Before (end of 1986) (37 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 24 · Other 9 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 2 · Labour 2
After (end of 1987) (37 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 17 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 12 · Other 6 · Labour 2
Ward results
Broughton2 seats · turnout 39.5%
| E. Bayliss | Conservative | 835 |
| M. Wright | Conservative | 791 |
| L. Bemment | Lib/Sdp | 650 |
| B. Rayner | Lib/Sdp | 628 |
Easton1 seat · turnout 51.9%
| E. Hubbard | Independent | 614 |
| D. Benyon | Independent | 166 |
Fleckney2 seats · turnout 41.4%
| J. Sharman | Independent | 893 |
| R. Marriott | Conservative | 524 |
| J. Middleton | Conservative | 398 |
| P. Curtis | Lib/Sdp | 303 |
| E. Lloyd | Labour | 126 |
| R. Lacey | Labour | 74 |
Gilmorton1 seat · turnout 53.6%
| V. Gardiner | Lib/Sdp | 394 |
| D. Knightley | Conservative | 306 |
Houghton1 seat · turnout 55.9%
| A. Harris | Conservative | 819 |
| C. Jackson | Labour | 78 |
Kibworth2 seats · turnout 35.7%
| M. Stops | Independent | 1,226 |
| S. Leslie-Miller | Independent | 1,048 |
| F. Lowe | Labour | 232 |
Kilworth1 seat
| R. Sambrook | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Lutterworth Linden1 seat · turnout 47.9%
| T. Jones | Independent | 291 |
| B. Bosley | Conservative | 248 |
| M. Wailoo | Labour | 84 |
Lutterworth Sherrier1 seat · turnout 55.5%
| J. Shaw | Labour | 453 |
| J. Ackerley | Conservative | 408 |
Lutterworth St. Marys1 seat · turnout 57.2%
| J. Wallace | Labour | 361 |
| C. Weston | Conservative | 295 |
Lutterworth Wycliffe1 seat · turnout 50.4%
| W. Crane | Conservative | 429 |
| R. Goode | Labour | 208 |
Market Harborough Bowden2 seats · turnout 61.1%
| P. Knowles | Lib/Sdp | 1,110 ✓ |
| S. Scampton | Lib/Sdp | 799 ✓ |
| T. Duckham | Conservative | 556 |
| E. Bowley | Independent | 543 |
| A. Gray | Conservative | 383 |
| M. White | Labour | 71 |
| M. Darby | Labour | 58 |
Market Harborough North3 seats · turnout 53.2%
| M. Cox | Lib/Sdp | 1,483 |
| J. Calder | Lib/Sdp | 1,229 |
| M. Reynolds | Lib/Sdp | 1,098 |
| P. Wilson | Conservative | 644 |
| Streeten R. | Conservative | 573 |
| M. Carter | Conservative | 521 |
Market Harborough South2 seats · turnout 58.9%
| J. Morgan | Lib/Sdp | 957 |
| R. Dunton | Lib/Sdp | 920 |
| B. Jones | Conservative | 429 |
| C. Wharton | Conservative | 411 |
| P. Bray | Labour | 125 |
| N. Whitbread | Labour | 102 |
Market Harborough West3 seats
| J White | Conservative | 975 ✓ |
| D Hobbs | Conservative | 960 ✓ |
| C Logalbo | Conservative | 922 ✓ |
| P Callis | Lib/Sdp | 809 |
| J Tilley | Lib/Sdp | 657 |
| S. Bray | Labour | 313 |
| M Bhatty | Labour | 240 |
| J. Bhatt | Labour | 215 |
Peatling1 seat · turnout 63.0%
| M. Ellingworth | Conservative | 444 |
| L. Brown | Lib/Sdp | 398 |
| A. Slater | Labour | 33 |
Thurnby2 seats · turnout 51.7%
| S. Galton | Lib/Sdp | 1,216 |
| A. Dawson | Conservative | 980 |
| C. Druce | Labour | 85 |
| K. Hall | Labour | 55 |
Ullesthorpe1 seat · turnout 64.1%
| R. Freelove | Lib/Sdp | 515 |
| P. Smith | Conservative | 462 |
