Before (end of 1986) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 50 · Other 7 · Conservative 3 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0
After (end of 1987) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 53 · Other 4 · Conservative 3 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0
Ward results
All Saints1 seat · turnout 32.4%
| R Haws | Labour | 1,609 |
| T Telford | Prog | 479 |
Beacon and Bents1 seat · turnout 40.2%
| G. Hobson | Labour | 1,371 |
| E. Patience | Lib/Sdp | 576 |
| R. Pepper | Conservative | 525 |
Bede2 seats
| S. Hepburn | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| A. Stewart | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Biddick Hall1 seat
| B. Dunbar | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Boldon Colliery1 seat · turnout 42.7%
| D. Maidmant | Labour | 2,083 |
| H. Grainger | Lib/Sdp | 691 |
Cleadon and East Boldon1 seat · turnout 45.3%
| K. Charlton | Conservative | 1,806 |
| B | Labour | 620 |
| C. Tuxworth | Lib/Sdp | 612 |
Cleadon Park1 seat · turnout 38.1%
| M. Hamilton | Labour | 1,401 |
| D Maccoy | Conservative | 442 |
| M. Meling | Lib/Sdp | 416 |
Fellgate and Hedworth1 seat · turnout 42.1%
| P. Waggott | Labour | 2,146 |
| P. Price | Lib/Sdp | 546 |
| A. Coombs | Conservative | 307 |
Harton1 seat · turnout 40.6%
| R. Edwardson | Labour | 1,384 ✓ |
| I. Holmes | Lib/Sdp | 488 |
| R. Burns | Conservative | 397 |
| P. Hamidian | Prog | 82 |
Hebburn Quay1 seat · turnout 44.4%
| M. Thomas | Labour | 1,148 |
| T. Glynn | Ind Lab | 848 |
| K Rodgers | Conservative | 493 |
Hebburn South1 seat · turnout 44.0%
| T. Bamford | Labour | 1,948 |
| D. Middleton | Conservative | 585 |
Horsley Hill1 seat · turnout 39.1%
| S. Stratford | Labour | 1,493 |
| G. Owens | Prog | 609 |
| E Meeks | Conservative | 502 |
Rekendyke1 seat · turnout 34.1%
| K. Dunn | Labour | 1,477 |
| S. Troupe | Lib/Sdp | 313 |
| H. Johnson | Prog | 255 |
Tyne Dock and Simonside1 seat · turnout 34.5%
| A. Jackson | Labour | 1,324 |
| W Hay | Prog | 243 |
| A. Sehman | Lib/Sdp | 223 |
West Park1 seat · turnout 45.0%
| R. Lumsdale | Labour | 1,181 ✓ |
| H. Marshall | Prog | 772 |
| Chris Taylor | Conservative | 474 |
| S. Brown | Lib/Sdp | 450 |
Westoe1 seat · turnout 45.0%
| Margaret Gallagher | Labour | 1,290 |
| K. Hickman | Prog | 1,164 |
| A. Pepper | Conservative | 408 |
Whitburn and Marsden1 seat · turnout 47.5%
| P. Robinson | Labour | 2,007 |
| E. Dryden | Conservative | 683 |
Whiteleas1 seat · turnout 37.0%
| R. Stidolph | Labour | 2,018 |
| J. Dodds | Prog | 389 |
