Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973)
Not known.
Ward results
Acre Rigg3 seats
| B. Boyd | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| D. Byron Ms. | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| F. Dickson | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Dawdon4 seats · turnout 34.7%
| A. Brown | Independent | 1,330 |
| W. Smith | Labour | 1,294 |
| F Shaw | Labour | 1,288 |
| A. Huntley | Labour | 1,176 |
| T. Devlin | Labour | 1,156 |
| W. Reay | Independent | 820 |
Easington Village1 seat · turnout 43.9%
| E. Wilding | Labour | 415 |
| W. Carter | Independent | 303 |
Eden Hill3 seats
| R. Boyes | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| J. Alderson | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| S. Thompson | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Haswell1 seat
| A. McAteer | Labour | 0 ✓ |
No. 1 (Park-Seaham-South)5 seats
| M. English | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| D. Myers | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| A. Lockyear | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| E. Watson | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| M. Farrell | Labour | 0 ✓ |
No. 10 (Hutton Henry)1 seat · turnout 55.3%
| J. Beach | Labour | 470 |
| D. Sproson | Conservative | 367 |
No. 11 (Monkhesleden)4 seats
| M. Weetman | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| G. Laidler | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| M. Pattison | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| M. Curry | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| M. Burdess | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| J. Dawson | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| B. Burgin | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| G. Scrafton | Labour | 0 ✓ |
No. 6 (East Murton)6 seats · turnout 28.8%
| F. Etherington | Labour | 2,123 |
| R. Luke | Labour | 1,852 |
| J. Cummings | Labour | 1,778 |
| C. Short | Labour | 1,703 |
| T. Metcalfe | Labour | 1,597 |
| A. Maw | Labour | 1,209 |
| W. Gowland | Ind Lab | 1,197 |
| R. Tinkler | Ind Lab | 944 |
| A. Dixon | Ind Lab | 902 |
No. 9 (Horden)6 seats · turnout 14.6%
| A. Naisbitt | Labour | 1,092 |
| J. Collin | Labour | 1,064 |
| M. Kirkup | Labour | 1,055 |
| J. Moutter | Labour | 1,000 |
| H. Davies | Labour | 976 |
| F. Rogers | Labour | 914 |
| D. Armstrong | Independent | 701 |
Shotton3 seats
| R. Rowe | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| C. Banks | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| N. Jameson | Labour | 0 ✓ |
South Hetton2 seats · turnout 34.4%
| R Todd | Labour | 637 |
| J. Rackstraw | RES | 420 |
| O. Massey | Labour | 346 |
Thornley2 seats · turnout 30.6%
| J. Nicholson | Ind Lab | 739 |
| F. Walker | Labour | 542 |
| J. Wright | Labour | 433 |
Wheatley Hill3 seats
| M. Watson | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| J. Andrew | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| A. Wharrier | Labour | 0 ✓ |