Before (end of 1988) (71 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 46 · Liberal Democrats 17 · Labour 8 · Other 0
After (end of 1989) (71 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 46 · Liberal Democrats 15 · Labour 9 · Other 1
Ward results
Arun East1 seat · turnout 40.8%
| H. Smedley | Conservative | 1,999 ✓ |
| I. Harrison | Liberal Democrats | 600 |
Arundel & Angmering1 seat · turnout 32.0%
| F. Brown | Conservative | 1,435 ✓ |
| M. Stedman | Labour | 1,129 |
Bersted1 seat · turnout 24.3%
| R. Whittington | Conservative | 1,138 ✓ |
| P. Beckerson | Liberal Democrats | 737 |
| G. Cope | Labour | 610 |
Bewbush1 seat · turnout 27.2%
| C. Murdoch | Labour | 1,434 ✓ |
| R. Harrington | Conservative | 464 |
| D. Davis | Liberal Democrats | 169 |
Billingshurst1 seat · turnout 28.0%
| D. Keen | Conservative | 1,103 ✓ |
| K. Longhurst | Independent | 359 |
| M. Street | Labour | 310 |
Bognor Regis1 seat · turnout 31.7%
| F. Keen | Conservative | 1,780 ✓ |
| A. Blyth | Liberal Democrats | 553 |
| D. Griffin | Labour | 416 |
Bourne1 seat · turnout 36.9%
| D. Jones | Conservative | 1,869 ✓ |
| W. Ford | Liberal Democrats | 681 |
| R. Turner | Labour | 542 |
Broadfield1 seat · turnout 27.4%
| N. Hilton | Labour | 1,226 ✓ |
| A. Quirk | Conservative | 683 |
| J. Holmes | Social Democratic Party | 115 |
| P. Fontbin | Liberal Democrats | 82 |
Broadwater1 seat · turnout 34.1%
| A. Calre | Liberal Democrats | 1,562 ✓ |
| R. Close | Conservative | 1,019 |
Burgess Hill Central1 seat · turnout 44.6%
| P. Meek | Liberal Democrats | 1,816 ✓ |
| E. Hoddell | Conservative | 1,742 |
| H. Speight | Labour | 285 |
Burgess Hill East1 seat · turnout 40.3%
| M. Coveney | Conservative | 1,460 ✓ |
| M. Porterfield | Liberal Democrats | 1,319 |
| D. Chalkley | Labour | 333 |
Chichester East1 seat · turnout 34.7%
| C. Tupper | Liberal Democrats | 1,340 ✓ |
| N. McGregor-Wood | Conservative | 961 |
| D. Morrison | Labour | 283 |
Chichester North1 seat · turnout 38.0%
| F. Longmore | Conservative | 1,805 ✓ |
| A. Smith | Liberal Democrats | 887 |
Chichester South1 seat · turnout 39.3%
| J. Rankin | Liberal Democrats | 1,402 ✓ |
| P. Quinnell | Conservative | 1,374 |
| J. Moran | Labour | 309 |
Chichester West1 seat · turnout 39.3%
| R. Wilson | Conservative | 1,938 ✓ |
| C. Bulpett | Liberal Democrats | 746 |
| J. Kennett | Labour | 530 |
Cissbury1 seat · turnout 33.0%
| B. Sedwick | Conservative | 1,659 ✓ |
| E. Mardell | Liberal Democrats | 1,153 |
Cuckfield Rural1 seat · turnout 32.6%
| M. Long | Conservative | 1,548 ✓ |
| C. Wood | Liberal Democrats | 591 |
| J. Glen-Stuart | Labour | 322 |
Durrington1 seat · turnout 33.9%
| C. Owen | Conservative | 1,243 ✓ |
| W. Phillips | Liberal Democrats | 976 |
| B. Croft | Labour | 229 |
East Grinstead East1 seat · turnout 41.2%
| M. Collins | Social Democratic Party | 1,362 ✓ |
| K. Ball | Conservative | 1,329 |
| J. Glynn | Liberal Democrats | 300 |
| I. Knott | Labour | 204 |
East Grinstead South1 seat · turnout 38.1%
| J. Baldwin | Liberal Democrats | 1,524 ✓ |
| E. Rushman | Conservative | 1,121 |
| D. Hopwood | Labour | 216 |
East Worthing1 seat · turnout 28.8%
| A. Barnett | Conservative | 1,180 ✓ |
| H. Wilding | Liberal Democrats | 597 |
| J. Deen | Labour | 510 |
Fernhurst1 seat · turnout 34.1%
| P. Boulton | Conservative | 1,930 ✓ |
| S. Schlich | Liberal Democrats | 886 |
