Before (end of 1987) (57 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 26 · Labour 24 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 5 · Other 2
After (end of 1988) (57 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 27 · Labour 26 · Liberal Democrats 4 · Other 0
Ward results
Alexandra1 seat · turnout 48.7%
| M Roberts | Labour | 881 |
| B. Scholes | SLD | 690 |
| B. Bannister | Conservative | 284 |
Barony Weaver1 seat · turnout 53.2%
| J. Johnston | Labour | 980 |
| J. Stockton | Conservative | 953 |
| C. Shaw | Ind Con | 83 |
Coppenhall1 seat · turnout 30.3%
| M. Grant | Labour | 1,273 |
| D. Stockton | Conservative | 401 |
Delamere1 seat · turnout 42.6%
| G. Griffiths | SLD | 716 |
| H. Curran | Labour | 567 |
Haslington1 seat · turnout 37.2%
| P. Burnett | Conservative | 664 |
| P. John | Labour | 539 |
| J. Mottram | Independent | 399 |
Maw Green1 seat · turnout 32.1%
| I. Salisbury | Labour | 1,052 |
| B. Owen | Conservative | 245 |
Queens Park1 seat · turnout 33.8%
| C. Elson | Labour | 1,171 |
| A. Silvester | Conservative | 299 |
Ruskin Park1 seat · turnout 50.7%
| M. Weatherill | Conservative | 899 |
| J. Minshall | Labour | 884 |
Shavington1 seat · turnout 46.2%
| T Ankers | Conservative | 1,256 |
| M. Hand | Labour | 709 |
St Barnabas1 seat · turnout 33.2%
| D. Holt | Labour | 876 |
| D. Hanson | Conservative | 232 |
St. Johns1 seat · turnout 44.4%
| Violet Roberts | Labour | 897 |
| J. Rawlings | Conservative | 368 |
| S. Hynes | SLD | 82 |
Waldron1 seat · turnout 43.3%
| R. Salmon | Labour | 1,457 |
| D. Waywell | Conservative | 430 |
Wellington1 seat · turnout 43.5%
| A. Pheasey | Conservative | 816 |
| Angela Moran | Labour | 544 |
Willaston East1 seat · turnout 43.6%
| C. Peake | Conservative | 619 |
| R. Roberts | Labour | 310 |
Willaston West2 seats · turnout 47.9%
| D. Potter | Conservative | 789 |
| D. Butterill | Conservative | 740 |
| E. George | Labour | 388 |
Wistaston1 seat · turnout 44.2%
| J. Handford | Conservative | 1,204 |
| D. Owen | Labour | 482 |
Wybunbury1 seat · turnout 47.0%
| R. Ellwood | Conservative | 908 |
| T. Denning | Labour | 304 |
