Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (50 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 25 · Conservative 18 · The Liberal Party 6 · Labour 1
Ward results
Bosham2 seats
| J. Lillywhite | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| F. Parham | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Boxgrove1 seat
| E. Kirkby-Bott | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Donnington1 seat
| J. Laird | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Easebourne1 seat · turnout 45.0%
| E. Knight | Conservative | 381 |
| A. Groves | Labour | 286 |
East Wittering1 seat
| C. Craven | Conservative | 327 |
| M. Sell | LIB | 317 |
Fernhurst2 seats · turnout 38.0%
| R. Cole | Independent | 470 |
| R. Pape | Independent | 370 |
| S. Schlick | LIB | 342 |
| R. Craddock | Labour | 292 |
| B. Mee | LIB | 225 |
| A. Shore | Independent | 41 |
Funtington1 seat · turnout 28.5%
| D. Gauntlett | Independent | 275 |
| E. Dunlop | Independent | 198 |
| E. Andrews | Independent | 30 |
Graffham1 seat · turnout 38.9%
| K. Murray | Independent | 372 |
| C. Alexander | Labour | 119 |
| T. Vaughan | Independent | 98 |
Hunston1 seat
| M. Nicholson | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Lavant1 seat · turnout 36.0%
| N. Butcher | Independent | 250 |
| F. Heald | LIB | 249 |
Linchmere1 seat
| R. De Hailes | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Lodsworth1 seat
| R. Handock | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Midhurst2 seats · turnout 34.9%
| P. Burne | Independent | 844 |
| D. Mott | Independent | 680 |
| P. Pritchard | Labour | 190 |
| T. Hart | Labour | 170 |
No. 21 (Chichester: East)3 seats · turnout 33.3%
| C. Tupper | LIB | 728 |
| M. Pigot | Conservative | 698 |
| A. French | LIB | 679 |
| R. Shields | Conservative | 631 |
| D. Shepherd | Labour | 588 |
| E. Goodland | Labour | 526 |
| J. Nicholson | Labour | 519 |
No. 22 (Chichester: South)3 seats · turnout 34.7%
| J. Seddon | LIB | 925 |
| P. Weston | LIB | 896 |
| K. Smith | LIB | 807 |
| P. Combes | Conservative | 584 |
| A. Ingram | Labour | 515 |
| M. Sharpe | Labour | 440 |
| P. Sharpe | Labour | 423 |
No. 23 (Chichester: West)5 seats · turnout 59.7%
| G Tullett | Independent | 1,278 |
| G. Tullett | Independent | 1,278 ✓ |
| F Craig | Independent | 1,148 ✓ |
| D. Hoult | Conservative | 1,110 ✓ |
| D Hoult | Conservative | 1,110 |
| E Craig | Independent | 1,072 ✓ |
| W. Doody | Conservative | 1,051 ✓ |
| W Doody | Conservative | 1,051 |
| L. Holden | The Liberal Party | 898 |
| L. Holden | LIB | 898 |
| W Pope | Independent | 838 |
| W. Pope | Independent | 838 |
| Z. Booker | The Liberal Party | 777 |
| Z Booker | LIB | 777 |
| L. Cohen | The Liberal Party | 719 |
| L Cohen | LIB | 719 |
| J. Nelson | Independent | 580 |
| J Nelson | Independent | 580 |
| P Keen | Labour | 549 |
| P. Keen | Labour | 549 |
| T Rooth | Labour | 532 |
| T. Rooth | Labour | 532 |
| J Bennett | Labour | 515 |
| J. Bennett | Labour | 515 |
| S. White | Labour | 485 |
| S White | Labour | 485 |
| R Hemblade | Labour | 452 |
| R. Hemblade | Labour | 452 |
No. 29 (East Wittering)1 seat · turnout 32.7%
| C. Craven | Conservative | 327 |
| M. Sell | LIB | 317 |
No. 31 (Selsey)4 seats
| H. Meston | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| W. Carey | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| W. Spragg | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| R. Seamen | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Oving1 seat
| Sampson A. | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Petworth2 seats
| Janet Duncton | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| C. Linton | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Plaistow2 seats
| T. Micklem | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| P. Luttman-Johnson | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Rogate1 seat
| J. Henslow | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Sidlesham1 seat
| D. Mitchell | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Southbourne4 seats
| R. Roberts | RES | 883 |
| J. Robinson | RES | 712 |
| L. Denby | RES | 707 |
| F. Feltham | Independent | 635 |
| E. Ward | Conservative | 634 |
| C. Game | RES | 631 |
| A. Bonner | Conservative | 591 |
| D. Feltham | Independent | 575 |
| E. Brundrett | Conservative | 538 |
| K. Rawlings | Conservative | 496 |
| R. Marshall | Independent | 447 |
| R. Piercy | Independent | 414 |
Stedham1 seat
| V. Saunders | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Stoughton1 seat · turnout 36.1%
| J. Mann | Independent | 231 |
| H. Gauntlett | Conservative | 226 |
West Wittering1 seat
| B. Passmore | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Westbourne1 seat · turnout 34.7%
| D. Rudkin | LIB | 269 |
| S. Macdonald-Smith | Independent | 226 |
Wisborough Green1 seat
| J. Illius | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
