Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (49 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 23 · Conservative 15 · Other 11 · Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales 0 · The Liberal Party 0
Ward results
Cadoc3 seats
| K. Atkins | Labour | 943 |
| C. Price | Labour | 898 |
| C. Harkus | Labour | 856 |
| A. Davies | Independent | 661 |
| R. Potter | Conservative | 606 |
| I. Burniston | Conservative | 556 |
Ward 102 seats
| E. Phillips | Independent | 933 ✓ |
| J. Davies | Independent | 778 ✓ |
| T. Williams | Conservative | 757 |
Ward 121 seat
| P Chapple | Conservative | 2,372 |
| Graeme Arthur Frederick Barrett | Conservative | 2,322 |
| R Parsons | Conservative | 2,303 |
| A Lloyd | Conservative | 2,257 |
| Helen Green | Conservative | 2,197 |
| A Saunders | Conservative | 2,187 |
| E Curtin | Labour | 1,818 |
| D Eastwood | Labour | 1,741 |
| E Symonds | Labour | 1,676 |
| D Howells | Labour | 1,655 |
| D Eves | Labour | 1,627 |
| S Thomas | Conservative | 1,607 |
| J Birch | Labour | 1,566 |
| D Parry | Conservative | 1,523 |
| R Clark | Conservative | 1,503 |
| E Waugh | Conservative | 1,495 |
| E Nelmes | Conservative | 1,478 |
| M Phillips | Conservative | 1,418 |
| R Cox | Labour | 1,267 |
| Lee Hughes | Independent | 1,218 |
| J George | Independent | 1,198 |
| Matt Bannister | Labour | 1,186 |
| C Bannister | Labour | 1,153 |
| T Mules | Labour | 1,127 |
| D Grenville | Labour | 1,106 |
| C Alder | Labour | 1,092 |
| D Thomas | Labour | 954 |
| O Rees | Independent | 843 |
| C Thomson | Independent | 783 |
| D Blackman | RES | 754 |
| Dan Glover | Independent | 680 |
| T Purser | Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales | 620 |
| R Thomas | Independent | 438 |
| R. Thomas | Independent | 438 ✓ |
| G Lewis | Independent | 311 |
| G. Lewis | Independent | 311 |
| W. Nugent | Independent | 136 |
| W Nugent | Independent | 136 |
Ward 133 seats
| L. Hughes | Independent | 1,218 ✓ |
| J. George | Independent | 1,198 ✓ |
| D. Thomas | Labour | 954 ✓ |
| O. Rees | Independent | 843 |
| C. Thomson | Independent | 783 |
| D. Blackman | Residents | 754 |
| D. Glover | Independent | 680 |
| A. David | Labour | 542 |
| J. Shorey | Independent | 363 |
Ward 86 seats
| P. Chapple | Conservative | 2,372 ✓ |
| G. Barrett | Conservative | 2,322 ✓ |
| R. Parsons | Conservative | 2,303 ✓ |
| A. Lloyd | Conservative | 2,257 ✓ |
| H. Green | Conservative | 2,197 ✓ |
| A. Saunders | Conservative | 2,187 ✓ |
| R. Cox | Labour | 1,267 |
| M. Bannister | Labour | 1,186 |
| C. Bannister | Labour | 1,153 |
| T. Mules | Labour | 1,127 |
| D. Grenville | Labour | 1,106 |
| C. Alder | Labour | 1,092 |
| T. Purser | Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales | 620 |
Ward 96 seats
| E. Curtin | Labour | 1,818 ✓ |
| D. Eastwood | Labour | 1,741 ✓ |
| E. Symonds | Labour | 1,676 ✓ |
| D. Howells | Labour | 1,655 ✓ |
| D. Eves | Labour | 1,627 ✓ |
| S. Thomas | Conservative | 1,607 ✓ |
| J. Birch | Labour | 1,566 |
| D. Parry | Conservative | 1,523 |
| R. Clark | Conservative | 1,503 |
| E. Waugh | Conservative | 1,495 |
| E. Nelmes | Conservative | 1,478 |
| M. Phillips | Conservative | 1,418 |
