Before (end of 1986) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 31 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 7 · Labour 4 · Other 0
After (end of 1987) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 29 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 9 · Labour 3 · Other 1
Ward results
Bletchingley1 seat · turnout 52.1%
| P. Banks | Conservative | 613 |
| H. Hunt | Labour | 289 |
| A. Caudle | Lib/Sdp | 208 |
Burstow, Horne and Outwood1 seat · turnout 50.1%
| M. Davison | Conservative | 1,258 |
| J. Boait | Lib/Sdp | 757 |
| Morris G. | Labour | 77 |
Chelsham & Farleigh Tatsfield1 seat · turnout 46.5%
| S. Dothie | Conservative | 468 |
| R. Payne | Lib/Sdp | 263 |
| P. Barnes | Labour | 81 |
Dormans1 seat · turnout 57.8%
| L. Narcisi | Conservative | 1,001 |
| J. Busby | Lib/Sdp | 717 |
| S. Bing | Labour | 58 |
FELBRIDGE1 seat · turnout 57.5%
| A. Coutts | Conservative | 460 |
| K. Housman | Lib/Sdp | 342 |
| D. Burns | Labour | 31 |
Godstone1 seat · turnout 52.5%
| H. Collard | Conservative | 1,260 |
| J. Maciver | Lib/Sdp | 845 |
| Maxine Mathews | Labour | 169 |
Limpsfield1 seat · turnout 58.2%
| C. Alderson | Conservative | 1,034 |
| J. Gladstone | Lib/Sdp | 519 |
| M. Harling | Labour | 49 |
Lingfield and Crowhurst1 seat · turnout 56.7%
| C. D'Avray | Lib/Sdp | 796 ✓ |
| D. Horscroft | Conservative | 737 |
| D. Allonby | Labour | 278 |
| G Marks | Independent | 169 |
OXTED NORTH & TANDRIDGE1 seat · turnout 58.0%
| G. Keymer | Conservative | 1,407 |
| B. Ford | Lib/Sdp | 991 |
| H Cockerham | Labour | 128 |
Oxted South1 seat · turnout 60.9%
| A. Wellman | Conservative | 1,141 |
| Barbara Harling | Labour | 961 |
| A. Glasby | Lib/Sdp | 586 |
Portley1 seat · turnout 55.0%
| B. Courtenay | Conservative | 681 |
| P. Tuck | Lib/Sdp | 662 |
| R Kelly | Labour | 78 |
Valley1 seat · turnout 49.8%
| D Newland | Conservative | 701 |
| I. Keefe | Labour | 427 |
| J. O'Brien | Lib/Sdp | 321 |
Warlingham East1 seat · turnout 54.5%
| S. Ripley | Lib/Sdp | 942 |
| S. Law | Conservative | 938 |
| G. Holman | Labour | 175 |