[2] Labour, the Conservatives and the SDP Liberal Alliance all fielded a full slate of 50 candidates.

The Humanist Party ran seven candidates - two each in Gibbs Green, Normand and Avonmore wards and a further one in Margravine.

The Green Party ran a single candidate in six wards - Colehill, Crabtree, Palace, Sherbrooke, Town, White City & Shepherds Bush.

The Revolutionary Communist Party ran a single candidate - in White City & Shepherds Bush ward.

This was the seventh and final election for the Liberal candidate Simon Knott - and his fourth victory.