Before (end of 1987) (51 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 27 · Conservative 20 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 · Other 1
After (end of 1988) (51 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 29 · Conservative 19 · Liberal Democrats 2 · Other 1
Ward results
Arthuret1 seat · turnout 53.0%
| R. Dodds | Labour | 622 ✓ |
| Jacqui Lay | Conservative | 580 |
Belah1 seat · turnout 41.4%
| A. Toole | Conservative | 1,137 ✓ |
| E. Harrison | Labour | 1,042 |
Belle Vue1 seat · turnout 48.1%
| R. Hayhoe | Labour | 1,109 ✓ |
| I. Ballantyne | Conservative | 836 |
| E. Aldersey | SLD | 178 |
Botcherby1 seat · turnout 85.2%
| A. Brimwell | Labour | 1,323 ✓ |
| M. Thompson | Conservative | 387 |
Brampton2 seats
| W. Richardson | Conservative | 827 ✓ |
| N. Julier | Conservative | 756 ✓ |
| R. Allan | Labour | 641 |
Currock2 seats · turnout 38.2%
| R. Horne | Labour | 1,217 ✓ |
| H. Bradley | Labour | 1,215 ✓ |
| O. Henley | Conservative | 533 |
| T. Huntley | Conservative | 515 |
Denton Holme1 seat · turnout 50.2%
| K. Aitken | Labour | 1,134 ✓ |
| P. Wilkowski | Conservative | 953 |
| M. Hilton | SLD | 166 |
Great Corby & Geltsdale1 seat · turnout 47.6%
| A. Dickinson | Conservative | 526 ✓ |
| I. Jackson | Labour | 169 |
Harraby1 seat · turnout 44.7%
| J. Weedall | Labour | 1,189 ✓ |
| T. Urwin | SLD | 625 |
| J. Watson | Conservative | 332 |
Morton1 seat · turnout 52.4%
| T. Johnson | Labour | 1,539 ✓ |
| Robert Potts | Conservative | 645 |
St. Aidans1 seat · turnout 48.0%
| L. Paisley | Labour | 1,219 ✓ |
| D. Parsons | Conservative | 898 |
Stanwix Rural1 seat
| H. Gower | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Stanwix Urban1 seat · turnout 43.8%
| J. Long | Conservative | 1,273 ✓ |
| D. Niven | Labour | 653 |
Trinity1 seat · turnout 52.0%
| S. Bowditch | Labour | 1,104 ✓ |
| C. Thomason | SLD | 1,094 |
Upperby1 seat · turnout 41.8%
| J. Prewitt | Labour | 1,294 ✓ |
| C. Vasey | Conservative | 313 |
| J. Osler | SLD | 291 |
Yewdale1 seat · turnout 49.2%
| E. Coleman | Labour | 1,572 ✓ |
| M. Harrison | Conservative | 1,190 |