Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 22 · The Liberal Party 9 · Labour 3 · Other 2
Ward results
Bourne Valley & Branksome3 seats · turnout 28.9%
| E. Moxham | LIB | 1,161 |
| G. Pennell | Conservative | 1,012 |
| A. Froelich | LIB | 977 |
| J. Neville | Conservative | 882 |
| P. Woodley | LIB | 880 |
| I. Burrows | Conservative | 828 |
| T. Greenland | Labour | 291 |
Branksome Park-Canford Cliffs-Sandbanks3 seats · turnout 36.0%
| A. Lloyd-Allen | Conservative | 2,058 |
| R. Hewitt | Conservative | 1,999 |
| D. Trott | Conservative | 1,934 |
| P. Green | Ind Con | 445 |
Broadstone & Canford Magna5 seats · turnout 49.0%
| R. Hann | Conservative | 3,182 ✓ |
| E. Adams | Conservative | 3,161 ✓ |
| J. Boyle | Conservative | 2,802 ✓ |
| P. Coles | Conservative | 2,790 ✓ |
| E. Hackforth | Conservative | 2,664 ✓ |
| L. Miller | The Liberal Party | 1,428 |
| A. Foster | The Liberal Party | 1,410 |
| E. Habgood | The Liberal Party | 1,348 |
| A. Lovell | The Liberal Party | 1,243 |
| K. Burchell | Labour | 1,005 |
| J. Tyror | Labour | 998 |
| G. Partington | Labour | 929 |
Hamworthy3 seats
| R. Meech | LIB | 1,328 |
| D. Orchard | LIB | 1,294 |
| R. Bedingfield | LIB | 1,234 |
| S. White | Labour | 945 |
| G. Hobbs | Labour | 903 |
| N. Carter | Labour | 844 |
Newtown3 seats · turnout 27.1%
| D. Gooding | Labour | 1,329 |
| F. Harris | Labour | 1,034 |
| D. Ashman | Labour | 884 |
| B. Galpin | LIB | 866 |
| C. Vincent | LIB | 790 |
| E. Davidson | LIB | 736 |
| P. Day | Conservative | 718 |
Oakdale & South Canford Heath5 seats · turnout 56.3%
| J. Sorton | Conservative | 1,809 ✓ |
| D. Webster | Conservative | 1,753 ✓ |
| P. Horner | Residents | 1,687 ✓ |
| K. Brown | Residents | 1,593 ✓ |
| D. Le Good | Conservative | 1,545 ✓ |
| K. Knaggs | Conservative | 1,528 |
| R. Winter | Conservative | 1,379 |
| J. Brown | The Liberal Party | 1,332 |
| J. Armstrong | Labour | 1,268 |
| B. Heap | Labour | 1,188 |
| K. Colyer | Labour | 1,141 |
| V. Armstrong | Labour | 1,128 |
| E. Hodgson | Labour | 961 |
Old Town & Longfleet3 seats · turnout 31.7%
| D. Montague | Conservative | 1,558 |
| S. Pearce | Conservative | 1,468 |
| A. Lock | Conservative | 1,347 |
| L. Cull | Labour | 1,080 |
| G. Cooles | Labour | 904 |
| R. Rowlands | Labour | 900 |
Parkstone4 seats · turnout 37.4%
| B. Greenwood | Conservative | 2,056 |
| S. Willis | Conservative | 1,887 |
| J. Stephens | Conservative | 1,750 |
| J. Cottage | Conservative | 1,716 |
| W. Rigler | LIB | 1,566 |
| P. Groves | LIB | 1,195 |
| W. Longman | LIB | 1,181 |
| S. Tansey | LIB | 1,108 |
| W. Orrells | Labour | 367 |
Penn Hill & Lilliput3 seats · turnout 26.9%
| K. Chaffey | Conservative | 1,824 |
| J. Norman | Conservative | 1,808 |
| K. Townsend | Conservative | 1,776 |
| K. Greening | Independent | 493 |
| G. Preston | Labour | 314 |
Upper Parkstone & Wallisdown4 seats · turnout 26.8%
| M. Ballam | LIB | 1,365 |
| H. Ballam | LIB | 1,329 |
| B. Wright | LIB | 1,265 |
| J. Stone | LIB | 1,206 |
| A. Chaffey | Labour | 1,004 |
| W. Chaffey | Labour | 982 |
| J. Skinner | Labour | 799 |
| B. Vowles | Labour | 793 |
