diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issuable.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issuable.scss
index e3ebcc8af6c..057d457b3a2 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issuable.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issuable.scss
@@ -597,7 +597,38 @@
     .issue-info-container {
       -webkit-flex: 1;
       flex: 1;
+      display: flex;
       padding-right: $gl-padding;
+
+      .issue-main-info {
+        flex: 1 auto;
+        margin-right: 10px;
+      }
+
+      .issuable-meta {
+        display: flex;
+        flex-direction: column;
+        align-items: flex-end;
+        flex: 1 0 auto;
+
+        .controls {
+          margin-bottom: 2px;
+          line-height: 20px;
+          padding: 0;
+        }
+
+        .issue-updated-at {
+          line-height: 20px;
+        }
+      }
+
+      @media(max-width: $screen-xs-max) {
+        .issuable-meta {
+          .controls li {
+            margin-right: 0;
+          }
+        }
+      }
     }
 
     .issue-check {
@@ -609,6 +640,30 @@
         vertical-align: text-top;
       }
     }
+
+    .issuable-milestone,
+    .issuable-info,
+    .task-status,
+    .issuable-updated-at {
+      font-weight: normal;
+      color: $gl-text-color-secondary;
+
+      a {
+        color: $gl-text-color;
+
+        .fa {
+          color: $gl-text-color-secondary;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    @media(max-width: $screen-md-max) {
+      .task-status,
+      .issuable-due-date,
+      .project-ref-path {
+        display: none;
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/labels.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/labels.scss
index b158416b940..ee48f7a3626 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/labels.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/labels.scss
@@ -279,5 +279,9 @@
 
 .label-link {
   display: inline-block;
-  vertical-align: text-top;
+  vertical-align: top;
+
+  .label {
+    vertical-align: inherit;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/app/views/projects/issues/_issue.html.haml b/app/views/projects/issues/_issue.html.haml
index 9e4e6934ca9..6a0d96f50cd 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/issues/_issue.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/issues/_issue.html.haml
@@ -4,43 +4,49 @@
       .issue-check.hidden
         = check_box_tag dom_id(issue, "selected"), nil, false, 'data-id' => issue.id, class: "selected_issue"
     .issue-info-container
-      .issue-title.title
-        %span.issue-title-text
-          = confidential_icon(issue)
-          = link_to issue.title, issue_path(issue)
+      .issue-main-info
+        .issue-title.title
+          %span.issue-title-text
+            = confidential_icon(issue)
+            = link_to issue.title, issue_path(issue)
+          - if issue.tasks?
+            %span.task-status.hidden-xs
+               
+              = issue.task_status
+
+        .issuable-info
+          %span.issuable-reference
+            #{issuable_reference(issue)}
+          %span.issuable-authored.hidden-xs
+            ·
+            opened #{time_ago_with_tooltip(issue.created_at, placement: 'bottom')}
+            by #{link_to_member(@project, issue.author, avatar: false)}
+          - if issue.milestone
+            %span.issuable-milestone.hidden-xs
+               
+              = link_to namespace_project_issues_path(issue.project.namespace, issue.project, milestone_title: issue.milestone.title) do
+                = icon('clock-o')
+                = issue.milestone.title
+          - if issue.due_date
+            %span.issuable-due-date.hidden-xs{ class: "#{'cred' if issue.overdue?}" }
+               
+              = icon('calendar')
+              = issue.due_date.to_s(:medium)
+          - if issue.labels.any?
+             
+            - issue.labels.each do |label|
+              = link_to_label(label, subject: issue.project, css_class: 'label-link')
+
+      .issuable-meta
         %ul.controls
           - if issue.closed?
-            %li
+            %li.issuable-status
               CLOSED
-
           - if issue.assignees.any?
             %li
               = render 'shared/issuable/assignees', project: @project, issue: issue
 
           = render 'shared/issuable_meta_data', issuable: issue
 
-      .issue-info
-        #{issuable_reference(issue)} ·
-        opened #{time_ago_with_tooltip(issue.created_at, placement: 'bottom')}
-        by #{link_to_member(@project, issue.author, avatar: false)}
-        - if issue.milestone
-           
-          = link_to namespace_project_issues_path(issue.project.namespace, issue.project, milestone_title: issue.milestone.title) do
-            = icon('clock-o')
-            = issue.milestone.title
-        - if issue.due_date
-          %span{ class: "#{'cred' if issue.overdue?}" }
-             
-            = icon('calendar')
-            = issue.due_date.to_s(:medium)
-        - if issue.labels.any?
-           
-          - issue.labels.each do |label|
-            = link_to_label(label, subject: issue.project, css_class: 'label-link')
-        - if issue.tasks?
-           
-          %span.task-status
-            = issue.task_status
-
-        .pull-right.issue-updated-at
+        .pull-right.issuable-updated-at.hidden-xs
           %span updated #{time_ago_with_tooltip(issue.updated_at, placement: 'bottom', html_class: 'issue_update_ago')}
diff --git a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_merge_request.html.haml b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_merge_request.html.haml
index c13110deb16..3599f2271b5 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_merge_request.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_merge_request.html.haml
@@ -4,58 +4,60 @@
       = check_box_tag dom_id(merge_request, "selected"), nil, false, 'data-id' => merge_request.id, class: "selected_issue"
 
