Before (end of 1987) (34 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 15 · Conservative 12 · Labour 5 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 2
After (end of 1988) (34 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 14 · Other 11 · Labour 7 · Liberal Democrats 2
Ward results
Hayle-Gwinear1 seat · turnout 33.3%
| T. Laity | Independent | 598 |
| H. Ingram | Conservative | 418 |
Hayle-Gwithian1 seat · turnout 37.4%
| O. Philp | Labour | 1,004 |
| J. Guiver | Conservative | 539 |
Ludgvan1 seat · turnout 47.0%
| N. Osborne | Conservative | 1,051 |
| S. Luscombe | Independent | 601 |
Penzance Central1 seat · turnout 49.9%
| M. Cotton | SLD | 678 |
| K. Furse | Conservative | 665 |
| G. Wilkinson | Independent | 132 |
Penzance East1 seat · turnout 50.4%
| P. Schofield | Conservative | 848 |
| G. Bonney | Labour | 815 |
| J. Dixon | SLD | 432 |
Penzance North1 seat · turnout 54.8%
| C. Ryan | Labour | 853 |
| A. Richards | Conservative | 689 |
Penzance South1 seat · turnout 42.2%
| P. Brown | Conservative | 818 |
| J. Ruhrmund | Independent | 752 |
Penzance West1 seat · turnout 54.1%
| I. Hope | Labour | 859 |
| P. Pearce | Conservative | 657 |
St Buryan1 seat · turnout 51.0%
| James Daniel | Conservative | 1,056 |
| R. Lewarne | Independent | 220 |
St Just1 seat · turnout 41.6%
| E. Dymond | Independent | 829 |
| J. Ratcliffe | Labour | 597 |
St. Ives South1 seat · turnout 41.8%
| H. Storer | Conservative | 755 ✓ |
| M. Davies | SLD | 213 |
| R. Bland | Independent | 96 |
| C. Stringer | Independent | 59 |
