Before (end of 1987) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 30 · Conservative 23 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 7 · Other 0
After (end of 1988) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 31 · Conservative 23 · Liberal Democrats 6 · Other 0
Ward results
Bilston East1 seat · turnout 33.0%
| J. Collingswood | Labour | 2,049 |
| A. Davies | Conservative | 696 |
| A. Ramsbottom | SLD | 127 |
Bilston North1 seat · turnout 39.3%
| C. Dougherty | Labour | 2,331 |
| C. Barber | Conservative | 1,682 |
| R. Smith | SLD | 216 |
Blakenhall1 seat · turnout 49.6%
| R. Jones | Labour | 2,642 |
| A. Gething | Conservative | 1,505 |
| M. O'Brien | SLD | 164 |
Bushbury1 seat · turnout 43.6%
| C. Brueton | Conservative | 2,225 |
| A. Barratt | Labour | 1,655 |
| A. Whitehouse | SLD | 239 |
East Park1 seat · turnout 45.5%
| P. Byrne | Labour | 2,565 |
| I. Jenkins | SLD | 934 |
| P Lewis | Conservative | 551 |
Ettingshall1 seat · turnout 38.2%
| A. Johnson | Labour | 2,306 |
| J. Shore | Conservative | 736 |
| A. Whitehouse | SLD | 125 |
Fallings Park1 seat · turnout 51.8%
| T. Walton | Labour | 2,331 |
| M. Torrington | Conservative | 1,912 |
| D. Fysh | SDP | 297 |
Graiseley1 seat · turnout 53.2%
| M. Chevannes-Reeves | Labour | 2,627 |
| K. Pedersen | Conservative | 1,876 |
| B. Lamb | SLD | 473 |
Heath Town1 seat · turnout 45.1%
| R. Harding | Labour | 2,303 |
| M. Pearson | SLD | 836 |
| M. Hoare | Conservative | 544 |
Low Hill1 seat · turnout 39.9%
| J. McCallum | Labour | 2,506 |
| K. Gliwitzki | Conservative | 937 |
| J. Thompson | SLD | 207 |
Merry Hill1 seat · turnout 43.1%
| R. Bradley | Conservative | 2,594 |
| Sue Smith | Labour | 1,188 |
| J. White | SLD | 365 |
Oxley1 seat · turnout 49.6%
| J. Clifford | Labour | 2,298 |
| R. Ward | Conservative | 1,895 |
| I. Nightingale | SDP | 248 |
Park1 seat · turnout 49.9%
| R. Swatman | Conservative | 2,783 |
| P. Walker | Labour | 2,005 |
| G. Ellam | SLD | 329 |
Penn1 seat · turnout 45.2%
| Hart A. | Conservative | 3,057 |
| F Docherty | Labour | 903 |
| C. Jones-Williams | SLD | 413 |
Spring Vale1 seat · turnout 50.2%
| R. White | SLD | 2,511 |
| A. Garner | Labour | 1,912 |
| J. Lenoir | Conservative | 466 |
Tettenhall Regis1 seat · turnout 49.0%
| D. Seiboth | Conservative | 2,741 |
| R. Gray | SLD | 857 |
| P. Wesley | Labour | 856 |
Tettenhall Wightwick1 seat · turnout 45.8%
| Wendy Thompson | Conservative | 2,998 |
| Garner R. | Labour | 862 |
| E. Pringle | SLD | 393 |
Wednesfield North1 seat · turnout 46.6%
| P. Bateman | Labour | 2,567 |
| J. Smith | Conservative | 1,782 |
| J. Smith | SDP | 232 |
Wednesfield South1 seat · turnout 47.4%
| R. Servian | Labour | 2,246 |
| J. Smith | Conservative | 1,570 |
| R. Waterhouse | SLD | 222 |
