Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 25 · Conservative 23 · Other 0 · The Liberal Party 0
Ward results
No. 10 (Northampton: South)3 seats
| J. Ambidge | Conservative | 1,381 |
| J. Dove | Conservative | 1,366 |
| M. Aldridge | Conservative | 1,323 |
| E. Earp | Labour | 1,089 |
| L. Glazebrook | Labour | 1,052 |
| A. Miller | Labour | 1,027 |
No. 11 (Northampton: Duston)4 seats · turnout 35.8%
| Michael Finch | Conservative | 1,664 ✓ |
| D. Orton-Jones | Conservative | 1,532 ✓ |
| D Orton-Jones | Conservative | 1,532 |
| J Gardner | Labour | 1,512 |
| J. Gardner | Labour | 1,512 ✓ |
| A Prouse | Conservative | 1,510 |
| A. Prouse | Conservative | 1,510 ✓ |
| D. Baxter | Conservative | 1,456 |
| D Baxter | Conservative | 1,456 |
| J Ryan | Labour | 1,403 |
| J. Ryan | Labour | 1,403 |
| F Frost | Labour | 1,392 |
| F. Frost | Labour | 1,392 |
| Katie Thurston | Labour | 1,376 |
| K. Thurston | Labour | 1,376 |
No. 12 (Northampton: Weston)4 seats · turnout 34.6%
| D Williams | Conservative | 2,013 ✓ |
| E. Coker | Conservative | 2,009 ✓ |
| E Coker | Conservative | 2,009 |
| G. Pollard | Conservative | 2,000 ✓ |
| G Pollard | Conservative | 2,000 |
| T. Chown | Conservative | 1,929 ✓ |
| T Chown | Conservative | 1,929 |
| B Stevens | Labour | 908 |
| C. Lloyd | Labour | 843 |
| C Lloyd | Labour | 843 |
| R. Dickie | Labour | 837 |
| Rosemarie Dickie | Labour | 837 |
| J Donergan | Labour | 823 |
| J. Donergan | Labour | 823 |
No. 5 (Northampton: Kingsthorpe)5 seats · turnout 32.1%
| J Bigley | Labour | 1,817 |
| J. Bigley | Labour | 1,817 ✓ |
| A Berry | Labour | 1,802 |
| A. Berry | Labour | 1,802 ✓ |
| P Berridge | Labour | 1,770 |
| P. Berridge | Labour | 1,770 ✓ |
| A. Pearce | Labour | 1,729 ✓ |
| A Pearce | Labour | 1,729 |
| John Thomas | Labour | 1,724 |
| J. Thomas | Labour | 1,724 ✓ |
| M Desborough | Conservative | 1,515 |
| E. Findlay | Conservative | 1,466 |
| Elaine Findlay | Conservative | 1,466 |
| W. Harland | Conservative | 1,431 |
| William Harland | Conservative | 1,431 |
| Paul Findlay | Conservative | 1,400 |
| P. Findlay | Conservative | 1,400 |
| M Liddington | Conservative | 1,384 |
| M. Liddington | Conservative | 1,384 |