Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 35 · The Liberal Party 15 · Other 8 · Labour 2
Ward results
No. 11 (Ripon: West)3 seats · turnout 32.1%
| F. Spence | Independent | 941 ✓ |
| W. Beaumont | Conservative | 832 ✓ |
| E. Boddy | Conservative | 756 ✓ |
| B. Price | Conservative | 721 |
| W. Baily | Labour | 258 |
| J. Robson | Labour | 217 |
| E. Baily | Labour | 201 |
No. 12 (Knaresborough)6 seats · turnout 30.8%
| N. Farmer | Conservative | 1,531 ✓ |
| W. Macintyre | Conservative | 1,489 ✓ |
| J. Harding | Conservative | 1,485 ✓ |
| W. Mather | Conservative | 1,422 ✓ |
| D. Kingston | Conservative | 1,404 ✓ |
| D. Symmonds | Conservative | 1,348 ✓ |
| G. Clough | Labour | 857 |
| J. Dunn | The Liberal Party | 781 |
| K. Gregson | Labour | 773 |
| K. Hirst | Labour | 679 |
| S. Macdonald | Labour | 644 |
| D. Richardson | Labour | 513 |
| B. Beal | Labour | 480 |
No. 3 (Harrogate: East Central)3 seats · turnout 47.4%
| R. Welch | The Liberal Party | 991 ✓ |
| B. Roberts | The Liberal Party | 911 ✓ |
| B. Hillier | The Liberal Party | 859 ✓ |
| J. Milton | Conservative | 724 |
| M. Herd | Conservative | 651 |
| D. Denny | Conservative | 630 |
No. 32 (Weeton)1 seat
| ???????????? | Other | 0 ✓ |
Ripon East3 seats
| W. Parnaby | Conservative | 796 |
| N. Pollard | Labour | 788 |
| J. Briscombe | Independent | 725 |
| J. McGarr | Labour | 655 |
| B. England | Labour | 539 |
| L. Feather | Conservative | 478 |
| M. Falkingham | Conservative | 452 |