Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 24 · Labour 13 · The Liberal Party 11 · Other 0
Ward results
Blenheim3 seats
| A. Scholfield | Conservative | 1,357 |
| J. Twitchen | Conservative | 1,317 |
| G. Heath | Conservative | 1,303 |
| A. Pearson-Clarke | Labour | 1,133 |
| R. Heffer | Labour | 1,039 |
| G. Wakeman | Labour | 1,002 |
Eastwood5 seats
| J Armitage | LIB | 2,024 ✓ |
| K Hinde | LIB | 1,950 ✓ |
| M Betson | LIB | 1,922 ✓ |
| P Bohling | LIB | 1,883 ✓ |
| D Spurling | LIB | 1,858 ✓ |
| S D'Ath | Conservative | 1,475 |
| H Davis | Conservative | 1,378 |
| Wilson Hendry | Conservative | 1,327 |
| M Myers | Conservative | 1,327 |
| Jo Nuttall | Conservative | 1,265 |
| K Buckland | Labour | 421 |
| D Coombes | Labour | 348 |
| A Pendle | Labour | 339 |
| E Robinson | Labour | 308 |
| L Super | Labour | 278 |
Leigh3 seats
| C. Crickson | LIB | 2,137 |
| A. Crystall | LIB | 2,047 |
| C. Titman | LIB | 1,946 |
| D. Collard | Conservative | 944 |
| M. Collard | Conservative | 879 |
| O. Ramuz | Conservative | 850 |
| A. Hills | Labour | 199 |
| A. Killick | Labour | 170 |
| P. Anderson | Labour | 169 |
Milton3 seats
| G. Baum | Conservative | 1,162 |
| N. Goodman | Conservative | 1,131 |
| J. Carlile | Conservative | 1,105 |
| N. Borman | Labour | 559 |
| W. Mackay | Labour | 549 |
| A. Scott | Labour | 543 |
Prittlewell3 seats
| P. Herbert | LIB | 1,928 |
| C. Bailey | LIB | 1,819 |
| J. Hugill | LIB | 1,782 |
| M. Joel | Conservative | 821 |
| E. Nuth | Conservative | 665 |
| H. Witten | Conservative | 662 |
| R. Haywood | Labour | 544 |
| R. Kennedy | Labour | 513 |
| E. Hills | Labour | 477 |
Shoebury3 seats
| A. McGaw | Labour | 1,367 |
| L. Bennett | Labour | 1,303 |
| D. Hennessey | Conservative | 1,303 |
| M. Gordon | Labour | 1,301 |
| D. Cotgrove | Conservative | 1,300 |
| V. Smith | Conservative | 1,277 |
Southchurch3 seats
| S. Burstin | Labour | 1,802 |
| E. Lockhart | Conservative | 1,795 |
| R. Copley | Labour | 1,771 |
| D. Garston | Conservative | 1,722 |
| A. Pendle | Labour | 1,705 |
| G. Littler | Conservative | 1,685 |
Thorpe4 seats
| E. Pollitt | Conservative | 2,494 |
| B. Scholfield | Conservative | 2,460 |
| N. Moss | Conservative | 2,438 |
| S. Bull | Conservative | 2,239 |
| H. Mapp | Labour | 505 |
| L. Cuttriss-Curtis | Labour | 486 |
| H. Harris | Labour | 466 |
| M. Hurley | Labour | 454 |
Victoria2 seats
| G. Elvin | Labour | 891 |
| J. Borland | Labour | 822 |
| A. Wright | Conservative | 737 |
| S. Ayre | Conservative | 673 |
Westborough3 seats
| R. Burgess | Conservative | 1,358 |
| P. Winkley | Conservative | 1,268 |
| M. Sutton | Labour | 1,125 |
| P. Hills | Labour | 1,097 |