Before (end of 1987) (30 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 19 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 6 · Labour 5 · Other 0
After (end of 1988) (30 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 17 · Liberal Democrats 8 · Labour 5 · Other 0
Ward results
Alverstoke1 seat · turnout 23.6%
| D. Yeomans | Conservative | 1,055 |
| W. Marshfield | SLD | 401 |
| N. Bond | Labour | 175 |
Bridgemary1 seat · turnout 43.5%
| S. Leyland | Labour | 1,563 |
| L. Alderslade | Conservative | 748 |
Brockhurst1 seat · turnout 41.5%
| M. Bailey | SLD | 957 |
| G. Webster | Conservative | 931 |
| B. Puddicombe | Labour | 648 |
Elson1 seat · turnout 40.5%
| R. Whitbread | SLD | 1,245 |
| M. Oliver | Conservative | 816 |
| T. Lowman | Labour | 176 |
Hardway & Forton1 seat · turnout 33.6%
| J. Hayling | Conservative | 909 |
| E. Denn | SLD | 701 |
| G. Nicholls | Labour | 361 |
Lee1 seat · turnout 44.0%
| M. Snaith | Conservative | 1,376 |
| B. Cresswell | SLD | 1,065 |
| Tom Pollard | Labour | 179 |
Leesland1 seat · turnout 48.7%
| P. Chegwyn | SLD | 1,767 |
| G. O'Neill | Conservative | 892 |
| P. Grimes | Labour | 125 |
Rowner1 seat · turnout 47.4%
| D. Clark | Labour | 1,703 |
| A. Alderslade | Conservative | 1,106 |
| T. Gully | SLD | 152 |
Town2 seats · turnout 39.6%
| A. Herridge | SLD | 1,114 |
| J. Upperton | SLD | 1,089 |
| A. Davies | Conservative | 1,002 |
| D. Stagg | Conservative | 896 |
| P. Alder | Labour | 230 |
| L. Nicholls | Labour | 215 |
