Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (33 seats, Elections Centre)
The Liberal Party 19 · Conservative 10 · Labour 4 · Other 0
Ward results
Cavendish3 seats · turnout 55.4%
| T. Ward | The Liberal Party | 1,290 ✓ |
| T Ward | LIB | 1,290 |
| E. Ward | The Liberal Party | 1,165 ✓ |
| E Ward | LIB | 1,165 |
| L Leach | LIB | 1,108 ✓ |
| P Wood | Labour | 522 |
| P. Wood | Labour | 522 |
| J. Macdonald | Conservative | 487 |
| Judy Macdonald | Conservative | 487 |
| J Cross | Labour | 482 |
| J. Cross | Labour | 482 |
| L. Staples | Conservative | 431 |
| L Staples | Conservative | 431 |
| M. Lowton | Conservative | 425 |
| M Lowton | Conservative | 425 |
| G Watson | Labour | 415 |
| R Armstrong | Conserv | 81 |
| R. Armstrong | Other | 81 |
Central3 seats · turnout 44.0%
| A. Maryan | LIB | 1,047 |
| C. Piper | LIB | 986 |
| S. Ward | LIB | 973 |
| M. Tunwell | Conservative | 806 |
| R. Poynter | Conservative | 800 |
| N. Nicholson | Conservative | 800 |
Devonshire3 seats · turnout 43.1%
| J. Healey | LIB | 969 |
| E. Dobell | Conservative | 949 |
| A. Boswall | LIB | 936 |
| W. Creffield | LIB | 920 |
| E. Bowdler | Conservative | 905 |
| D. Charlton | Conservative | 883 |
| J. Howse | Labour | 152 |
Downside3 seats · turnout 56.3%
| M. Skilton | LIB | 1,547 |
| E. Edwards | LIB | 1,410 |
| H. Goodchild | LIB | 1,374 |
| J. Angelman | Conservative | 1,068 |
| M. Charlton | Conservative | 897 |
| C. Belsey | Conservative | 888 |
Hampden Park4 seats · turnout 46.5%
| P Jackson | LIB | 1,903 ✓ |
| C. Lacey | The Liberal Party | 1,768 ✓ |
| C Lacey | LIB | 1,768 |
| L. Mason | The Liberal Party | 1,694 ✓ |
| L Mason | LIB | 1,694 |
| D Carn | LIB | 1,650 ✓ |
| R. Hutchinson | Labour | 1,548 |
| Raymond Hutchinson | Labour | 1,548 |
| G Bosley | Labour | 1,492 |
| P. Chantler | Labour | 1,309 |
| P Chantler | Labour | 1,309 |
| L Elphick | Labour | 1,291 |
| L. Elphick | Labour | 1,291 |
| C. Young | Conservative | 440 |
| C Young | Conservative | 440 |
| J Tunwell | Conservative | 436 |
| J. Tunwell | Conservative | 436 |
| A Cumming | Conservative | 435 |
| A. Cumming | Conservative | 435 |
| C. Anscombe | Conservative | 407 |
| C Anscombe | Conservative | 407 |
Langney4 seats · turnout 38.6%
| L. Caine | Labour | 1,745 ✓ |
| L Caine | Labour | 1,745 |
| F. Solly | Labour | 1,580 ✓ |
| F Solly | Labour | 1,580 |
| R. Baker | Labour | 1,538 ✓ |
| R Baker | Labour | 1,538 |
| David Salmon | Labour | 1,514 ✓ |
| J. Anscombe | Conservative | 1,154 |
| John Anscombe | Conservative | 1,154 |
| M. Bare | Conservative | 1,109 |
| M Bare | Conservative | 1,109 |
| I Greenfield | Conservative | 1,088 |
| Caroline Porter | Conservative | 1,079 |
| J Thomas | LIB | 842 |
| J. Thomas | The Liberal Party | 842 |
Meads3 seats · turnout 44.6%
| L. Vickers | Conservative | 1,345 |
| K. Raven | Conservative | 1,345 |
| P. Brockwell | Conservative | 1,297 |
| E. Pettigrew | LIB | 919 |
| M. Hanlon | LIB | 880 |
| R. Rees | LIB | 878 |
| I. Harris | Labour | 118 |
Ratton4 seats · turnout 49.1%
| R Dingwall | LIB | 1,802 ✓ |
| W. Ouzman | Conservative | 1,746 ✓ |
| W Ouzman | Conservative | 1,746 |
| D Cullen | Conservative | 1,698 |
| M Phipp | Conservative | 1,698 ✓ |
| D. Cullen | Conservative | 1,698 ✓ |
| L Frere | LIB | 1,650 |
| L. Frere | The Liberal Party | 1,650 |
| W. Charlton | The Liberal Party | 1,636 |
| W Charlton | LIB | 1,636 |
| J. Toop | Conservative | 1,597 |
| J Toop | Conservative | 1,597 |
| E French | LIB | 1,575 |
| A Ticehurst | Labour | 510 |
| A. Ticehurst | Labour | 510 |
| K. Booth | Labour | 474 |
| Kate Booth | Labour | 474 |
| D Evans | Labour | 467 |
| P Sorrell | Labour | 455 |
| P. Sorrell | Labour | 455 |
Roselands3 seats · turnout 44.8%
| C. Horridge | LIB | 1,319 |
| W. Evenden | LIB | 1,244 |
| C. Scott | LIB | 1,228 |
| J. Riley | Conservative | 680 |
| J. Wakeford | Conservative | 607 |
| M. White | Conservative | 589 |
| P. Richardson | Labour | 370 |
Upperton3 seats · turnout 43.1%
| U. Gardner | Conservative | 1,414 |
| T. Aukett | Conservative | 1,359 |
| C. Aldous | Conservative | 1,285 |
| M. Perrin | LIB | 851 |
| D. Parsons | LIB | 828 |
| N. Frere | LIB | 740 |
