Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 17 · Labour 17 · The Liberal Party 5 · Other 0
Ward results
Acomb3 seats
| P Gales | Labour | 1,190 ✓ |
| A. Cowen | Labour | 1,133 ✓ |
| C Vause | Labour | 1,103 ✓ |
| G Knox | Conservative | 1,011 |
| E Binner | Conservative | 940 |
| G Latty | Conservative | 918 |
| A Crompton | LIB | 532 |
| D Goddard | LIB | 520 |
| R Bell | LIB | 483 |
Beckfield3 seats · turnout 35.8%
| M. Armitage | Labour | 1,187 |
| W. Burke | Labour | 1,105 |
| L. Marsh | Labour | 1,088 |
| M. Irving | Conservative | 922 |
| D Carlton | Conservative | 890 |
| M. Jackson | Conservative | 845 |
Bootham3 seats · turnout 32.1%
| K. Cooper | Labour | 1,301 |
| D. Walker | Labour | 1,269 |
| A. Moody | Labour | 1,231 |
| C. Tasker | Conservative | 560 |
| P. Stephenson | Conservative | 529 |
| C. Rawling | Conservative | 527 |
Clifton3 seats · turnout 33.8%
| W. Richardson | Labour | 1,077 |
| D. Cummin | Conservative | 932 |
| P. Hendry | Labour | 926 |
| B Bell | Labour | 896 |
| S. Stewart | Conservative | 873 |
| P. Higginson | Conservative | 866 |
| L. Caunt | Independent | 163 |
Fishergate3 seats · turnout 40.9%
| M. Bwye | Conservative | 1,005 |
| D. Bowie | LIB | 987 |
| D. Lickley | LIB | 964 |
| L. Jefferson | LIB | 946 |
| G. Blades | Conservative | 927 |
| D. Craig | Conservative | 903 |
| J. Coleclough | Labour | 570 |
| J. Bradshaw | Labour | 516 |
| C. Hands | Labour | 482 |
Guildhall3 seats · turnout 35.7%
| R. Scobey | Conservative | 811 |
| R. Oxtoby | Conservative | 790 |
| C. Oliver | Conservative | 765 |
| G. Stoney | LIB | 725 |
| J. Guy | LIB | 668 |
| T. Smyth | LIB | 648 |
| E. Lawton | Labour | 552 |
| C. Hands | Labour | 551 |
| R. Lawton | Labour | 538 |
Heworth3 seats · turnout 49.4%
| J. Wood | Conservative | 1,563 |
| J. Laverack | Conservative | 1,481 |
| K. Wood | Conservative | 1,436 |
| R. Hills | Labour | 1,207 |
| J. Setchell | Labour | 1,204 |
| R. Cooper | Labour | 1,183 |
Holgate3 seats · turnout 33.2%
| J. Archer | Labour | 1,215 |
| R. Pulleyn | Labour | 1,213 |
| C. Thistleton | Labour | 1,163 |
| L Daley | Conservative | 947 |
| J. Cussans | Conservative | 936 |
| C Greaves | Conservative | 917 |
Knavesmire3 seats · turnout 37.5%
| T. Hibbert | Conservative | 1,220 |
| W Bennett | Conservative | 1,220 |
| S. Brearley | Conservative | 1,174 |
| L. Cookson | Labour | 703 |
| R. Croft | Labour | 701 |
| E. Harris | Labour | 662 |
| D. Phillips | LIB | 407 |
| J. Phillips | LIB | 339 |
| P. Kitchen | LIB | 326 |
Micklegate3 seats · turnout 34.4%
| G Dean | Conservative | 1,470 |
| J. Birch | Conservative | 1,459 |
| P. Booth | Conservative | 1,403 |
| R Fletcher | Labour | 923 |
| M. Gladwin | Labour | 907 |
| W. Atkinson | Labour | 878 |
Monk3 seats · turnout 38.4%
| J. Clout | Conservative | 1,394 |
| M. Heppell | Conservative | 1,316 |
| C. Kay | Conservative | 1,310 |
| Kirk D. | Labour | 715 |
| P. Hogarth | Labour | 694 |
| A. Power | Labour | 672 |
| J. Race | LIB | 448 |
| P. Smith | LIB | 443 |
Walmgate3 seats · turnout 36.7%
| D Wilde | Labour | 940 |
| H. Firth | Labour | 910 |
| F. Thistleton | Labour | 899 |
| D Thornton | Conservative | 818 |
| P. Botterill | Conservative | 812 |
| M. Bartram | Conservative | 796 |
| W. Telfer | LIB | 476 |
| W. Smith | LIB | 465 |
| R. Naismith | LIB | 443 |
Westfield3 seats
| S Galloway | LIB | 1,720 ✓ |
| C Fairclough | LIB | 1,396 ✓ |
| P Doig | LIB | 1,361 ✓ |
| R Boulton | Labour | 1,306 |
| I Faulkner | Labour | 1,128 |
| G Henman | Labour | 1,124 |
| Geoffrey Coates | Conservative | 439 |
| D Alexander | Conservative | 392 |
| Gillian Todd | Conservative | 377 |