Before (end of 1987) (68 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 37 · Conservative 25 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 6 · Other 0
After (end of 1988) (68 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 39 · Conservative 24 · Liberal Democrats 5 · Other 0
Ward results
Avonmouth1 seat · turnout 60.4%
| V. Horrigan | Labour | 2,349 ✓ |
| D. Pullin | Conservative | 2,054 |
| E. Jacobs | SLD | 212 |
| L. Jeffries | Green | 57 |
Bishopston1 seat · turnout 59.5%
| P. McLaren | Labour | 2,027 ✓ |
| M. Withers | Conservative | 1,844 |
| S. Spilsbury | SLD | 1,318 |
| D. Bowring | Green | 145 |
Bishopsworth1 seat · turnout 47.1%
| J. McLaren | Labour | 1,808 ✓ |
| R Eddy | Conservative | 1,504 |
| S. Willis | SDP | 249 |
| G. Hughes | SLD | 136 |
Brislington East1 seat · turnout 54.3%
| D Herod | Labour | 2,561 ✓ |
| I. Temple | Conservative | 1,950 |
| J. Exon | SLD | 446 |
| G. Davey | Green | 95 |
Brislington West1 seat · turnout 52.1%
| P. Dodd | Conservative | 1,565 ✓ |
| A. D'Eyncourt-Harvey | SLD | 1,536 |
| R. Hall | Labour | 1,264 |
| B. Wood | Green | 126 |
Clifton1 seat · turnout 43.1%
| A. Tasker | Conservative | 1,900 ✓ |
| E. Beaty | SLD | 925 |
| G. Buchanan | Labour | 813 |
| G. Dorey | Green | 215 |
| W. Long | SDP | 150 |
Cotham1 seat · turnout 40.6%
| P. Sidebottom | Conservative | 1,564 ✓ |
| L. McCabe | Labour | 1,048 |
| M. Laker | SLD | 512 |
| G Collard | Green | 243 |
| P. Lloyd | SDP | 134 |
Hartcliffe1 seat · turnout 37.4%
| B. Richards | Labour | 2,021 ✓ |
| B. Edwards | Conservative | 911 |
| I. Reed | SLD | 230 |
| D. Tayler | Green | 59 |
Henbury1 seat · turnout 60.9%
| J. Patterson | Labour | 2,579 ✓ |
| L. Roberts | Conservative | 1,973 |
| W. Gibbens | SDP | 315 |
| E. Boney | SLD | 170 |
Hengrove1 seat · turnout 48.7%
| D. Parsons | Conservative | 2,065 ✓ |
| J. Webb | SLD | 1,706 |
| M. McGrath | Labour | 1,239 |
| M. Turnbull | Green | 70 |
Henleaze1 seat · turnout 50.2%
| J. Fey | Conservative | 2,893 ✓ |
| J. Carpenter | SLD | 785 |
| A. Danford | Labour | 629 |
| R. Glaves | Green | 163 |
Horfield1 seat · turnout 49.9%
| F. Apperley | Conservative | 2,136 |
| R. Clease | Labour | 1,583 |
| S. Young | SLD | 377 |
Kingsweston1 seat · turnout 54.3%
| A. Tudball | Labour | 2,346 |
| M. Farrington | Conservative | 1,820 |
| F. Young | SLD | 320 |
Knowle1 seat · turnout 48.1%
| P. Roberts | Labour | 2,089 ✓ |
| T. Skipp | Conservative | 1,331 |
| D. Usher | SLD | 261 |
| M. Pitt | Green | 73 |
Redland1 seat · turnout 43.0%
| R. Trench | Conservative | 1,849 ✓ |
| A. Walder | Labour | 1,153 |
| S. Emmett | SLD | 692 |
| C. Leegwater | Green | 248 |
Southmead1 seat · turnout 44.6%
| L. Broomhead | Labour | 2,288 |
| A Orr | Conservative | 1,209 |
| B. Knott | SLD | 288 |
St George East1 seat · turnout 42.0%
| P Hammond | Labour | 1,858 ✓ |
| P. Hole | Conservative | 1,403 |
| G. Draper | SLD | 272 |
| J. Osborne | SDP | 106 |
| C. Stones | Green | 64 |
St George West1 seat · turnout 47.0%
| C. O'Sullivan | Labour | 1,690 ✓ |
| B. Pinkerton | SLD | 1,521 |
| D. Wiltshire | Conservative | 513 |
| C. Adams | Green | 66 |
Stockwood1 seat · turnout 53.3%
| C. Williams | Conservative | 2,635 ✓ |
| D Redgewell | Labour | 2,290 |
| R. Bingham | SLD | 439 |
| R. Dickson | SDP | 85 |
| L. Golden | Green | 66 |
Stoke Bishop1 seat · turnout 46.4%
| C. Alderson | Conservative | 2,964 ✓ |
| D. Branch | Labour | 661 |
| D. Jones | SLD | 609 |
| L Hersey | Green | 155 |
Westbury-on-Trym1 seat · turnout 56.8%
| R. Wall | Conservative | 3,282 ✓ |
| T. Collins | Labour | 639 |
| A. West | SLD | 424 |
| H. Long | SDP | 275 |
| D. Watson | Green | 145 |
Whitchurch Park1 seat · turnout 41.0%
| P. Smith | Labour | 2,510 ✓ |
| T. Part | Conservative | 713 |
| R. Steadman | SLD | 202 |
| B. Hussain | Green | 51 |
Windmill Hill1 seat · turnout 42.3%
| P. Tatlow | Labour | 2,823 ✓ |
| S. Woodward | Conservative | 978 |
| D. Boyle | SLD | 300 |
| S. Campbell | Green | 134 |
