Before (end of 1989) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 22 · Conservative 13 · Liberal Democrats 7 · Other 0
After (end of 1990) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 24 · Conservative 11 · Liberal Democrats 7 · Other 0
Ward results
Abbey1 seat · turnout 42.8%
| A. Barnes | Labour | 1,401 ✓ |
| S. Cann | Conservative | 436 |
| S. Emms | Green | 140 |
| B. Whitt | SLD | 115 |
Arbury1 seat · turnout 47.5%
| M. Thompson | Labour | 1,343 ✓ |
| J. Clark | Conservative | 687 |
| E. Corder | SLD | 294 |
| S. Ounsworth | Green | 145 |
Castle1 seat · turnout 55.5%
| A. Charlesworth | SLD | 1,139 ✓ |
| K. Price | Labour | 1,014 |
| J. Saunders | Conservative | 983 |
| M. Holloway | Green | 258 |
Cherry Hinton1 seat · turnout 51.6%
| A. Maceachern | Labour | 1,502 ✓ |
| R. Baty | Conservative | 885 |
| P. Tooth | Green | 218 |
| K. Lowe | SLD | 184 |
Coleridge2 seats
| J Ball | Labour | 1,721 ✓ |
| M New | Labour | 1,491 ✓ |
| J. Coleman | Conservative | 989 |
| J Shinn | Conservative | 978 |
| V Mackie | SLD | 235 |
| K Robindon | SLD | 209 |
| J Belza | Green | 193 |
| G Hutton | Green | 183 |
East Chesterton1 seat · turnout 54.6%
| V. Antopolski | Labour | 1,515 ✓ |
| G. Howe | Conservative | 998 |
| R. Znajek | SLD | 776 |
| Peter Pope | Green | 186 |
Kings Hedges1 seat · turnout 40.5%
| J. Patterson | Labour | 1,307 ✓ |
| M. Graham | Conservative | 381 |
| D. Creek | SLD | 292 |
| J. Entwistle | Green | 144 |
Market1 seat · turnout 53.4%
| J. Rosenstiel | SLD | 1,285 ✓ |
| K. Southernwood | Labour | 1,184 |
| M. Waldron | Conservative | 361 |
| A. Droy | Green | 297 |
Newnham1 seat · turnout 49.9%
| J. Glasberg | Labour | 1,676 ✓ |
| M. Bishop | Conservative | 881 |
| N. Whyte | SLD | 638 |
| J. Smith | Green | 409 |
Petersfield1 seat · turnout 46.6%
| F. Stevens | Labour | 1,751 ✓ |
| A. Hull | Conservative | 497 |
| R. Graham | Green | 359 |
| A. Paton | SLD | 268 |
Queen Ediths1 seat · turnout 57.6%
| C. Gough-Goodman | Conservative | 1,319 ✓ |
| A. Hibbert | Labour | 891 |
| L. Bradford | SLD | 886 |
| P. Martin | Green | 201 |
Romsey1 seat · turnout 45.3%
| B. Gardiner | Labour | 1,525 ✓ |
| R. Wheeler | Conservative | 367 |
| J. Corn | SLD | 351 |
| I Miller | Green | 271 |
Trumpington1 seat · turnout 46.2%
| M. Hoskins | Conservative | 1,151 ✓ |
| A. Powell | Labour | 713 |
| P. Slatter | SLD | 708 |
| D. Rees | Green | 255 |
West Chesterton1 seat · turnout 56.6%
| M. Nimmo-Smith | SLD | 992 ✓ |
| C. Mann | Labour | 981 |
| R. Stokes | Conservative | 928 |
| Margaret Wright | Green | 235 |