Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (63 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 25 · Other 17 · The Liberal Party 11 · Labour 10
Ward results
Bollington Central1 seat · turnout 65.2%
| S. Hardy | Labour | 481 |
| R. Fairhall | Conservative | 431 |
Knutsford Nether1 seat · turnout 49.5%
| F. Atkinson | Independent | 374 |
| G. Barber | Labour | 302 |
| G. Butler | Independent | 174 |
Macclesfield East3 seats · turnout 40.0%
| G. London | LIB | 1,018 |
| D. Kingston | LIB | 895 |
| R. Brooks | LIB | 849 |
| L. Davenport | Conservative | 674 |
| F. Siddons | Labour | 663 |
| K. Stokes | Labour | 660 |
| W. Brown | Conservative | 620 |
| M. Burgess | Conservative | 606 |
| E. Hiscocks | Labour | 563 |
Macclesfield South3 seats · turnout 39.2%
| K. Dobson | Labour | 1,241 |
| H. Dobson | Labour | 1,234 |
| E. McAll | Labour | 1,103 |
| D. Hammond | Conservative | 720 |
| J. Findle | Conservative | 709 |
| C. Andrew | Conservative | 694 |
| L. Walton | Labour | 715 |
| A. Tatton | Labour | 696 |
| J. Doody | Conservative | 607 |
| R. Gleave | Conservative | 594 |
| M. Hobson | LIB | 548 |
| J. Broadhurst | Labour | 508 |
| W. Rose | LIB | 498 |
| M. Cave | LIB | 439 |
| A. Roden | Conservative | 439 |
Prestbury2 seats · turnout 46.0%
| S. Bootland | Conservative | 1,083 |
| W. Cunliffe | Independent | 1,075 |
| F. Lucas | Conservative | 994 |
| D. Jeuda | Labour | 133 |
| F. Amos | Labour | 92 |