Before (end of 1986) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 28 · Other 7 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 6 · Labour 1
After (end of 1987) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 24 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 10 · Other 7 · Labour 1
Ward results
Birchanger1 seat · turnout 60.3%
| D. Haggerwood | Conservative | 424 |
| C. Rowley | Lib/Sdp | 84 |
Clavering1 seat
| E. Abrahams | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Elsenham1 seat
| J. Hurwitz | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Felsted2 seats · turnout 45.7%
| R. Hawkins | Lib/Sdp | 874 |
| A. Harding | Lib/Sdp | 602 |
| J. Guthrie-Dow | Independent | 545 |
Great Dunmow North2 seats · turnout 46.9%
| R. Aldous | Lib/Sdp | 718 |
| M. Davey | Conservative | 571 |
| P. Taylor | Lib/Sdp | 435 |
| E Hicks | Conservative | 386 |
Great Dunmow South2 seats · turnout 42.3%
| Westcott D. | Conservative | 932 |
| N. Prowse | Lib/Sdp | 769 |
| D. Briggs | Lib/Sdp | 579 |
Great Hallingbury1 seat
| A. Streeter | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Hatfield Broad Oak1 seat · turnout 58.8%
| R. Wood | Conservative | 309 |
| W. Bree | Lib/Sdp | 226 |
Hatfield Heath1 seat · turnout 50.1%
| I. Delderfield | Conservative | 474 |
| W McCarthy | Labour | 130 |
Little Hallingbury1 seat
| A. Row | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Littlebury1 seat
| J. Menell | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Rickling1 seat · turnout 66.8%
| S. Collins | Lib/Sdp | 292 |
| J. Rich | Conservative | 248 |
Saffron Walden Audley2 seats · turnout 59.6%
| D. Miller | Conservative | 668 |
| A. Walters | Conservative | 618 |
| S. Jones | Lib/Sdp | 461 |
| A. Barnes | Lib/Sdp | 446 |
| D. Baker | Labour | 232 |
| V. Carter | Labour | 195 |
Saffron Walden Castle2 seats · turnout 56.3%
| R. Eastham | Conservative | 708 |
| H. Free | Lib/Sdp | 626 |
| R. Dean | Conservative | 597 |
| S. McDermott | Lib/Sdp | 563 |
| D. Cornell | Labour | 326 |
| D. Barrs | Labour | 269 |
Saffron Walden Plantation2 seats · turnout 49.3%
| A. Ketteridge | Conservative | 750 |
| S. Neville | Conservative | 654 |
| J. Benson | Lib/Sdp | 577 |
| V. Lelliott | Lib/Sdp | 520 |
| J. Evans | Labour | 239 |
| D O'Sullivan | Labour | 221 |
Saffron Walden Shire2 seats · turnout 51.3%
| J. Stevens | Conservative | 569 |
| R. Green | Labour | 548 |
| J. Hughes | Conservative | 459 |
| H. Baker | Lib/Sdp | 322 |
| F. Whittington | Lib/Sdp | 300 |
| K. Pipe | Labour | 273 |
Stansted Mountfitchet3 seats · turnout 46.6%
| A. Dean | Lib/Sdp | 1,014 |
| M. Caton | Lib/Sdp | 992 |
| R. Clifford | Lib/Sdp | 930 |
| J. Brown | Conservative | 884 |
| B. Gott | Conservative | 882 |
| D. Butterfield | Conservative | 789 |
Stort Valley1 seat
| D. Collins | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Takeley2 seats · turnout 32.4%
| P. Macphail | Conservative | 543 |
| E. Whitehead | Conservative | 523 |
| J. Oliveira | Labour | 355 |
Thaxted2 seats · turnout 47.2%
| P. Leeder | Independent | 621 |
| E. Walsh | Independent | 448 |
| Q. Mould | Conservative | 439 |
| S. Corke | Lib/Sdp | 394 |
The Canfields1 seat
| J. Wright | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
The Chesterfords1 seat
| P. Chater | Lib/Sdp | 0 ✓ |
The Eastons1 seat
| P. Thorburn | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
The Rodings1 seat
| K. Tivendale | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
The Sampfords1 seat
| Hugh Hughes | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Wenden Lofts1 seat
| R. Chambers | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Wendon Lofts1 seat
| R. Chambers | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Wimbish and Debden1 seat · turnout 49.6%
| N. Belcher | Conservative | 429 |
| B Lock | Labour | 140 |
