Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 25 · Conservative 12 · Other 10 · The Liberal Party 1
Ward results
Arthuret2 seats · turnout 34.8%
| E. Faulder | Independent | 542 |
| J. Weedall | Labour | 385 |
| E. Simpson | Labour | 373 |
| I. Bell | Independent | 334 |
Brampton2 seats · turnout 23.8%
| W. Whitson | LIB | 719 |
| G. Griffiths | Independent | 525 |
| N. Smith | Labour | 90 |
No. 1 (Carlisle: Stanwix)3 seats · turnout 37.2%
| J. Johnstone | Conservative | 1,689 |
| A. Philip | Conservative | 1,531 |
| A. Duhig | Conservative | 1,519 |
| J. Husband | Labour | 865 |
No. 10 (Carlisle: Belle Vue)3 seats · turnout 39.1%
| D. Fell | Labour | 1,068 |
| J. Swarbrick | Labour | 1,024 |
| C. Cork | Labour | 988 |
| H. Allchin | Conservative | 922 |
| M. Wilkinson | Conservative | 919 |
| R. Potter | Conservative | 905 |
No. 11 (Dalston)2 seats · turnout 39.0%
| A. Allen | Conservative | 698 |
| J. Porter | Conservative | 680 |
| B. Park | Labour | 334 |
| E. Martlew | Labour | 300 |
No. 13 (Burgh-By-Sands)1 seat · turnout 32.7%
| R. Moglove | Independent | 218 |
| K. Foster | Independent | 186 |
No. 14 (Stanwix Rural)2 seats
| W. Jackson | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| D. Johnston | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 19 (Wetheral)2 seats · turnout 35.2%
| E. Harrison | Conservative | 625 |
| B. Rae | Independent | 602 |
| N. Mackenzie | Independent | 546 |
| V. Milne | Conservative | 534 |
No. 2 (Carlisle: Eden)3 seats · turnout 27.9%
| G. Goldie | Conservative | 1,112 |
| L. James | Conservative | 1,101 |
| H. Tattum | Conservative | 1,072 |
| P. Milnes | Labour | 714 |
No. 20 (Hayton)1 seat · turnout 48.2%
| R. Tiffin | Independent | 341 ✓ |
| L. Nixon | Independent | 194 |
| J. Macinnes | Independent | 182 |
| J. Smith | Independent | 180 |
No. 3 (Carlisle: St. Aidans)3 seats · turnout 45.4%
| G. Dudson | Conservative | 1,319 |
| G. Unwin | Conservative | 1,278 |
| W. Buck | Conservative | 1,216 |
| R. Horne | Labour | 1,157 |
| D. Boustead | Labour | 1,078 |
| W. Blaikie | Labour | 1,061 |
No. 4 (Carlisle: Harraby)4 seats · turnout 22.5%
| T Bisland | Labour | 1,179 |
| T. Bisland | Labour | 1,179 ✓ |
| T. Johnson | Labour | 1,115 ✓ |
| T Johnson | Labour | 1,115 |
| J Robinson | Labour | 1,057 |
| J. Robinson | Labour | 1,057 ✓ |
| Jim Stalker | Labour | 1,047 |
| J. Stalker | Labour | 1,047 ✓ |
| D. Kerr | Conservative | 429 |
| D Kerr | Conservative | 429 |
| Walter Walker | Conservative | 384 |
| W. Walker | Conservative | 384 |
No. 5 (Carlisle: Petteril)4 seats · turnout 25.2%
| J. Smith | Labour | 1,336 |
| H. Little | Labour | 1,326 |
| G. Whalley | Labour | 1,275 |
| I. Burrow | Labour | 1,209 |
| J. Hubert | Conservative | 458 |
No. 6 (Carlisle: Currock)3 seats · turnout 37.5%
| W. Bell | Labour | 1,157 |
| G. Gard | Labour | 1,134 |
| A. Stevenson | Labour | 1,126 |
| J. Long | Conservative | 821 |
| A. Faulder | Conservative | 786 |
| C. Rutherford | Conservative | 771 |
| E. Martlew | Labour | 1,193 |
| R. Shepherd | Labour | 1,168 |
| J. Kitchen | Labour | 1,132 |
| J. Little | Conservative | 1,051 |
| J. Boyd | Conservative | 1,000 |
| J. Collier | Conservative | 997 |
No. 8 (Carlisle: Trinity)4 seats · turnout 27.1%
| A. Graham | Labour | 1,288 |
| W. Whalen | Labour | 1,203 |
| I. Husband | Labour | 1,170 |
| J. Bell | Labour | 1,138 |
| H. Calver | Conservative | 728 |
| W. Graham | COMM | 210 |
No. 9 (Carlisle: Morton)3 seats · turnout 41.6%
| L. Eilbeck | Labour | 1,367 |
| E. Fergus | Labour | 1,329 |
| I. Stockdale | Labour | 1,321 |
| T. Reid | Conservative | 826 |
| E. Armitage | Conservative | 776 |
| J. Armstrong | Conservative | 731 |
St. Aidans4 seats · turnout 18.8%
| J. Roberts | Labour | 1,008 |
| L. Poole | Labour | 1,007 |
| I. Jacques | Labour | 988 |
| H. Minten | Labour | 986 |
| K. Crompton | Conservative | 360 |
St. Cuthbert Without1 seat · turnout 31.1%
| C. Ross | Independent | 294 |
| J. Barker | Independent | 138 |
