Before (end of 1987) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 33 · Conservative 15 · Other 0 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 0
After (end of 1988) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 34 · Conservative 14 · Liberal Democrats 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Bixley1 seat · turnout 44.0%
| J Shorten | Conservative | 1,333 |
| K. Howkins | SLD | 949 |
| J. Peacock | Labour | 322 |
Bridge1 seat · turnout 31.6%
| D. Turnbull | Labour | 1,332 |
| L. Greenwood | Conservative | 419 |
Broom Hill1 seat · turnout 37.2%
| Davies H. | Conservative | 911 ✓ |
| David Aitchison | Labour | 733 |
| G. Gray | SLD | 151 |
| S. Tooke | Green | 123 |
Castle Hill1 seat · turnout 33.1%
| B. Jay | Conservative | 1,010 |
| J. Metcalfe | Labour | 762 |
| N. Cheeseman | SLD | 211 |
Chantry1 seat · turnout 34.4%
| John Cannan | Labour | 1,270 |
| C. Body | Conservative | 351 |
Gainsborough1 seat · turnout 34.4%
| J. Mowles | Labour | 1,656 |
| Morris G. | Conservative | 374 |
Priory Heath1 seat · turnout 34.5%
| W. Quinton | Labour | 1,420 |
| K. Thomas | Conservative | 445 |
| A. Howlett | SLD | 88 |
Rushmere1 seat · turnout 48.2%
| G. Auton | Labour | 1,532 |
| T. Wright | Conservative | 1,189 |
| D. Jackson | SLD | 144 |
Sprites2 seats · turnout 33.0%
| J. Cubbin | Labour | 1,411 |
| A. Towns | Labour | 1,287 |
| P. Hammond | Conservative | 513 |
| J. Young | Conservative | 445 |
St John's1 seat · turnout 41.6%
| A. Macknelly | Labour | 1,471 |
| A Kingham | Conservative | 853 |
| F. Cornish | SLD | 176 |
St Margaret's1 seat · turnout 37.8%
| A. Thrussell | Conservative | 1,101 |
| J. Harris | Labour | 893 |
| J. Groves | SLD | 217 |
St. Clements1 seat · turnout 50.5%
| A. Elliott | Labour | 1,479 |
| R. Baldry | Conservative | 1,271 |
| B. Carter | SLD | 147 |
Stoke Park1 seat · turnout 36.0%
| K. Wilson | Labour | 1,218 |
| P. De Bankes | Conservative | 754 |
| M. Redbond | SLD | 113 |
Town1 seat · turnout 35.8%
| B. Shelley | Labour | 1,484 |
| D. Goldsmith | Conservative | 474 |
Whitehouse2 seats · turnout 32.3%
| G. King | Labour | 1,255 |
| A. Grant | Labour | 1,083 |
| M. Bronn | Conservative | 421 |
| S. Laine | Conservative | 330 |
