Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 38 · Other 14 · The Liberal Party 4 · Labour 4
Ward results
Aldingbourne1 seat · turnout 42.3%
| H. Finnamore | Conservative | 477 |
| F. Lavery | Independent | 308 |
Angmering1 seat
| Heather Williams | Conservative | 849 |
| E. Attree | Independent | 745 |
| B. Hazell | Independent | 710 |
Bersted2 seats
| R. Gough | RES | 395 ✓ |
| E. Martin | RES | 372 ✓ |
| G. Bray | Conservative | 302 |
| C. Harfield | Conservative | 292 |
East Preston & Kingston3 seats
| E. Simpson | Conservative | 1,051 |
| M. Buckley | Conservative | 1,025 |
| A. Tyler | Conservative | 956 |
| J. Gillison | Independent | 567 |
FERRING3 seats
| J. Blackwood | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| W. Avenell | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| J. Baldock | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Findon1 seat
| S. O'Hanlon | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Littlehampton Beach3 seats · turnout 30.7%
| H. Jones | Conservative | 1,233 |
| M. Genoni | Conservative | 1,224 |
| A. Moss | Conservative | 1,150 |
| P. Lane | Labour | 566 |
| N. Redman | LIB | 489 |
Littlehampton Wick4 seats · turnout 15.1%
| C. Joyce | Independent | 956 |
| A. Coomes | Conservative | 764 |
| L. Hutchings | Conservative | 701 |
| F. Hobbs | TA | 583 |
| D. Osborne | Conservative | 546 |
No. 1 (Arundel)2 seats · turnout 37.0%
| W. Fox | Independent | 542 |
| M. Stedman | Labour | 452 |
| R. Robinson | Conservative | 259 |
| B. Frost | Independent | 176 |
No. 11 (Walberton)1 seat · turnout 41.6%
| A. Cameron | Conservative | 578 |
| C. Burch | Independent | 217 |
No. 12 (Tortington)1 seat
| R. Hood | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
No. 13 (Yapton)1 seat · turnout 26.6%
| J. Clay | Conservative | 271 |
| C. Millyard | Independent | 249 |
No. 14 (Eastergate)2 seats
| W. Westbrook | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| P. Palmer | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
No. 18 (Middleton-On-Sea)2 seats
| C. Leaman | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| H. Mould | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
No. 2 (Bognor Regis: Central)3 seats · turnout 38.1%
| F. Avard | LIB | 1,166 |
| J. Cherry | LIB | 1,005 |
| C. Pierce | LIB | 970 |
| T. Boothman | Conservative | 779 |
| G. Baldwin | Conservative | 695 |
| L. Brown | Conservative | 677 |
No. 20 (Angmering)3 seats · turnout 23.9%
| H. Williams | Conservative | 849 |
| E. Attree | Independent | 745 |
| B. Hazell | Independent | 710 |
| K. Krelle | Independent | 660 |
No. 23 (Rustington)5 seats · turnout 23.1%
| E. Miller | Conservative | 1,655 |
| J. Bucksey | Conservative | 1,497 |
| T. Morris | Conservative | 1,488 |
| D. Rowlands | Conservative | 1,461 |
| H. Seear | Conservative | 1,390 |
| P. Ayling | Independent | 921 |
| P. Smith | LIB | 673 |
No. 24 (Lyminster)1 seat · turnout 54.6%
| E. Rice | Independent | 286 |
| A. Flower | Independent | 155 |
No. 3 (Bognor Regis: East)3 seats
| P. Stinchcombe | LIB | 845 |
| W. Rhys-Parry | RES | 510 |
| F. Shearing | Conservative | 486 |
| K. Brown | Conservative | 423 |
| J. Graves | IR&C | 253 |
No. 4 (Bognor Regis: Felpham)4 seats · turnout 24.6%
| J. Powell | RES | 1,334 |
| E. Lacy | Conservative | 1,213 |
| L. Walwin | Conservative | 1,190 |
| G. Bloomfield | Conservative | 1,121 |
| G. Downer | IR&C | 907 |
No. 5 (Bognor Regis: North)3 seats
| Benjamin Fox | Labour | 530 ✓ |
| K Labon | Labour | 460 ✓ |
| D Rowden | Labour | 393 ✓ |
| Geoff Read | Conservative | 377 |
No. 6 (Bognor Regis: South)3 seats · turnout 25.4%
| E. Chandler | Conservative | 1,042 |
| M. Whorlow | Conservative | 857 |
| H. Coster | Conservative | 830 |
| V. Gough | RES | 430 |
No. 7 (Bognor Regis: West)3 seats
| P. Norton | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| L. Pratt | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| J. Taylor | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
No. 9 (Littlehampton: Central-Ham-River)3 seats · turnout 27.8%
| W. Kingshott | Conservative | 742 |
| J. Millington | Conservative | 725 |
| G. Hollis | Conservative | 666 |
| R. Tilbury | Independent | 638 |
| W. Holden | LIB | 602 |