   .issue-info-container
-    .merge-request-title.title
-      %span.merge-request-title-text
-        = link_to merge_request.title, merge_request_path(merge_request)
+    .issue-main-info
+      .merge-request-title.title
+        %span.merge-request-title-text
+          = link_to merge_request.title, merge_request_path(merge_request)
+        - if merge_request.tasks?
+          %span.task-status.hidden-xs
+             
+            = merge_request.task_status
+
+      .issuable-info
+        %span.issuable-reference
+          #{issuable_reference(merge_request)}
+        %span.issuable-authored.hidden-xs
+          ·
+          opened #{time_ago_with_tooltip(merge_request.created_at, placement: 'bottom')}
+          by #{link_to_member(@project, merge_request.author, avatar: false)}
+        - if merge_request.milestone
+          %span.issuable-milestone.hidden-xs
+             
+            = link_to namespace_project_merge_requests_path(merge_request.project.namespace, merge_request.project, milestone_title: merge_request.milestone.title) do
+              = icon('clock-o')
+              = merge_request.milestone.title
+        - if merge_request.target_project.default_branch != merge_request.target_branch
+          %span.project-ref-path
+             
+            = link_to project_ref_path(merge_request.project, merge_request.target_branch), class: 'ref-name' do
+              = icon('code-fork')
+              = merge_request.target_branch
+        - if merge_request.labels.any?
+           
+          - merge_request.labels.each do |label|
+            = link_to_label(label, subject: merge_request.project, type: :merge_request, css_class: 'label-link')
+
+    .issuable-meta
       %ul.controls
         - if merge_request.merged?
-          %li
+          %li.issuable-status.hidden-xs
             MERGED
         - elsif merge_request.closed?
-          %li
+          %li.issuable-status.hidden-xs
             = icon('ban')
             CLOSED
-
         - if merge_request.head_pipeline
-          %li
+          %li.issuable-pipeline-status.hidden-xs
             = render_pipeline_status(merge_request.head_pipeline)
-
         - if merge_request.open? && merge_request.broken?
-          %li
+          %li.issuable-pipeline-broken.hidden-xs
             = link_to merge_request_path(merge_request), class: "has-tooltip", title: "Cannot be merged automatically", data: { container: 'body' } do
               = icon('exclamation-triangle')
-
         - if merge_request.assignee
           %li
             = link_to_member(merge_request.source_project, merge_request.assignee, name: false, title: "Assigned to :name")
 
         = render 'shared/issuable_meta_data', issuable: merge_request
 
-    .merge-request-info
-      #{issuable_reference(merge_request)} ·
-      opened #{time_ago_with_tooltip(merge_request.created_at, placement: 'bottom')}
-      by #{link_to_member(@project, merge_request.author, avatar: false)}
-      - if merge_request.target_project.default_branch != merge_request.target_branch
-         
-        = link_to project_ref_path(merge_request.project, merge_request.target_branch), class: 'ref-name' do
-          = icon('code-fork')
-          = merge_request.target_branch
-
-      - if merge_request.milestone
-         
-        = link_to namespace_project_merge_requests_path(merge_request.project.namespace, merge_request.project, milestone_title: merge_request.milestone.title) do
-          = icon('clock-o')
-          = merge_request.milestone.title
-
-      - if merge_request.labels.any?
-         
-        - merge_request.labels.each do |label|
-          = link_to_label(label, subject: merge_request.project, type: :merge_request, css_class: 'label-link')
-
-      - if merge_request.tasks?
-         
-        %span.task-status
-          = merge_request.task_status
-
-      .pull-right.hidden-xs
+      .pull-right.issuable-updated-at.hidden-xs
         %span updated #{time_ago_with_tooltip(merge_request.updated_at, placement: 'bottom', html_class: 'merge_request_updated_ago')}
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_issuable_meta_data.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_issuable_meta_data.html.haml
index 1d4fd71522d..435acbc634c 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_issuable_meta_data.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_issuable_meta_data.html.haml
@@ -5,21 +5,21 @@
 - issuable_mr        = @issuable_meta_data[issuable.id].merge_requests_count
 
 - if issuable_mr > 0
-  %li
+  %li.issuable-mr.hidden-xs
     = image_tag('icon-merge-request-unmerged.svg', class: 'icon-merge-request-unmerged')
     = issuable_mr
 
 - if upvotes > 0
-  %li
+  %li.issuable-upvotes.hidden-xs
     = icon('thumbs-up')
     = upvotes
 
 - if downvotes > 0
-  %li
+  %li.issuable-downvotes.hidden-xs
     = icon('thumbs-down')
     = downvotes
 
-%li
+%li.issuable-comments.hidden-xs
   = link_to issuable_url, class: ('no-comments' if note_count.zero?) do
     = icon('comments')
     = note_count
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/issueable-list-cleanup.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/issueable-list-cleanup.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d3d67d04574
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/issueable-list-cleanup.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Clean up UI of issuable lists and make more responsive
+merge_request:
+author:
diff --git a/features/steps/project/merge_requests.rb b/features/steps/project/merge_requests.rb
index 69f5d0f8410..dceeed5aafe 100644
--- a/features/steps/project/merge_requests.rb
+++ b/features/steps/project/merge_requests.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class Spinach::Features::ProjectMergeRequests < Spinach::FeatureSteps
   end
 
   step 'I should not see "master" branch' do
-    expect(find('.merge-request-info')).not_to have_content "master"
+    expect(find('.issuable-info')).not_to have_content "master"
   end
 
   step 'I should see "feature_conflict" branch' do
diff --git a/spec/features/issues/filtered_search/filter_issues_spec.rb b/spec/features/issues/filtered_search/filter_issues_spec.rb
index 863f8f75cd8..4cb728cc82b 100644
--- a/spec/features/issues/filtered_search/filter_issues_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/issues/filtered_search/filter_issues_spec.rb
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ describe 'Filter issues', js: true, feature: true do
 
     context 'issue label clicked' do
       before do
-        find('.issues-list .issue .issue-info a .label', text: multiple_words_label.title).click
+        find('.issues-list .issue .issue-main-info .issuable-info a .label', text: multiple_words_label.title).click
       end
 
       it 'filters' do