Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 27 · Labour 6 · Other 3 · The Liberal Party 0
Ward results
Adelaide3 seats · turnout 28.6%
| S. Lovegrove | Conservative | 1,479 ✓ |
| N. Freedman | Conservative | 1,457 ✓ |
| D. Simpkins | Conservative | 1,410 ✓ |
| M. Kerridge | LIB | 243 |
| J. Pearson | LIB | 212 |
| S. Swallow | LIB | 205 |
| M. Liston | Labour | 153 |
| M. Taylor | Labour | 141 |
| J. Pumfrey | Labour | 137 |
Goldsmid3 seats · turnout 26.0%
| B. Jordan | Conservative | 1,481 ✓ |
| J. McNaughton | Conservative | 1,475 ✓ |
| N. Nicholas | Conservative | 1,409 ✓ |
| R. Logan | RES | 496 |
| S. Abercromby | Labour | 171 |
Goldstone3 seats · turnout 22.2%
| B. Sanders | Conservative | 859 ✓ |
| K. McGregor | Conservative | 851 ✓ |
| R. Binning | Conservative | 809 ✓ |
| M. Sansford | Labour | 313 |
| G. Knight | Labour | 281 |
| W. Clements | Labour | 280 |
Hangleton3 seats · turnout 36.1%
| W. Bromiley | RES | 1,448 ✓ |
| P. Walder | RES | 1,375 ✓ |
| J. Barr | RES | 1,348 ✓ |
| E. Colin-Jones | Conservative | 1,141 |
| D. Hennessy | Conservative | 929 |
| D. Price | Conservative | 927 |
| G. Sims | Labour | 548 |
| J. Pumfrey | Labour | 525 |
| R. Rose | Labour | 523 |
Knoll3 seats · turnout 38.2%
| A. Coe | Conservative | 1,077 ✓ |
| D. Paterson | Labour | 1,075 ✓ |
| J. Kelly | Labour | 1,073 ✓ |
| M. Taylor | Labour | 1,050 |
| D. Simpkins | Conservative | 987 |
| D. Barling | Conservative | 932 |
| E. Budden | NF | 278 |
Portslade North3 seats · turnout 35.1%
| I. Hamilton | Labour | 1,885 ✓ |
| L. Hamilton | Labour | 1,841 ✓ |
| D. Taylor | Labour | 1,619 ✓ |
| W. Apperley | Conservative | 909 |
| P. Tongue | Conservative | 874 |
| H. Perry | Conservative | 804 |
Portslade South3 seats · turnout 40.9%
| R. Ireland | Conservative | 1,399 ✓ |
| C. Knight | Labour | 1,243 ✓ |
| J. Rhoades | Conservative | 1,231 ✓ |
| P. Walter | Conservative | 1,183 |
| J. Cattell | Labour | 1,131 |
| A. Robinson | Labour | 1,129 |
Stanford3 seats · turnout 28.6%
| Dave Edmonds | Conservative | 1,878 ✓ |
| J. Rivett-Drake | Conservative | 1,867 ✓ |
| G. Warren | Conservative | 1,826 ✓ |
| A. Gunton | RES | 525 |
| H. Leahy | Labour | 185 |
Vallance3 seats · turnout 21.4%
| G. Peltzer Dunn | Conservative | 1,005 ✓ |
| P. Gladwin | Conservative | 983 ✓ |
| C. Perry | Conservative | 979 ✓ |
| D. Edwards | Labour | 318 |
Westbourne3 seats · turnout 27.4%
| M. Edelshain | Conservative | 1,178 ✓ |
| T. Benson | Conservative | 1,174 ✓ |
| E. Rosevear | Conservative | 1,137 ✓ |
| J. D'Urban Pearson | LIB | 379 |
| H. Frost | Labour | 247 |
| E. Pumfrey | Labour | 216 |
| R. Shields | Labour | 207 |