Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 27 · Labour 16 · The Liberal Party 13 · Other 4
Ward results
No. 10 (Bredbury Goyt)3 seats
| M. Greenwood | Conservative | 2,216 |
| H. Whitehead | Conservative | 2,171 |
| J. Howe | Conservative | 2,167 |
| H. McKell | LIB | 1,916 |
| D. Guinnane | LIB | 1,888 |
| B. Beagley | LIB | 1,860 |
| C. Ryder | Labour | 1,035 |
| J. Howard | Labour | 1,023 |
| R. Perringo | Labour | 917 |
No. 12 (Heald Green)3 seats
| R Crook | RES | 2,014 ✓ |
| R Stenson | RES | 1,917 ✓ |
| N Fields | RES | 1,780 ✓ |
| O Lawton | LIB | 1,254 |
| P Porgess | LIB | 1,248 |
| J Allan | LIB | 1,233 |
| E Grinyer | Conservative | 830 |
| M Campbell | Conservative | 792 |
| M Grinyer | Conservative | 738 |
| J Becker | Labour | 456 |
| R Seedhouse | Labour | 376 |
| G Knight | Labour | 369 |
No. 13 (Cheadle & Gatley)3 seats
| B Johnson | Conservative | 3,200 ✓ |
| F Bishop | Conservative | 3,021 ✓ |
| L Singer | Conservative | 2,901 ✓ |
| L Foulger | LIB | 2,837 |
| M Anstey | LIB | 2,714 |
| J Robins | LIB | 2,648 |
| J Lamerick | Labour | 528 |
| M Legg | Labour | 494 |
| K Worrall | Labour | 434 |
No. 14 (Cheadle Hulme South)3 seats
| A Leah | LIB | 1,358 ✓ |
| R Law | RES | 1,331 ✓ |
| P Davis | LIB | 1,318 ✓ |
| R Dalton | RES | 1,296 |
| J Tovey | LIB | 1,288 |
| C Goode | RES | 1,249 |
| Victor James | Conservative | 992 |
| E Minshull | Conservative | 969 |
| A Ward | Conservative | 929 |
| H Low | Labour | 212 |
| C Campbell | Labour | 190 |
| H Saunders | Labour | 186 |
| D Box | LIB | 3,026 ✓ |
| M Hendley | LIB | 2,979 ✓ |
| H Burrows | LIB | 2,962 ✓ |
| T Peace | Conservative | 1,874 |
| M Scott | Conservative | 1,811 |
| D Harrison | Conservative | 1,725 |
| E Brindley | Labour | 504 |
| R McKnight | Labour | 373 |
| Wendy Morris | Labour | 340 |
No. 17 (Ladybrook)3 seats
| J Ashworth | LIB | 1,511 ✓ |
| J Timmis Fletcher | Conservative | 1,443 ✓ |
| A Chapman | Conservative | 1,405 ✓ |
| J Warrington | LIB | 1,388 |
| B Massey | LIB | 1,369 |
| H Gardiner | Conservative | 1,359 |
| Becky Hodgson | Labour | 122 |
| Edwin Pollard | Labour | 113 |
| G Scott | Labour | 98 |
No. 19 (Marple)3 seats
| J Crofton | LIB | 2,206 ✓ |
| J Brady | LIB | 2,205 ✓ |
| G Gribble | LIB | 2,018 ✓ |
| D Headridge | Conservative | 1,878 |
| R Chronnell | Conservative | 1,689 |
| D Lomas | Conservative | 1,495 |
| John Yarwood | Labour | 785 |
| E Daley | Labour | 672 |
| G Burke | Labour | 590 |
