Before (end of 1987) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
SDP-Liberal Alliance 22 · Conservative 15 · Other 2 · Labour 0
After (end of 1988) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 22 · Conservative 15 · Other 2 · Labour 0
Ward results
Buckingham1 seat · turnout 41.5%
| C. Pelling | Conservative | 1,137 ✓ |
| A. Miller | Liberal Democrats | 369 |
| J. Gibbs | Labour | 126 |
Cokeham1 seat · turnout 38.3%
| J. Smith | Liberal Democrats | 579 ✓ |
| W. Catchpole | Conservative | 515 |
| B. Mear | Labour | 256 |
Eastbrook1 seat · turnout 42.7%
| N. Parkin | Conservative | 748 ✓ |
| S. Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 455 |
| S. Barnes | Labour | 340 |
Hillside1 seat · turnout 45.8%
| C. Leeves | Conservative | 852 ✓ |
| L. Whitmore | Liberal Democrats | 811 |
Marine1 seat · turnout 52.6%
| P. Shepard | Residents | 810 ✓ |
| E. Patten | Conservative | 520 |
| G. Sweet | Labour | 78 |
Mash Barn1 seat · turnout 35.5%
| J. Robinson | Liberal Democrats | 554 ✓ |
| C. Kemp | Conservative | 399 |
| B. Atkins | Labour | 115 |
Peverel1 seat · turnout 35.1%
| P. Driscoll | Liberal Democrats | 473 ✓ |
| F. Harris | Conservative | 462 |
| H. Atkins | Labour | 192 |
Southlands1 seat · turnout 41.8%
| G. Bucknall | Liberal Democrats | 715 ✓ |
| J. Muirhead | Conservative | 471 |
| N. Sweet | Labour | 221 |
Southwick Green1 seat · turnout 45.8%
| M. King | Liberal Democrats | 1,031 ✓ |
| M. Macpherson | Conservative | 754 |
St Nicolas1 seat · turnout 42.9%
| B. Finch | Conservative | 1,005 ✓ |
| N. Pressley | Liberal Democrats | 377 |
| J. O'Hare | Labour | 215 |
Widewater1 seat · turnout 45.1%
| D. Phillips | Conservative | 987 ✓ |
| D. Hammond | Liberal Democrats | 752 |
| A. Satchell | Labour | 181 |
