Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (78 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 71 · Conservative 6 · Other 1 · The Liberal Party 0
Ward results
Birtley6 seats · turnout 35.5%
| J. Hattam | Labour | 2,680 |
| J. Lee | Labour | 2,620 |
| F. McKenna | Labour | 2,419 |
| J. Hogan | Labour | 2,314 |
| S. Potter | Labour | 2,204 |
| M. Robson | Labour | 2,117 |
| M. Shier | Independent | 1,409 |
| H. Fowler | Independent | 1,362 |
| E. King | Independent | 1,164 |
| Blackwell A. | Independent | 1,106 |
| A. Glendinning | Independent | 1,083 |
| W. King | LIB | 1,025 |
| J. Beresford | LIB | 1,013 |
| R. Jennings | LIB | 996 |
| P. Ryan | LIB | 945 |
| J. Richardson | Independent | 940 |
| H. Chapman | Independent | 672 |
| L. Bates | Independent | 563 |
No. 10 (Blaydon)3 seats
| R. Rudge | Labour | 1,061 |
| J. Beaty | Labour | 1,019 |
| E. Driver | Labour | 1,010 |
| C. Woods | Independent | 146 |
No. 14 (Felling: North & Central)3 seats · turnout 30.8%
| D. Hardy | Labour | 1,107 ✓ |
| S. Nugent | Labour | 1,099 ✓ |
| A. Clayton | Residents | 1,041 ✓ |
| A. Burn | Residents | 1,034 |
| T. Richardson | Residents | 1,022 |
| B. Whittaker | Labour | 1,021 |
No. 2 (Gateshead: Bensham Claremont & Chandles)6 seats · turnout 23.8%
| A. Bone | Labour | 1,552 ✓ |
| W. Collins | Labour | 1,547 ✓ |
| A. Johnson | Labour | 1,500 ✓ |
| P. Murray | Labour | 1,485 ✓ |
| P. Conaty | Labour | 1,480 ✓ |
| F. Wood | Labour | 1,426 ✓ |
| G. Bowman | Conservative | 675 |
| R. Avery | Conservative | 647 |
| J. Self | Conservative | 644 |
| J. Rowell | Conservative | 642 |
| M. Smith | Conservative | 624 |
| G. Wilde | Conservative | 624 |
No. 7 (Gateshead: Shipcote)3 seats · turnout 37.5%
| D. Clelland | Labour | 1,006 ✓ |
| D Clelland | Labour | 1,006 |
| S. Bone | Labour | 981 ✓ |
| S Bone | Labour | 981 |
| B Robson | Labour | 961 |
| B. Robson | Labour | 961 ✓ |
| F. Pegg | Conservative | 750 |
| F Pegg | Conservative | 750 |
| J. Scott | Conservative | 672 |
| J Scott | Conservative | 672 |
| J Birchall | Conservative | 654 |
| J. Birchall | Conservative | 654 |
| B Ramsay | LIB | 286 |
| B. Ramsay | The Liberal Party | 286 |
No. 9 (Gateshead: Wreckenton)6 seats · turnout 26.2%
| R. Baptist | Labour | 2,918 ✓ |
| R Baptist | Labour | 2,918 |
| J Lister | Labour | 2,884 |
| J. Lister | Labour | 2,884 ✓ |
| G. Carpenter | Labour | 2,868 ✓ |
| G Carpenter | Labour | 2,868 |
| J. Lister | Labour | 2,848 ✓ |
| F Johnson | Labour | 2,826 |
| F. Johnson | Labour | 2,826 ✓ |
| A Turnbull | Labour | 2,791 |
| A. Turnbull | Labour | 2,791 ✓ |
| T. Eltringham | Conservative | 1,456 |
| T Eltringham | Conservative | 1,456 |
| D Eltringham | Conservative | 1,455 |
| D. Eltringham | Conservative | 1,455 |
| J. Dalton | Conservative | 1,448 |
| J Dalton | Conservative | 1,448 |
| A Ridley | Conservative | 1,428 |
| A. Ridley | Conservative | 1,428 |
| J Nixon | Conservative | 1,427 |
| J. Nixon | Conservative | 1,427 |
| W Reynolds | Conservative | 1,348 |
| W. Reynolds | Conservative | 1,348 |