Before (end of 1987) (55 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 25 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 23 · Labour 5 · Other 2
After (end of 1988) (55 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 26 · Liberal Democrats 22 · Labour 5 · Other 2
Ward results
Boarhunt & Southwick1 seat
| F. Boyd-Felton | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Denmead1 seat · turnout 37.2%
| P. Goodman | Conservative | 1,197 |
| P. Gilhooly | Labour | 249 |
Littleton & Harestock1 seat · turnout 59.1%
| G. Fothergill | SLD | 991 |
| C. Briggs | Conservative | 573 |
| Elaine Mary Fullaway | Labour | 69 |
Owlesbury & Colden Common1 seat · turnout 48.5%
| A. Ewing | Liberal Democrats | 696 ✓ |
| B. Bryant | Conservative | 664 |
| I. Malcolm | Labour | 156 |
Shedfield1 seat · turnout 50.0%
| V. Richards | Conservative | 372 |
| K. McCarthy | Independent | 265 |
St Barnabas1 seat
| A. Purvis | SLD | 1,009 |
| A. Trimmer | Conservative | 867 |
| M. Bennett | Labour | 337 |
St. John & All Saints1 seat · turnout 47.8%
| C. Pines | Labour | 1,255 ✓ |
| E. Hutchinson | Conservative | 428 |
| J. Higgins | SLD | 274 |
| J. Walker | Green | 77 |
