Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (33 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 25 · Conservative 6 · Other 2 · The Liberal Party 0
Ward results
Central5 seats
| S. Mellors | Labour | 1,562 |
| S. Flude | Labour | 1,541 |
| G. Holmes | Labour | 1,456 |
| D. Taylor | Labour | 1,448 |
| N. Jackson | Labour | 1,408 |
| J. Richardson | Independent | 895 |
Dalton South3 seats · turnout 33.2%
| J. Bibby | Labour | 692 ✓ |
| J. Hamilton | Labour | 563 ✓ |
| G. Gaskin | Labour | 549 ✓ |
| J. Frost | Conservative | 328 |
Dalton South3 seats
| J Bibby | Labour | 692 |
| J Hamilton | Labour | 563 |
| G Gaskin | Labour | 549 |
| Jason Frost | Conservative | 328 |
| J Lehrie | LIB | 316 |
| R Hayton | Conservative | 230 |
| E Hayton | Conservative | 229 |
No. 1 (Walney)5 seats · turnout 28.0%
| A. Shuttleworth | Labour | 1,727 ✓ |
| A Shuttleworth | Labour | 1,727 |
| E Christie | Labour | 1,666 |
| E. Christie | Labour | 1,666 ✓ |
| J Garside | Labour | 1,587 ✓ |
| F Gallagher | Labour | 1,523 |
| F. Gallagher | Labour | 1,523 ✓ |
| C. Thomson | Labour | 1,512 ✓ |
| C Thomson | Labour | 1,512 |
| M. Cage | Conservative | 528 |
| M Cage | Conservative | 528 |
| G Merchant | Conservative | 512 |
| G. Merchant | Conservative | 512 |
No. 3 (Hawcoat)6 seats · turnout 32.4%
| J. Fleet | Conservative | 1,833 ✓ |
| Jayne Fleet | Conservative | 1,833 |
| W Joughlin | Conservative | 1,817 |
| W. Joughlin | Conservative | 1,817 ✓ |
| J Brown | Conservative | 1,816 |
| J. Brown | Conservative | 1,816 ✓ |
| S Hudson | Conservative | 1,809 |
| S. Hudson | Conservative | 1,809 ✓ |
| G Smith | Conservative | 1,809 ✓ |
| A. West | Conservative | 1,778 ✓ |
| A West | Conservative | 1,778 |
| C. Elborough | Labour | 1,666 |
| C Elborough | Labour | 1,666 |
| P Keleher | Labour | 1,595 |
| A. Postlethwaite | Labour | 1,578 |
| A Postlethwaite | Labour | 1,578 |
| J. Holmes | Labour | 1,574 |
| Jeane Holmes | Labour | 1,574 |
| M. Taylor | Labour | 1,565 |
| M Taylor | Labour | 1,565 |
| Rob Owens | Labour | 1,541 |
| R. Owens | Labour | 1,541 |
