Before (end of 1986) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 27 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 9 · Other 0 · Labour 0
After (end of 1987) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 21 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 15 · Labour 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Alderney3 seats · turnout 40.5%
| H. Ballam | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,718 ✓ |
| M. Ballam | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,653 ✓ |
| A. Trent | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,613 ✓ |
| A. Currell | Conservative | 917 |
| P. Laird | Conservative | 746 |
| D. Smith | Conservative | 703 |
| M. Pike | Labour | 617 |
| D. Gee | Labour | 586 |
| D. Gee | Labour | 576 |
Bourne Valley3 seats · turnout 40.5%
| J. Hearn | Conservative | 1,383 ✓ |
| P. Jones | Conservative | 1,361 ✓ |
| C. Bond | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,355 ✓ |
| A. Chaffey | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,323 |
| R. Parker | Conservative | 1,205 |
| W. Hughes | Independent | 1,167 |
| G. Carter | Labour | 458 |
| S. Lee | Labour | 391 |
| C. Stakounis | Labour | 296 |
Broadstone3 seats · turnout 58.6%
| A. Brooke | Lib/Sdp | 2,470 |
| P. Coles | Conservative | 2,251 |
| F. Bower | Conservative | 2,064 |
| J. Riddington | Conservative | 1,958 |
| C. Kendall | Lib/Sdp | 1,900 |
| E. Malin | Lib/Sdp | 1,836 |
Canford Cliffs3 seats · turnout 45.4%
| B. Grant-Graham | Conservative | 2,783 |
| L. Ashworth | Conservative | 2,748 |
| P. Dean | Conservative | 2,729 |
| H. Lambert | Lib/Sdp | 474 |
| R. Mackay | Lib/Sdp | 447 |
| Q. Walker | Lib/Sdp | 443 |
Canford Heath2 seats · turnout 48.4%
| R. Whitley | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 2,211 ✓ |
| J. Curtis | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 2,113 ✓ |
| E. Andrews | Conservative | 1,579 |
| F. Henson | Conservative | 1,540 |
| J. Harris | Labour | 279 |
| L. Kybert | Labour | 272 |
Canford Magna2 seats · turnout 50.4%
| D. Hackforth | Conservative | 2,097 |
| E. Adams | Conservative | 2,056 |
| M. Sheppard | Lib/Sdp | 1,775 |
| J. Smith | Lib/Sdp | 1,766 |
Creekmoor2 seats · turnout 42.8%
| B. Ewart | Lib/Sdp | 1,479 |
| E. Griffiths | Lib/Sdp | 1,412 |
| P. Horner | Conservative | 1,333 |
| Y. Horner | Conservative | 1,172 |
| H. Rosser | Labour | 281 |
| R. Trengrove | Ind LIB | 258 |
Hamworthy3 seats · turnout 48.3%
| R. Meech | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 2,091 ✓ |
| F. Winwood | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,988 ✓ |
| E. Churchill | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,964 ✓ |
| A. Isaacs | Conservative | 1,425 |
| A. Sheldon | Conservative | 1,360 |
| R. Spink | Conservative | 1,357 |
| V. Jones | Labour | 597 |
| D. Coates | Labour | 587 |
| A. Zakrzewski | Labour | 582 |
Harbour3 seats · turnout 47.4%
| R. Buss | Conservative | 1,623 |
| B. Leverett | Conservative | 1,615 |
| F. Wrethem | Conservative | 1,585 |
| J. Knox | Lib/Sdp | 1,502 |
| P. Dodd | Lib/Sdp | 1,473 |
| R. Yates | Lib/Sdp | 1,432 |
| D. Coleman | Labour | 598 |
| W. Besley | Labour | 517 |
| T. Dykes | Labour | 516 |
Newtown3 seats · turnout 39.6%
| B. Clements | Lib/Sdp | 1,525 |
| E. Hogg | Lib/Sdp | 1,479 |
| L. Knight | Lib/Sdp | 1,377 |
| L. Cockwell | Conservative | 1,140 |
| J. Dyke | Conservative | 1,124 |
| E. Pritchard | Conservative | 993 |
| R. Lockyer | Labour | 681 |
| P. Kybert | Labour | 672 |
| J. Wynn | Labour | 644 |
Oakdale3 seats · turnout 49.8%
| D. Webster | Conservative | 1,885 ✓ |
| J. Breckell | Conservative | 1,666 ✓ |
| J. Sorton | Conservative | 1,572 ✓ |
| N. King | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,459 |
| K. Lambert | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,446 |
| D. Hopkins | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,390 |
| R. O'Mahoney | Labour | 455 |
| J. Hayes | Labour | 393 |
| R. Rose | Labour | 391 |
Parkstone3 seats · turnout 46.1%
| B. Greenwood | Conservative | 2,066 |
| G. Bailey | Conservative | 2,040 |
| A. Stribley | Conservative | 1,977 |
| S. Palmer | Lib/Sdp | 1,119 |
| P. Clark | Lib/Sdp | 1,064 |
| C. Gray | Lib/Sdp | 995 |
| T. Drage | Labour | 284 |
| F. Perkins | Labour | 274 |
| R. Holt | Labour | 268 |
Penn Hill3 seats · turnout 44.4%
| M. Slattery | Conservative | 2,221 ✓ |
| D. Bugo | Conservative | 2,198 ✓ |
| K. Chaffey | Conservative | 2,140 ✓ |
| S. Manston | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 870 |
| S. Tansey | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 860 |
| P. Laight | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 824 |
| S. Bardsley | Labour | 242 |
| L. Parsons | Labour | 204 |
