Walker | Green | 152 |
CHURCH2 seats · turnout 44.4%
| S. Morris | Labour | 1,945 |
| N. Fanning | Labour | 1,936 |
| J. Latham | Lib/Sdp | 1,357 |
| P. Latham | Lib/Sdp | 1,197 |
| W Heslop | Conservative | 1,046 |
| G Halliwell | Conservative | 1,032 |
Derby1 seat · turnout 42.3%
| A. McEvilly | Labour | 3,220 |
| F. Morris | Conservative | 955 |
Duke's1 seat
| J. Lowe | Conservative | 2,583 ✓ |
| J. James | Lib/Sdp | 1,229 |
| P Bond | Labour | 329 |
| M. Ingham | Green | 111 |
| Sharples J. | Independent | 73 |
Harington1 seat · turnout 52.3%
| Heather Williams | Conservative | 3,023 |
| C. Trollope | Lib/Sdp | 2,191 |
| J. Riley | Labour | 379 |
Kew2 seats · turnout 42.0%
| M. Fearn | Lib/Sdp | 2,014 ✓ |
| T. Francis | Lib/Sdp | 1,865 ✓ |
| W. Leathwood | Conservative | 1,479 |
| T. Plunkett | Conservative | 1,421 |
| N. Vout | Labour | 847 |
| P. Hennigan | Labour | 772 |
| D. Russell | Green | 223 |
Linacre1 seat · turnout 39.8%
| J. Blinston | Labour | 3,018 |
| B. Gibson | Conservative | 361 |
Litherland1 seat · turnout 45.9%
| E. Ward | Labour | 2,519 ✓ |
| Hilary Bowden | Conservative | 621 |
| S. White | Lib/Sdp | 584 |
| G. Fielding | RES | 472 |
Manor1 seat · turnout 57.4%
| D. Kennedy | Conservative | 2,293 |
| C. Jones | Labour | 2,021 |
| R. Murphy | Lib/Sdp | 1,532 |
Meols2 seats · turnout 51.5%
| D. Tattersall | Lib/Sdp | 2,715 ✓ |
| K. Bridge | Lib/Sdp | 2,485 ✓ |
| E. Monk | Conservative | 2,367 |
| M. Pointon | Conservative | 2,006 |
| M. Auger | Labour | 490 |
| A. Otto | Labour | 430 |
| V. Evans | Green | 159 |
Molyneux1 seat · turnout 47.6%
| A. Brown | Conservative | 2,516 |
| J Mahon | Labour | 1,533 |
| A. Beattie | Lib/Sdp | 1,263 |
Netherton2 seats · turnout 39.5%
| C. Hopkins | Labour | 2,741 |
| J. Harrison | Labour | 2,627 |
| E. Humphreys | Conservative | 607 |
| A. Willett | Conservative | 574 |
Norwood1 seat · turnout 47.5%
| N. Jones | Lib/Sdp | 2,369 ✓ |
| D. Parry | Labour | 1,240 |
| E. Lamont | Conservative | 1,147 |
| J Miller | Green | 120 |
Park1 seat · turnout 46.2%
| R. Hughes | Lib/Sdp | 2,334 |
| J. Elliott | Conservative | 2,065 |
| J. Morrison | Labour | 1,076 |
Ravenmeols1 seat · turnout 51.1%
| G. Mann | Conservative | 2,353 |
| D. Walker | Lib/Sdp | 2,274 |
| A. Eagle | Labour | 421 |