Furnace Green1 seat · turnout 42.0%
| I. Weller | Labour | 1,634 ✓ |
| P. Edmond-Smith | Conservative | 1,324 |
| D. Trim | Liberal Democrats | 181 |
| K. Bowles | Social Democratic Party | 30 |
Goring-By-Sea1 seat · turnout 34.9%
| C. Scott | Conservative | 1,854 ✓ |
| M. Meyrick | Social Democratic Party | 524 |
| R. Lipscombe | Liberal Democrats | 475 |
Gossops Green1 seat · turnout 39.3%
| P. Leo | Labour | 1,607 ✓ |
| S. Wilkinson | Conservative | 958 |
| K. Graham | Social Democratic Party | 191 |
| F. Spriggs | Liberal Democrats | 119 |
Hassocks & Burgess Hill W1 seat · turnout 42.7%
| T. Gee | Liberal Democrats | 1,764 ✓ |
| D. Crowe | Conservative | 1,647 |
| A. Moss | Labour | 363 |
Haywards Heath East1 seat · turnout 32.7%
| J. Gayler | Conservative | 915 ✓ |
| A. Campbell Barnes | Independent | 908 |
| I. Blaber | Labour | 387 |
| D. Smith | Liberal Democrats | 243 |
Haywards Heath West1 seat · turnout 36.7%
| R. Taylor | Conservative | 1,513 ✓ |
| R. Clayden | Liberal Democrats | 654 |
| R. Hanford | Labour | 430 |
Henfield1 seat
| W. Cantello | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Holbrook1 seat · turnout 28.2%
| A. Wingrove | Conservative | 1,758 ✓ |
| S. Uwins | Labour | 577 |
Hotham1 seat · turnout 32.4%
| C. Morrish | Liberal Democrats | 1,228 ✓ |
| C. Miller | Conservative | 883 |
| K. Liddle | Labour | 376 |
Ifield1 seat · turnout 32.4%
| A. Todd | Labour | 1,288 ✓ |
| J. Tarran | Conservative | 581 |
| L. Hamilton | Liberal Democrats | 123 |
| P. Gonsalves | Social Democratic Party | 66 |
Imberdown1 seat · turnout 36.4%
| M. Briggs | Conservative | 1,930 ✓ |
| J. Johnson | Liberal Democrats | 1,159 |
| D. Stevens | Labour | 279 |
Kingston Buci1 seat · turnout 38.8%
| A. Biggs | Liberal Democrats | 1,526 ✓ |
| D. Parish | Conservative | 1,066 |
| J. Gibbs | Labour | 280 |
Lancing1 seat · turnout 38.2%
| C. Robinson | Liberal Democrats | 1,828 ✓ |
| M. Donald | Conservative | 1,179 |
| B. Atkins | Labour | 278 |
Langley Green1 seat · turnout 35.6%
| A. Pegler | Labour | 1,812 ✓ |
| A. Bradnum | Conservative | 430 |
| A. Brown | Liberal Democrats | 189 |
Lindfield1 seat · turnout 39.3%
| M. Johnson | Conservative | 1,991 ✓ |
| C. Povey | Liberal Democrats | 577 |
| L. Gregory | Labour | 348 |
Littlehampton North1 seat · turnout 33.8%
| G. O'Neill | Labour | 1,122 ✓ |
| S. Gamble | Conservative | 949 |
| B. Weights | Other | 293 |
| D. Saville | Liberal Democrats | 191 |
Littlehampton Town1 seat · turnout 26.2%
| E. Newell | Conservative | 1,043 ✓ |
| H. Patterson | Liberal Democrats | 756 |
| B. Gill | Labour | 491 |
Maybridge1 seat · turnout 37.0%
| C. Hare | Liberal Democrats | 1,184 ✓ |
| A. Cohen | Conservative | 1,103 |
| J. Hammond | Labour | 441 |
Mid Sussex North1 seat · turnout 31.4%
| E. Howell | Conservative | 1,744 ✓ |
| W. Skinnerton | Liberal Democrats | 445 |
| A. Henry | Labour | 323 |
Mid Sussex South1 seat · turnout 40.6%
| D. Begbie | Conservative | 1,352 ✓ |
| G. Gwynne | Independent | 1,177 |
| P. Ashcroft | Labour | 269 |
Middleton1 seat · turnout 28.0%
| A. Shingler | Conservative | 1,279 ✓ |
| K. Harris | The Liberal Party | 398 |
| P. Found | Labour | 353 |
Midhurst1 seat · turnout 40.7%
| E. O'Kelly | Conservative | 2,412 ✓ |
| K. Campbell | Independent | 1,003 |
| J. Tomlinson | Labour | 300 |
Northgate & Three Bridges1 seat · turnout 46.4%
| W. Buck | Labour | 1,625 ✓ |
