Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (52 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 29 · Conservative 20 · Other 3 · The Liberal Party 0
Ward results
Bilsthorpe2 seats · turnout 30.9%
| S. Payton | Labour | 614 |
| A. Vickers | Labour | 569 |
| J. Hayward | Conservative | 415 |
Bullpit-Pinfold2 seats · turnout 31.0%
| K. Fletcher | Conservative | 538 |
| E. Rick | Conservative | 529 |
| E. Mills | Labour | 452 |
| M. Leigh | Labour | 408 |
Clipstone2 seats
| E. Gray | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| H. Shilling | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Collingham1 seat
| J. Mitchell | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Dover Beck1 seat · turnout 51.6%
| D. Wilcox | Conservative | 590 |
| A. Clifford | Independent | 176 |
Edwinstowe3 seats · turnout 40.7%
| M. Beardsley | Labour | 1,022 |
| D. Clowes | Labour | 1,000 |
| A. Newbery | Labour | 983 |
| J. Manning | Conservative | 632 |
| B. Hall | Conservative | 614 |
Elston1 seat · turnout 55.7%
| M. Beaumont | Conservative | 331 |
| D. Boddy | Labour | 118 |
Farndon1 seat · turnout 60.3%
| L. Birchenall | Labour | 574 |
| D. Brown | Conservative | 304 |
Farnsfield2 seats · turnout 50.9%
| E. Bust | Independent | 865 |
| F. Reynolds | Conservative | 743 |
| L. Waddington | Conservative | 602 |
| T. Dean | Labour | 425 |
| B. Whitelaw | Labour | 307 |
Meering1 seat · turnout 53.2%
| A. Willows | Independent | 375 |
| W. Scott | Conservative | 210 |
Milton-Lowfield2 seats · turnout 27.1%
| G. Lucas | Labour | 457 |
| S. Beeching | Labour | 408 |
| A. Saunders | Conservative | 254 |
| F. Parlatt | Conservative | 253 |
No. 1 (Newark: Beacon)2 seats · turnout 42.1%
| E. Yorke | Labour | 645 |
| H. Richards | Conservative | 517 |
| G. Nicholson | Labour | 491 |
| Margaret Smith | Conservative | 450 |
No. 15 (Ollerton)4 seats
| T. Wyld | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| J. Gregory | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| J. Thompson | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| S. Smedley | Labour | 0 ✓ |
No. 16 (Boughton)2 seats
| M. De Lacey | Labour | 772 |
| J. De Lacey | Labour | 756 |
| J. Methley | Conservative | 418 |
No. 18 (Sutton On Trent)1 seat · turnout 65.2%
| G. Vere-Laurie | Conservative | 364 ✓ |
| P. Lambert | Ind Con | 334 |
| R. Bishop | Independent | 120 |
| M. Gretton | Labour | 118 |
No. 19 (Caunton)1 seat · turnout 52.9%
| J. Sides | Conservative | 381 |
| B. Pickering | Ind Con | 145 |
| K. Tillson | Labour | 65 |
No. 2 (Newark: Bridge)2 seats
| J. Moore | Labour | 798 |
| S. Wilford | Labour | 727 |
| V. Dobson | Conservative | 335 |
No. 22 (Southwell)3 seats · turnout 43.6%
| R. Beckett | Conservative | 1,408 |
| R. Warwick | Conservative | 1,406 |
| C. | Conservative | 1,300 |
| P. Tempest | Labour | 642 |
| K. Calthrop | Labour | 521 |
| B. Williams | Labour | 473 |
No. 27 (Blidworth Fishpool & Rainworth)5 seats · turnout 29.8%
| F. Butler | Labour | 1,490 ✓ |
| F Butler | Labour | 1,490 |
| R Marklew | Labour | 1,467 |
| R. Marklew | Labour | 1,467 ✓ |
| W Crewe | Labour | 1,441 |
| W. Crewe | Labour | 1,441 ✓ |
| G Reader | Labour | 1,343 |
| G. Reader | Labour | 1,343 ✓ |
| E. Orgill | Labour | 1,305 ✓ |
| E Orgill | Labour | 1,305 |
| H Wilson | Conservative | 711 |
| H. Wilson | Conservative | 711 |
| J Foster | Conservative | 702 |
| J. Foster | Conservative | 702 |
| J. Wilson | Conservative | 678 |
| J Wilson | Conservative | 678 |
| H Woolman | Conservative | 658 |
| H. Woolman | Conservative | 658 |
| R. Gunby | Conservative | 657 |
| R Gunby | Conservative | 657 |
No. 3 (Newark: Castle & Sconce)3 seats · turnout 35.0%
| C. Carswell | Conservative | 1,015 |
| R. Lamb | Conservative | 929 |
| W. Drury | Conservative | 918 |
| R. Poole | Labour | 425 |
| I. Gasse | Labour | 388 |
| M. Woods | Labour | 310 |
No. 4 (Newark: Devon)4 seats · turnout 19.3%
| J. Garland | Labour | 1,060 |
| J. Boddy | Labour | 1,051 |
| F. Johnson | Labour | 1,002 |
| C. Bromfield | Labour | 973 |
| P. Mawson | Conservative | 458 |
No. 5 (Newark: Magnus)2 seats · turnout 45.0%
| I. Saunders | Conservative | 576 |
| R. Bird | Conservative | 545 |
| P. Holland | Labour | 402 |
| A. Williams | Labour | 400 |
| A. Boggie | LIB | 68 |
| J. Plackett | LIB | 47 |
Trent1 seat · turnout 63.8%
| S. Pritchard | Independent | 456 |
| K. Tavner | Conservative | 356 |
Winthorpe1 seat · turnout 47.5%
| G. Bennett | Conservative | 423 |
| T. McLaughlin | Independent | 248 |
