Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (57 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 40 · Labour 12 · Other 3 · The Liberal Party 2
Ward results
Boscombe East2 seats · turnout 25.3%
| P. Collins | Conservative | 771 |
| W. Turner | Conservative | 716 |
| H. Butterby | Ind Con | 474 |
| J. Selvidge | Ind Con | 436 |
| I. Evison | Labour | 93 |
Boscombe West3 seats · turnout 14.6%
| G. Anstee | Conservative | 866 |
| E. McAdam | Conservative | 851 |
| H. Seitz | Conservative | 794 |
| B. Grower | Labour | 425 |
Central3 seats · turnout 15.3%
| J. Macfarlane | Conservative | 876 |
| K. Thomason | Conservative | 862 |
| R. Williams | Conservative | 847 |
| S. Hollinrake | Labour | 213 |
East Cliff3 seats · turnout 14.8%
| P. Kelleway | Conservative | 864 |
| J. Curtis | Conservative | 786 |
| C. Michaels | Conservative | 782 |
| N. Howard | Labour | 297 |
Kings Park3 seats · turnout 27.2%
| W. Wareham | Ind LIB | 1,436 |
| E. Hollies-Smith | Conservative | 1,339 |
| D. Jenkinson | Conservative | 1,203 |
| C. Jukes | Conservative | 1,079 |
| L. Symes | Labour | 442 |
Kinson North5 seats
| L Bennett | Labour | 2,013 ✓ |
| R Bennett | Labour | 1,998 ✓ |
| F Bennett | Labour | 1,927 ✓ |
| Brian Goodwin | Labour | 1,831 ✓ |
| Gary Knights | Labour | 1,818 ✓ |
| C Cade | Conservative | 1,399 |
| Patricia Weaver | Conservative | 1,366 |
| P Gunstone | Conservative | 1,355 |
| N Weaver | Conservative | 1,342 |
| J Adams | Conservative | 1,262 |
Kinson South5 seats · turnout 23.7%
| George Spicer | Labour | 1,839 ✓ |
| A Iggulden | Labour | 1,814 ✓ |
| R Hanlon | Labour | 1,709 ✓ |
| H Cutler | Labour | 1,666 ✓ |
| D Lock | Labour | 1,650 ✓ |
| Hugh Harper | Conservative | 647 |
| E. Cole | Conservative | 586 |
| E Cole | Conservative | 564 |
Moordown North4 seats
| Roxanna Whittaker | Labour | 1,693 ✓ |
| S McQueen | Conservative | 1,522 ✓ |
| D Trenchard | Conservative | 1,449 ✓ |
| N Pankhurst | Labour | 1,446 ✓ |
| P McQueen | Conservative | 1,421 |
| C Reidy | Labour | 1,404 |
| J Blake | Labour | 1,367 |
| W Sayers | Conservative | 1,359 |
Moordown South2 seats · turnout 32.4%
| E. Miller | LIB | 915 |
| D. Miller | LIB | 900 |
| H. Blake | Labour | 327 |
| J. Blake | Labour | 319 |
| R. Rayner | Conservative | 235 |
| D. Hannis | Conservative | 228 |
Queens Park5 seats · turnout 20.2%
| P. Hogarth | Conservative | 1,754 |
| G Knops | Conservative | 1,441 |
| R. Cole | Conservative | 1,328 |
| F. Wellstead | Conservative | 1,306 |
| W. Ross | Conservative | 1,291 |
| C. Dyer | Independent | 987 |
| B. Moorcroft | Independent | 941 |
| S. Sinsbury | Labour | 567 |
| G. Faulks | Labour | 566 |
Redhill Park4 seats
| P. Whitelegg | Ind Con | 1,253 ✓ |
| G. Masters | Conservative | 1,145 ✓ |
| G. Ball | Conservative | 1,063 ✓ |
| R. Judd | Conservative | 1,009 ✓ |
| M. Laidlaw | Conservative | 741 |
| F. Purdy | Ind Con | 503 |
| B. Pope | Labour | 494 |
Southbourne5 seats
| Elizabeth Day | Conservative | 1,906 ✓ |
| L Swetenham | Conservative | 1,831 ✓ |
| Michael Filer | Conservative | 1,761 ✓ |
| Kenneth Palmer | Conservative | 1,678 ✓ |
| B Beckett | Conservative | 1,488 ✓ |
| J Holloway | Independent | 1,179 |
| B Ratcliffe | Independent | 1,167 |
| B Lock | Labour | 414 |
West Cliff4 seats · turnout 21.1%
| F. Beale | Conservative | 1,308 |
| W. Forman | Conservative | 1,145 |
| H. Nettleton-Walker | Conservative | 985 |
| L. Lee | Conservative | 951 |
| D. Dyer | Ind Con | 581 |
| J. Ray | LIB | 461 |
| R. Ray | LIB | 450 |
| M. Sanders | Ind Con | 333 |
| R. Bryan | Labour | 277 |
West Southbourne3 seats · turnout 25.1%
| E. Ellis | Conservative | 976 |
| A. Patton | Conservative | 960 |
| B. Dillon | Conservative | 949 |
| I. Tilling | LIB | 757 |
| C. Wills | LIB | 658 |
| J. Newhouse | Labour | 344 |
Westbourne4 seats · turnout 24.6%
| B. Bicknell | Conservative | 1,789 |
| L. Cade | Conservative | 1,632 |
| R. Purnell | Conservative | 1,540 |
| G. Jaffe | Conservative | 1,514 |
| Y. Foulds | RES | 1,166 |
| M. Thorpe | LIB | 968 |
| J. Reidy | Labour | 223 |
