Before (end of 1989) (27 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 19 · Labour 4 · Conservative 3 · Other 1
After (end of 1990) (27 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 18 · Labour 5 · Conservative 3 · Other 1
Ward results
Aylestone1 seat · turnout 45.3%
| S. Andrews | SLD | 961 |
| G. Jones | Conservative | 571 |
| R. Jenkins | Labour | 515 |
Central1 seat · turnout 45.1%
| B. Baldwin | SLD | 1,023 |
| R. Fleming | Labour | 479 |
| J. Hodges | Conservative | 287 |
Hinton1 seat · turnout 45.3%
| W. Attfield | Labour | 779 ✓ |
| F. Fifield | SLD | 589 |
| C. Coleman | Conservative | 222 |
| R. Summers | Ind Lab | 90 |
Holmer1 seat · turnout 38.0%
| S. Stroucken | SLD | 1,145 |
| J. Dixon | Labour | 634 |
| J. Rowley | Conservative | 279 |
St. Martins1 seat · turnout 47.4%
| W. Higgins | Labour | 948 |
| L. Meredith | SLD | 594 |
| V. Jones | Conservative | 193 |
St. Nicholas1 seat · turnout 45.4%
| E. Bew | Liberal Democrats | 803 ✓ |
| J. Jenkins | Labour | 390 |
| J. Clifford | Conservative | 298 |
| J. McCloskey | Green | 167 |
Three Elms1 seat · turnout 43.4%
| L. Andrews | SLD | 1,052 |
| S. Eales | Conservative | 467 |
| V. Woods | Labour | 452 |
