Before (end of 1987) (69 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 27 · Labour 24 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 18 · Other 0
After (end of 1988) (69 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 25 · Labour 24 · Liberal Democrats 20 · Other 0
Ward results
Ainsdale1 seat · turnout 45.5%
| A. Brookfield | Conservative | 2,395 |
| M. Farley | SLD | 2,312 |
| W. Cooney | Green | 306 |
Birkdale1 seat · turnout 50.0%
| S. Shaw | SLD | 2,452 ✓ |
| D. Pearson | Conservative | 1,812 |
| G. Wilson | Labour | 379 |
| A. Wright | Green | 160 |
Blundellsands1 seat · turnout 42.0%
| P Papworth | Conservative | 2,511 |
| J. Harrison | Labour | 738 |
| J. Thomas | SLD | 630 |
Cambridge1 seat · turnout 39.8%
| J. Jessop | Conservative | 2,371 ✓ |
| F. Weaver | SLD | 1,546 |
| I. Bryden | Labour | 346 |
| J Walker | Green | 219 |
CHURCH1 seat · turnout 36.1%
| A. Brogden | Labour | 2,104 |
| W Heslop | Conservative | 857 |
| P. Latham | SLD | 489 |
Duke's1 seat · turnout 36.6%
| B. Lamont | Conservative | 2,343 ✓ |
| J. James | SLD | 860 |
| J. Maloney | Labour | 249 |
| M. Ingham | Green | 224 |
Harington1 seat · turnout 41.8%
| S. Whitby | Conservative | 2,502 |
| C. Trollope | SLD | 1,449 |
| R. Dean | Labour | 519 |
Kew1 seat · turnout 34.1%
| T. Francis | SLD | 1,472 ✓ |
| T. Plunkett | Conservative | 1,270 |
| S Gilroy | Labour | 591 |
| J. James | Green | 188 |
Linacre1 seat
| A Parkes | Labour | 2,528 ✓ |
| Hilary Bowden | Conservative | 225 |
Litherland1 seat · turnout 39.5%
| P. Comer | Labour | 2,830 |
| G Halliwell | Conservative | 742 |
Manor1 seat · turnout 44.4%
| J. Kemp | Conservative | 2,114 |
| J Mahon | Labour | 1,956 |
| S. Jackson | SLD | 492 |
Meols1 seat · turnout 47.5%
| D. Griffiths | SLD | 2,363 ✓ |
| E. Monk | Conservative | 2,041 |
| Jowett S. | Labour | 352 |
| R. Louis | Green | 175 |
Molyneux1 seat · turnout 41.5%
| L. Hoskinson | Conservative | 1,782 ✓ |
| B. Reynolds | Labour | 1,386 |
| W. Bamber | RATE | 1,113 |
| A. Beattie | SLD | 287 |
Netherton1 seat · turnout 37.9%
| N. Fanning | Labour | 2,583 |
| T. Teppett | Conservative | 444 |
Norwood1 seat · turnout 44.1%
| B. Rimmer | SLD | 1,860 ✓ |
| M Halsall | Conservative | 1,449 |
| M Graham | Labour | 1,031 |
| J Miller | Green | 179 |
Orrell1 seat · turnout 34.5%
| J. Henriksen | Labour | 2,759 |
| M. Brown | Conservative | 467 |
Park1 seat · turnout 37.9%
| D. Bamber | SLD | 1,976 |
| C. McCalmont-Woods | Conservative | 1,686 |
| E McEvilly | Labour | 821 |
Ravenmeols1 seat · turnout 43.5%
| V. Platt | Conservative | 1,993 |
| D. Walker | SLD | 1,777 |
| A. Holifield | Labour | 491 |
St Oswald1 seat · turnout 34.9%
| P. Kerr | Labour | 2,517 |
| E. Humphreys | Conservative | 284 |
Victoria1 seat · turnout 47.4%
| A. Tonkiss | SLD | 2,213 |
| S. Hope | Conservative | 1,647 |
| A. Barnes | Labour | 862 |
