Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 25 · Conservative 22 · Other 13 · The Liberal Party 0
Ward results
Branston3 seats · turnout 29.3%
| F. Bailey | Conservative | 732 |
| W. Boulton | Conservative | 725 |
| J. Boss | Conservative | 654 |
| L. Flaherty | Labour | 242 |
| J. McKenna | Labour | 233 |
Heath4 seats · turnout 18.4%
| J. Badgery | Independent | 629 |
| R. Barker | Independent | 580 |
| O. Gallimore | Independent | 571 |
| A. Dean | Labour | 571 |
| T. Hancox | Labour | 437 |
| G. Hetherington | Independent | 415 |
Needwood3 seats · turnout 21.2%
| A. Ball | Conservative | 637 |
| N. Bailey | Conservative | 624 |
| P. Potter | Independent | 606 |
| S. Langston | Conservative | 296 |
No. 1 (Burton: Broadway)3 seats
| Hannah Buckingham | Labour | 630 ✓ |
| B Colaluca | Labour | 620 ✓ |
| M Colaluca | Labour | 602 ✓ |
| A Mandley | Conservative | 331 |
| N Adams | Conservative | 326 |
| J Mandley | Conservative | 304 |
No. 18 (Abbotts Bromley)1 seat · turnout 54.5%
| R. Robertson | Conservative | 431 |
| T. Taylor | Labour | 210 |
No. 19 (Denstone)1 seat · turnout 23.2%
| W. Bailey | Independent | 280 |
| C. Green | Independent | 1 |
No. 2 (Burton: Burton)1 seat · turnout 40.5%
| D. Furniss | Independent | 261 |
| P. Hancox | Labour | 141 |
No. 21 (Mayfield)1 seat
| W. Hanbury | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 22 (Rocester)1 seat
| D. Thornton | Labour | 0 ✓ |
No. 23 (Leigh)1 seat · turnout 60.0%
| N. Capewell | Independent | 266 |
| H. Peirson | Independent | 224 |
| Colman J. | Labour | 41 |
No. 24 (Uttoxeter Rural)1 seat
| H. Langridge | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 3 (Burton: Horninglow)6 seats
| P Haynes | Labour | 1,431 ✓ |
| G Haynes | Labour | 1,406 ✓ |
| C Wood | Labour | 1,401 ✓ |
| D Heptonstall | Labour | 1,388 ✓ |
| G Callister | Labour | 1,356 ✓ |
| E Luther | Labour | 1,352 ✓ |
| K Huckerby | Conservative | 884 |
| G Foster | Conservative | 882 |
| M Danks | Conservative | 857 |
| H Dawson | Conservative | 845 |
| J Cooper | Conservative | 840 |
| David Makin | Conservative | 813 |
No. 5 (Burton: Stapenhill)7 seats
| L Young | Labour | 1,459 ✓ |
| H Torr | Labour | 1,435 ✓ |
| Derick Bray | Labour | 1,423 ✓ |
| M Howlett | Labour | 1,383 ✓ |
| A Myatt | Labour | 1,373 ✓ |
| Ethel Price | Labour | 1,369 ✓ |
| W Raynor | Labour | 1,263 ✓ |
| G Handley | Conservative | 1,197 |
| M Handley | Conservative | 1,182 |
| Cedric Insley | Conservative | 1,130 |
| R Mills | Conservative | 1,124 |
| Mark Blake | Conservative | 1,124 |
| R Wheeler | Conservative | 1,087 |
| K Hunter | Conservative | 1,083 |
No. 6 (Burton: Uxbridge)3 seats
| O'Shea C. | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| H. Pritchard | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| G. Pritchard | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| E Plant | Conservative | 1,227 ✓ |
| H Caulton | Conservative | 1,206 ✓ |
| M Hurdle | Conservative | 1,156 ✓ |
| T Roberts | Conservative | 1,152 ✓ |
| Judith Warner | Conservative | 1,127 ✓ |
| J Chater | Labour | 1,121 |
| N Rackham | Labour | 1,121 |
| P Roe | Labour | 1,120 |
| D Fletcher | Labour | 1,120 |
| E Dolan | Labour | 1,064 |
Outwoods2 seats · turnout 34.4%
| W. Burman | Conservative | 575 |
| W. Walton | Conservative | 566 |
| A. Broadhurst | Labour | 188 |
| M. Smith | Independent | 179 |
Rolleston on Dove2 seats · turnout 41.6%
| E. Layden | Conservative | 710 |
| F. Newbury | Conservative | 622 |
| K. Hall | Labour | 407 |
| D. Insley | Labour | 376 |
Shobnall2 seats · turnout 33.7%
| E. Mottram | Labour | 513 |
| N. Parsons | Conservative | 503 |
| T. Bradbury | Conservative | 496 |
| W. Rodger | Labour | 449 |
Town2 seats
| J. Stanway | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| C. Tunnicliffe | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Tutbury & Hanbury2 seats · turnout 41.8%
| W Crossley | Labour | 583 |
| D. Brown | Conservative | 512 |
| W. Shilton | Conservative | 506 |
| J. Morris | Labour | 439 |
