Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (53 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 38 · Conservative 13 · Other 1 · The Liberal Party 1
Ward results
Briercliffe1 seat · turnout 49.3%
| I. Limmer | Independent | 342 ✓ |
| T. Burrows | LIB | 227 |
| L. Airey | Independent | 130 |
| A. Park | Labour | 90 |
Cliviger1 seat · turnout 42.6%
| J Wyld | Conservative | 460 |
| N. Etherington | Labour | 129 |
Deerplay1 seat · turnout 46.9%
| G. Watson | Conservative | 327 |
| H. Greenwood | Labour | 137 |
Hapton1 seat · turnout 48.4%
| R. Ashton | Conservative | 402 |
| F. Markham | Labour | 389 |
No. 1 (Burnley: Burnley Wood)3 seats · turnout 41.5%
| M. Tomlinson | Labour | 934 |
| P. Kenyon | Labour | 918 |
| F. Bailey | Conservative | 830 |
| W. Cartwright | Labour | 803 |
| M. Tate | Conservative | 693 |
| O. Nelson | Conservative | 650 |
No. 10 (Burnley: St. Andrews)3 seats · turnout 42.4%
| Isabella Cooney | Labour | 1,173 |
| I. Cooney | Labour | 1,173 ✓ |
| K. McGeorge | Labour | 1,108 ✓ |
| K McGeorge | Labour | 1,108 |
| S Towler | Labour | 1,098 ✓ |
| I Sutcliffe | Conservative | 790 |
| David Vaughan | Conservative | 735 |
| D. Vaughan | Conservative | 735 |
| Christopher Loder | Conservative | 726 |
| C. Loder | Conservative | 726 |
No. 11 (Burnley: Trinity)3 seats · turnout 25.2%
| Entwistle J. | Labour | 798 |
| A. Proctor | Labour | 790 |
| J. Smith | Labour | 607 |
| E. Roberts | LIB | 485 |
No. 12 (Burnley: Whittlefield)3 seats · turnout 32.0%
| M. Roberts | Labour | 890 |
| J. Meakin | Labour | 863 |
| E Fisk | Labour | 835 |
| M. Anforth | LIB | 567 |
| E. Lyle | Conservative | 545 |
| J. Pickup | Conservative | 538 |
No. 13 (Padiham: Bankhouse-Green- Stockbridge)3 seats · turnout 39.4%
| T. Lynch | Labour | 947 ✓ |
| K. Broadley | Labour | 894 ✓ |
| A. Parker | Labour | 770 ✓ |
| B. Mitchell | The Liberal Party | 519 |
| L. Hesketh | Conservative | 398 |
No. 14 (Padiham: Partridge Hill & Whitegate)3 seats · turnout 41.3%
| W. Smith | Labour | 916 |
| J. Greenwood | Labour | 908 |
| K. Hindle | Labour | 791 |
| V. Macmillan | LIB | 652 |
| N. Mitchell | LIB | 579 |
| D. Price | LIB | 539 |
No. 2 (Burnley: Calder)3 seats · turnout 16.1%
| H. Carroll | Labour | 426 |
| G. Taylor | Labour | 380 |
| R. Tempest | Labour | 349 |
| G. Brownbill | LIB | 252 |
No. 3 (Burnley: Central)3 seats · turnout 33.9%
| E. Bacon | Labour | 601 |
| K. Butterworth | Labour | 599 |
| E. Hanson | Labour | 578 |
| P. Shoesmith | Conservative | 157 |
| K. Mount | Conservative | 153 |
| J. Mount | Conservative | 152 |
No. 4 (Burnley: Daneshouse)3 seats · turnout 26.3%
| P. Bennett | Labour | 624 |
| F. Booth | Labour | 617 |
| W. Roberts | Labour | 607 |
| S. Blackston | Conservative | 531 |
| W. Stanworth | LIB | 491 |
