Before (end of 1987) (59 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 35 · Labour 11 · Other 9 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 4
After (end of 1988) (59 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 37 · Other 10 · Labour 10 · Liberal Democrats 2
Ward results
Broadway1 seat · turnout 37.9%
| H. Worby | Labour | 1,258 |
| A. Swallow | Conservative | 320 |
Buckhurst Hill East1 seat · turnout 39.8%
| P. Yearley | Conservative | 708 |
| S. Anderson | SLD | 571 |
| S. Goodwin | Labour | 268 |
Buckhurst Hill West1 seat · turnout 33.2%
| L. Welch | Conservative | 1,017 |
| R. Eveling | SLD | 391 |
| R. Baddock | Labour | 162 |
Chigwell Village1 seat · turnout 27.1%
| J. Gilliham | Conservative | 701 |
| C. Bartrip | SLD | 99 |
| B. Mooney | Labour | 82 |
Debden Green1 seat · turnout 34.6%
| C. Huckle | Labour | 1,020 |
| J. Yates | Conservative | 338 |
Epping Hemnall2 seats · turnout 33.0%
| M. Aldworth | Conservative | 872 |
| A. Rose | Conservative | 840 |
| D. Tetlow | Labour | 358 |
| D. Wing | Labour | 339 |
| J. Gent | SLD | 245 |
| S. Mann | SLD | 234 |
Epping Lindsey1 seat · turnout 34.1%
| R. Brady | Conservative | 880 |
| D. Sturrock | Labour | 471 |
| D. Gent | SLD | 315 |
Grange Hill1 seat · turnout 33.7%
| M. Tomkins | Conservative | 867 |
| G. West | SLD | 557 |
| G. Easter | Labour | 165 |
High Ongar1 seat · turnout 51.1%
| D. Morton | Conservative | 249 |
| S. Ormsby | SDP | 168 |
| L. Horgan | Labour | 34 |
Loughton Forest1 seat · turnout 39.4%
| K. Ellis | RES | 741 |
| L. Pugh | Conservative | 350 |
| H. McSweeney | Labour | 81 |
Loughton Roding1 seat · turnout 39.6%
| J. Fairbanks | Conservative | 911 |
| J. Ormston | Labour | 739 |
Loughton St. Johns1 seat · turnout 39.9%
| R. Wilmot | RES | 877 |
| C. Finn | Conservative | 658 |
| C. Wardell | Labour | 133 |
Loughton St. Marys1 seat · turnout 39.6%
| D. Paddon | RES | 816 |
| G. Best | Conservative | 222 |
| A. Bryant | Labour | 133 |
Passingford1 seat
| J. Pledge | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Paternoster1 seat · turnout 35.1%
| P. Bourn | Labour | 734 |
| A. Day | Conservative | 472 |
Roothing Country1 seat · turnout 48.7%
| G. Green | Conservative | 391 |
| D. Kelly | SLD | 195 |
Sheering1 seat
| M. Ridgewell | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
THEYDON BOIS1 seat · turnout 31.6%
| W. Axon | Conservative | 819 |
| J. Davy | Labour | 180 |
Waltham Abbey East1 seat · turnout 31.8%
| D. Demetriou | Conservative | 845 |
| D. Sherman | Labour | 663 |
