Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 39 · Conservative 5 · Labour 3 · The Liberal Party 1
Ward results
Appleton Wiske1 seat · turnout 60.5%
| C. Kettle | Independent | 180 ✓ |
| R. Hoare | Independent | 176 |
| G. Thorniley-Walker | Independent | 172 |
| J. Walls | Independent | 90 |
Brompton1 seat
| M. Tyreman | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Carlton Miniott1 seat · turnout 49.6%
| D. Davies | Independent | 297 |
| M. Sanderson | Independent | 283 |
Cowtons1 seat · turnout 61.3%
| J. Hugill | Independent | 367 |
| W. Pickering | Independent | 220 |
Crayke1 seat
| B. Spencer | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Easingwold2 seats · turnout 34.5%
| G. Balf | Independent | 553 |
| W. Gill | Independent | 466 |
| J. Richardson | Independent | 419 |
Hillside1 seat
| M. Consett | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Huby and Sutton1 seat · turnout 62.0%
| R. Horner | Independent | 324 |
| A. Boddy | Independent | 210 |
| W. Kitchman | Independent | 139 |
Leeming1 seat · turnout 45.6%
| K. Thompson | Independent | 282 |
| A. Penty | Independent | 167 |
Morton-on-Swale1 seat · turnout 51.8%
| R. Phillips | Independent | 362 |
| R. Mortimer | Independent | 76 |
| A. Carter | Independent | 60 |
No. 1 (Northallerton)6 seats · turnout 16.4%
| A. Herbert | Independent | 964 |
| D. Willoughby | Independent | 906 |
| W. Wake | Independent | 765 |
| W. Lewis | Independent | 659 |
| J. Tennant | LIB | 593 |
| J. Taylor | Conservative | 565 |
| C. Outhwaite | Independent | 545 |
| H. Walkland | Independent | 535 |
| A. Cockerill | Independent | 525 |
No. 11 (Romanby)3 seats · turnout 25.9%
| M. Cook | Independent | 593 |
| E. Lewis | Independent | 524 |
| A. Barker | Independent | 519 |
| J. Craven | Independent | 491 |
| D Parnaby | Independent | 336 |
No. 12 (Osmotherley)1 seat
| C. Tate | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 13 (The Thorntons)1 seat
| A. Thompson | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 2 (Great Ayton)4 seats · turnout 39.9%
| A. Thompson | Conservative | 1,417 |
| J. Imeson | Conservative | 1,329 |
| A. Cumbor | Conservative | 1,255 |
| R. Turton | Conservative | 1,083 |
| W. Cardwell | Labour | 834 |
| I. Wilkie | Labour | 633 |
No. 27 (Crakehall)1 seat · turnout 60.4%
| C. Hoare | Independent | 337 |
| J. Pocklington | Independent | 289 |
| J. Bell | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 29 (Bedale)2 seats · turnout 34.9%
| N. Atkinson | Independent | 646 |
| A. Corps | Independent | 335 |
| I. Guest | Independent | 326 |
| A. Dalton | Independent | 280 |
No. 3 (Broughton)1 seat · turnout 52.8%
| D. Thomas | Independent | 416 |
| J. Miles | Independent | 159 |
No. 31 (Tanfield)1 seat
| L. Hodgson | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Rudby2 seats
| C. Atkinson | Independent | 561 |
| J. Sadler | Independent | 463 |
| J. Gascoyne | Labour | 346 |
Shipton1 seat · turnout 48.3%
| F. Seal | Independent | 152 ✓ |
| S. Price | Independent | 142 |
| W. Eyeington | Independent | 127 |
| R. Harrison | Independent | 95 |
| R. Sugden | Independent | 64 |
Sowerby2 seats · turnout 48.2%
| V. Maynard | Labour | 657 |
| M. Potter | Independent | 624 |
| J. Dupuis | Independent | 502 |
| G. Moore | Labour | 410 |
Stillington1 seat · turnout 52.0%
| R. Thompson | Independent | 167 |
| P. Machin | Independent | 166 |
| H. Shepherd-Cross | Independent | 149 |
Stokesley3 seats
| C. Thompson | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| T. Richardson | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| G. Marsay | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Swainby1 seat · turnout 56.3%
| F. Beaumont | Independent | 253 ✓ |
| A. Horsman | Independent | 182 |
| H. Hardcastle | Independent | 153 |
| J. Chapman | Independent | 49 |
Thirsk2 seats · turnout 35.2%
| C. Megson | Labour | 575 |
| H. Craig | Labour | 361 |
| B. Thiede | Independent | 360 |
| A. Palliser | Independent | 249 |
Tollerton1 seat · turnout 54.5%
| F. Wade | Independent | 174 ✓ |
| G. Hardy | Independent | 154 |
| M. Fox | Independent | 145 |
| B. Kenny | Independent | 102 |
Whitestonecliffe1 seat
| B. Bosomworth | Independent | 0 ✓ |