No. 5 (Burnley: Fulledge)5 seats · turnout 36.7%
| J. Bradshaw | Labour | 1,561 ✓ |
| J Bradshaw | Labour | 1,561 |
| Judith Heyes | Labour | 1,560 |
| J. Heyes | Labour | 1,560 ✓ |
| M. Bayliff | Labour | 1,556 ✓ |
| M Bayliff | Labour | 1,556 |
| Peter Geoffrey Smith | Labour | 1,510 |
| P. Smith | Labour | 1,510 ✓ |
| C. Field | Labour | 1,507 ✓ |
| C Field | Labour | 1,507 |
| A. Brown | Conservative | 822 |
| A Brown | Conservative | 822 |
| R. Edge | Conservative | 816 |
| Rachel Edge | Conservative | 816 |
| D. Jackson | Conservative | 754 |
| D Jackson | Conservative | 754 |
| A. Durkin | Conservative | 710 |
| A Durkin | Conservative | 710 |
| R. Jackson | Conservative | 701 |
| R Jackson | Conservative | 701 |
No. 6 (Burnley: Gannow)3 seats · turnout 29.1%
| T Bradley | Labour | 1,024 |
| T. Bradley | Labour | 1,024 ✓ |
| J. Hudson | Labour | 955 ✓ |
| Jane Ann Hudson | Labour | 955 |
| S Ennis | Labour | 951 |
| S. Ennis | Labour | 951 ✓ |
| P Allan | Conservative | 237 |
| P. Allan | Conservative | 237 |
No. 7 (Burnley: Healey)4 seats · turnout 40.8%
| A. Pickup | Conservative | 1,127 ✓ |
| A Pickup | Conservative | 1,127 |
| M Durkin | Conservative | 1,071 |
| M. Durkin | Conservative | 1,071 ✓ |
| M Jackson | Conservative | 1,068 |
| M. Jackson | Conservative | 1,068 ✓ |
| J. Hipwell | The Liberal Party | 1,010 ✓ |
| J Hipwell | LIB | 1,010 |
| M Roberts | Labour | 815 |
| L Harrison | Labour | 803 |
| D. Arrowsmith | Labour | 791 |
| David Arrowsmith | Labour | 791 |
| J Tipping | Labour | 759 |
No. 8 (Burnley: Laneshead)5 seats · turnout 35.3%
| F. Brown | Conservative | 1,025 ✓ |
| F Brown | Conservative | 1,025 |
| C Canty | Conservative | 897 ✓ |
| C. Bickley-Roe | Conservative | 896 ✓ |
| C Bickley-Roe | Conservative | 896 |
| A. Hotchkiss | Labour | 890 ✓ |
| A Hotchkiss | Labour | 890 |
| E. Tate | Conservative | 871 ✓ |
| E Tate | Conservative | 871 |
| W Heap | Labour | 821 |
| W. Heap | Labour | 821 |
| P Greenhalgh | Labour | 812 |
| P. Greenhalgh | Labour | 812 |
| E Smith | Labour | 810 |
| A Duffield | Labour | 810 |
| A Whittaker | Conservative | 783 |
| Z. Barrett | The Liberal Party | 700 |
| Z Barrett | LIB | 700 |
| T. Tomlinson | The Liberal Party | 653 |
| T Tomlinson | LIB | 653 |
No. 9 (Burnley: Lowerhouse)4 seats · turnout 35.5%
| J. Keller | Labour | 1,248 |
| A. Bridge | Labour | 1,216 |
| J. Halstead | Labour | 1,120 |
| W. Hall | Labour | 1,073 |
| A. Stubbs | Independent | 726 |
| W. Hebden | Independent | 652 |
| E. Dickman | Independent | 651 |
| M. Smith | Independent | 613 |
| J. Tate | Conservative | 381 |
Simonstone Hill1 seat · turnout 50.7%
| M. Wilson | Conservative | 376 |
| H. Sisson | Labour | 55 |
Worsthorne1 seat · turnout 43.0%
| G. Halsted | Conservative | 410 |
| J. Desmond | Labour | 274 |
