Before (end of 1986) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 22 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 14 · Other 0 · Labour 0
After (end of 1987) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 24 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 12 · Labour 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Broadwater1 seat
| A. Clare | Lib/Sdp | 1,660 |
| S. Wilton | Conservative | 832 |
| B. Croft | Labour | 159 |
Castle1 seat
| R. Orridge | Conservative | 1,269 |
| J. Horgan | Lib/Sdp | 1,084 |
| J. Hammond | Labour | 217 |
Central1 seat
| R. Price | Conservative | 949 |
| W. Wharton | Lib/Sdp | 919 |
| J. Deen | Labour | 226 |
Durrington1 seat
| J. Cotton | Conservative | 1,495 |
| M. Stephens | Lib/Sdp | 1,382 |
| T. Anderson | Labour | 199 |
Gaisford1 seat
| P. Bennett | Lib/Sdp | 1,333 |
| R. Goodhind | Conservative | 1,287 |
| J. Hurcombe | Labour | 193 |
Goring1 seat
| B. Lynn | Conservative | 2,379 |
| M. Clayden | Lib/Sdp | 1,053 |
| E. Shannon | Labour | 140 |
Heene1 seat
| H. Piggott | Conservative | 1,835 |
| S. Kift | Lib/Sdp | 690 |
| S. Deen | Labour | 179 |
Offington1 seat
| C. Scott | Conservative | 1,951 |
| E. Mardell | Lib/Sdp | 822 |
| B. Wright | Labour | 133 |
Salvington1 seat
| H. Braden | Conservative | 1,997 |
| D. Nash | Lib/Sdp | 817 |
| Y. Griffiths | Labour | 185 |
Selden1 seat
| B. Kemp | Conservative | 1,323 |
| C. Hellstrom | Lib/Sdp | 715 |
| B. Frost | Labour | 498 |
