Before (end of 1986) (46 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 29 · Conservative 14 · Labour 2 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 1
After (end of 1987) (46 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 24 · Conservative 16 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 · Labour 3
Ward results
Astley1 seat · turnout 48.8%
| K. Jackson | Independent | 423 |
| M. Warnes | Labour | 415 |
Bacton1 seat · turnout 51.4%
| M. Strong | Independent | 537 |
| P. Baldwin | All | 237 |
Blakeney1 seat · turnout 58.7%
| R. Wootten | Independent | 437 |
| R. Draper | Labour | 269 |
| J. Greenacre | Independent | 192 |
Bodham1 seat
| W. Cummings | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Catfield1 seat
| H. Starkings | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Corpusty1 seat · turnout 24.4%
| R. Collins | Labour | 246 |
Erpingham1 seat · turnout 47.4%
| D. Harrison | All | 342 |
| A. Cargill | Conservative | 334 |
Four Stowes1 seat
| D. Kinnear | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Fulmodeston1 seat · turnout 48.3%
| R. Broughton | Independent | 478 |
| B. Craske | Labour | 150 |
Happisburgh1 seat
| J. Paterson | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Hickling1 seat · turnout 60.0%
| P. Blaxell | Conservative | 589 |
| M. Cullingham | Labour | 295 |
Horning1 seat · turnout 55.9%
| W. Greenhill | Conservative | 420 |
| P. Colk | Independent | 98 |
Horsefen1 seat
| V. Bensley | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Hoveton1 seat · turnout 47.9%
| J. Webb | Conservative | 471 |
| R. Hutchinson | Independent | 331 |
klofroN2 seats · turnout 40.3%
| I. Ainsworth | All | 1,034 |
| C. Sutton | Independent | 781 |
| M. Baker | Independent | 582 |
Lancaster3 seats · turnout 34.7%
| H. Barrow | Independent | 1,141 |
| R. Bagshaw | Independent | 1,000 |
| N. Barrett | Labour | 815 |
| L. Hogston | Independent | 677 |
| D. Batts | Independent | 540 |
| R. Plumb | Independent | 518 |
| P. Batts | Independent | 488 |
Neatishead1 seat · turnout 56.2%
| C. Durrant | Independent | 603 |
| R. Rushman | All | 146 |
North Walsham East3 seats
| Paul Barnes | Conservative | 1,244 ✓ |
| P Rayna | Conservative | 964 ✓ |
| H Linford | Conservative | 922 ✓ |
| Gary Michael Johnson | Independent | 821 |
| John Charles Taylor | Labour | 557 |
| M Booth | Labour | 548 |
| H Nickson | All | 436 |
| L Stott | Independent | 269 |
| P Stott | Independent | 257 |
| M Young-Bullimore | Independent | 242 |
North Walsham West1 seat · turnout 48.0%
| J. Heal | Labour | 438 |
| J. Le Grice | Conservative | 401 |
Overstrand1 seat
| P. Shewell | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Pastonacres1 seat · turnout 57.9%
| C. Bayne | Conservative | 492 |
| M. Ward | Labour | 305 |
Scottow1 seat
| A. Paterson | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Sheringham3 seats · turnout 37.7%
| A. Dennis | All | 1,053 |
| B. Alton | Conservative | 1,007 |
| R. English | Independent | 985 |
| B. Wilson | Conservative | 958 |
| G. Ward | All | 674 |
| K. Plant | All | 571 |
| L. Watson | Labour | 339 |
Suffield Park1 seat · turnout 49.9%
| V. Woodcock | Independent | 519 |
| A. Prior | Independent | 290 |
The Raynhams1 seat
| A. Duckworth-Chad | Independent | 0 ✓ |
The Runtons2 seats · turnout 37.3%
| R. Hughes | Independent | 874 |
| E. Young | Independent | 740 |
| D. Green | Labour | 265 |
Walsingham1 seat · turnout 56.5%
| T. Moore | Independent | 530 |
| S. Docking | Labour | 150 |
Wells2 seats · turnout 50.1%
| M. French | Conservative | 902 |
| D. Hudson | Independent | 795 |
| M. Gates | Labour | 456 |
| B. Longwell | Labour | 330 |
Wensum Valley1 seat
| K. Perowne | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Worstead1 seat · turnout 50.5%
| T. Hardingham | Independent | 264 |
| A. Bunnett | Independent | 210 |
| S. Shaw | Labour | 207 |
