Before (end of 1986) (55 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 32 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 14 · Labour 5 · Other 4
After (end of 1987) (55 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 25 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 23 · Labour 5 · Other 2
Ward results
Denmead1 seat · turnout 45.7%
| F. Allgood | Conservative | 1,344 |
| T. Knight | Labour | 302 |
Itchen Valley1 seat · turnout 59.1%
| S. Glasspool | Conservative | 499 |
| P. Johnson | Lib/Sdp | 193 |
| B. Goodman | Labour | 47 |
Littleton & Harestock1 seat · turnout 64.2%
| H. Spencer | Lib/Sdp | 948 |
| A. Gaisford | Conservative | 748 |
| Elaine Mary Fullaway | Labour | 78 |
St Barnabas1 seat
| R. Smith | Lib/Sdp | 1,209 |
| M. Spence | Conservative | 857 |
| Carol Orchard | Labour | 270 |
St. John & All Saints1 seat · turnout 52.4%
| J. Altshul | Labour | 967 |
| J. Higgins | Lib/Sdp | 679 |
| M. Cooke | Conservative | 556 |