| L. Panter | Conservative | 959 |
| P. Bates | Liberal Democrats | 940 |
Nyetimber1 seat · turnout 33.2%
| J. Sayer | Conservative | 2,044 ✓ |
| F. Oppler | Liberal Democrats | 586 |
| J. Chester | Labour | 521 |
Petworth1 seat · turnout 39.2%
| S. Greenwell | Conservative | 2,057 ✓ |
| P. Gardiner | Liberal Democrats | 1,396 |
Pound Hill1 seat · turnout 31.4%
| D. Dewdney | Conservative | 1,422 ✓ |
| I. Irvine | Labour | 589 |
| A. Hoadley | Liberal Democrats | 248 |
| K. Bryant | Social Democratic Party | 101 |
Preston Manor1 seat · turnout 37.9%
| R. Evans | Conservative | 2,394 ✓ |
| G. Eyre | Liberal Democrats | 817 |
Pulborough1 seat · turnout 33.6%
| J. Sheridan | Conservative | 2,243 ✓ |
| R. Martin | Liberal Democrats | 664 |
Richmond1 seat · turnout 32.2%
| G. Collinson | Conservative | 1,190 ✓ |
| I. Stuart | Liberal Democrats | 976 |
| H. King | Labour | 243 |
Riverside1 seat · turnout 36.6%
| M. Millson | Liberal Democrats | 1,445 ✓ |
| E. Mauchel | Conservative | 1,138 |
| D. Barrett | Labour | 462 |
Roffey1 seat · turnout 27.7%
| V. Ramsey | Conservative | 1,017 ✓ |
| T. Prodger | Social Democratic Party | 716 |
| A. McMillan | Labour | 565 |
Rustington West1 seat · turnout 38.1%
| J. Walsh | Liberal Democrats | 1,775 ✓ |
| P. Seager | Conservative | 1,243 |
| E. Nattrass | Labour | 195 |
Saltings1 seat · turnout 37.3%
| G. Forshaw | Conservative | 1,881 ✓ |
| N. Pressley | Liberal Democrats | 965 |
| H. Atkins | Labour | 372 |
Salvington1 seat · turnout 35.5%
| F. Wilson | Conservative | 1,738 ✓ |
| J. Crabtree | Liberal Democrats | 601 |
| M. Pickett | Labour | 545 |
Selsey & Sidlesham1 seat · turnout 30.7%
| A. Ogden | Conservative | 1,812 ✓ |
| S. Hoy | Liberal Democrats | 767 |
Shoreham1 seat · turnout 34.2%
| I. Elliott | Conservative | 1,883 ✓ |
| D. Hammond | Liberal Democrats | 1,061 |
Sompting1 seat · turnout 37.1%
| M. Brookes | Liberal Democrats | 1,208 ✓ |
| W. Catchpole | Conservative | 1,036 |
| N. Sweet | Labour | 310 |
Southwater1 seat · turnout 35.8%
| G. Holding | Conservative | 1,453 ✓ |
| D. Farmer | Liberal Democrats | 1,286 |
| C. Pidgeon | Labour | 288 |
Southwick1 seat · turnout 39.0%
| G. Wey | Conservative | 1,540 ✓ |
| L. Whitmore | Liberal Democrats | 744 |
| C. Morris | Labour | 556 |
Steyning1 seat · turnout 32.4%
| A. Dennis | Conservative | 1,422 ✓ |
| V. Neves | Social Democratic Party | 804 |
| D. Drew | Labour | 369 |
Storrington1 seat · turnout 40.9%
| J. Burningham | Conservative | 1,615 ✓ |
| A. Hughes | Liberal Democrats | 1,284 |
| P. Pope | Labour | 155 |
The Witterings1 seat · turnout 36.3%
| J. Daws-Chew | Conservative | 2,178 ✓ |
| M. Pannell | Liberal Democrats | 466 |
| R. Norris | Labour | 445 |
Tilgate1 seat · turnout 33.5%
| R. Rudd | Labour | 1,970 ✓ |
| A. Belben | Conservative | 536 |
| M. McCormack | Social Democratic Party | 112 |
| E. Reay | Liberal Democrats | 72 |
Warnham1 seat · turnout 45.8%
| B. Dick | Liberal Democrats | 1,569 ✓ |
| B. Trafford | Conservative | 1,315 |
| E. Brady | Labour | 177 |
West Parade1 seat · turnout 32.1%
| S. Elliott | Conservative | 1,890 ✓ |
| C. Marsh | Liberal Democrats | 609 |
| K. Fisher | Labour | 273 |
West Tarring1 seat · turnout 33.8%
| D. Whyberd | Liberal Democrats | 1,101 ✓ |
| R. Hyam | Conservative | 1,077 |
| C. Dove | Labour | 245 |
| G. Masters | Social Democratic Party | 130 |
| V. Bruce | Independent | 62 |
