Before (end of 1986) (38 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 26 · Conservative 11 · Other 1 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0
After (end of 1987) (38 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 24 · Conservative 13 · Other 1 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0
Ward results
Barrow Island1 seat
| R. Southall | Labour | 605 |
| P. Clafton | Conservative | 342 |
Central1 seat
| M. Hale | Labour | 970 |
| C. Brereton | Conservative | 575 |
Dalton North1 seat
| F. Baker | Independent | 1,200 |
| H. Siddall | Labour | 513 |
Dalton South1 seat
| D. English | Conservative | 926 |
| G. Elborough | Labour | 691 |
Hawcoat1 seat
| J. Joughin | Conservative | 1,943 |
| J. Quinn | Labour | 332 |
Hindpool1 seat
| R. Hamezeian | Labour | 1,141 |
| B. Brereton | Conservative | 720 |
Newbarns1 seat
| S. Stevens | Conservative | 1,037 |
| B. Mounsey | Labour | 785 |
| M. Rudd | Lib/Sdp | 385 |
Ormsgill1 seat
| D. Dole | Labour | 899 |
| J. Thompson | Conservative | 760 |
Risedale1 seat
| T. Waiting | Labour | 911 |
| P. Clafton | Conservative | 557 |
Roosecote1 seat
| I. Joughin | Conservative | 1,208 |
| T. Swarbrick | Labour | 743 |
Walney North1 seat
| M. Coward | Labour | 913 |
| I. Scott | Conservative | 760 |
Walney South1 seat
| W. Hudson | Conservative | 1,088 |
| T. Smith | Labour | 1,050 |
