Before (end of 1986) (63 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 30 · Conservative 24 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 9 · Other 0
After (end of 1987) (63 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 28 · Conservative 28 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 7 · Other 0
Ward results
Altrincham1 seat · turnout 49.6%
| C. Gordon | Conservative | 2,138 |
| D. Hinder | Labour | 1,318 |
| C. Keeley-Huggett | Lib/Sdp | 673 |
Bowdon1 seat · turnout 50.6%
| G. Barker | Conservative | 3,155 ✓ |
| V. O'Hara | Lib/Sdp | 938 |
| H. Busteed | Labour | 398 |
| N. Rowtham | Green | 132 |
Broadheath1 seat · turnout 51.8%
| L. Burton | Conservative | 2,203 |
| J. Morton | Labour | 1,286 |
| N. Royle | Lib/Sdp | 986 |
BROOKLANDS1 seat · turnout 56.7%
| J. Taylor | Conservative | 2,679 |
| B. Keeley-Huggett | Lib/Sdp | 1,445 |
| E. Shaw | Labour | 474 |
Bucklow1 seat · turnout 38.5%
| K. Rogers | Labour | 1,673 |
| C. Hindley | Conservative | 604 |
| C. Martin | Lib/Sdp | 374 |
Davyhulme East1 seat · turnout 54.3%
| R. Crosbie | Conservative | 2,396 |
| N. Bentham | Labour | 1,203 |
| D. Unwin | Lib/Sdp | 635 |
Davyhulme West1 seat · turnout 56.5%
| P. Bates | Conservative | 2,314 |
| Freda Mottley | Labour | 1,490 |
| M. Clarke | Lib/Sdp | 958 |
Flixton1 seat · turnout 63.2%
| A. Coupe | Conservative | 2,294 |
| P. Crompton | Lib/Sdp | 1,565 |
| P. Dowland | Labour | 1,231 |
Hale1 seat · turnout 53.2%
| N. Barrett | Conservative | 3,359 ✓ |
| Pawson. | Lib/Sdp | 1,035 |
| G. Williams | Labour | 274 |
| J. Wharton | Green | 88 |
Longford1 seat · turnout 52.7%
| K. Summerfield | Conservative | 1,841 |
| P Morgan | Labour | 1,730 |
| M. Kulger | Lib/Sdp | 450 |
Mersey St Marys1 seat · turnout 50.0%
| S. Brownhill | Conservative | 2,862 |
| R. Thompson | Lib/Sdp | 1,125 |
| P. Miller | Labour | 836 |
Park1 seat · turnout 46.1%
| R. Tully | Labour | 1,264 |
| D. Meadowcroft | Conservative | 1,111 |
| F. Beswick | Lib/Sdp | 497 |
Priory1 seat · turnout 51.6%
| M. King | Conservative | 1,589 |
| C. Fink | Lib/Sdp | 1,482 |
| P. English | Labour | 1,113 |
Sale Moor1 seat · turnout 48.5%
| C. Merry | Labour | 1,485 ✓ |
| G. Burrows | Conservative | 1,377 |
| K. Clarke | Lib/Sdp | 881 |
| A. Bowden | Green | 69 |
St. Martins1 seat · turnout 47.7%
| G. Mountain | Labour | 1,994 ✓ |
| R. Maley | Conservative | 1,684 |
| T. Corbett | Lib/Sdp | 729 |
| J. Bowden | Green | 106 |
Talbot1 seat · turnout 39.8%
| P. Lane | Labour | 1,760 |
| C Levenston | Conservative | 1,030 |
| K Martin | Independent | 61 |
Timperley1 seat · turnout 53.7%
| W. Watkins | Conservative | 2,337 ✓ |
| M. Clancy | Lib/Sdp | 1,704 |
| Holland D. | Labour | 650 |
| N Eadie | Green | 101 |
Urmston1 seat · turnout 55.8%
| E. May | Conservative | 2,076 |
| David Acton | Labour | 1,708 |
| P. Carlon | Lib/Sdp | 657 |
Village1 seat · turnout 54.0%
| M. Booth | Conservative | 1,875 ✓ |
| C. Gibson | Lib/Sdp | 1,737 |
| M. Jenkinson | Labour | 909 |
| Robinson-Hale K. | Green | 56 |
