Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (35 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 14 · The Liberal Party 9 · Other 7 · Labour 5
Ward results
Clapham1 seat · turnout 55.9%
| G. Newsholme | Independent | 184 |
| J. Brocklehurst | Conservative | 183 |
| J. Claughton | LIB | 110 |
No. 1 (Skipton: Central)1 seat · turnout 54.0%
| E. Tanfield | Conservative | 279 |
| L. Rennard | LIB | 273 |
No. 2 (Skipton: East)3 seats · turnout 31.8%
| R. Lofthouse | Labour | 728 |
| P. Willey | Labour | 715 |
| J. Robinson | Labour | 689 |
| P. Hughes | Independent | 422 |
| F. Kemp | Independent | 388 |
No. 3 (Skipton: North)2 seats · turnout 58.9%
| M. Carr | Conservative | 563 |
| B. Jackson | LIB | 479 |
| M. Crabtree | Independent | 410 |
| D. Hall | Conservative | 408 |
| A. Lambert | Labour | 335 |
No. 4 (Skipton: South)2 seats · turnout 46.4%
| P. Henkelis | Labour | 321 |
| J. Tosney | Conservative | 308 |
| E. Willey | Labour | 284 |
| A. Waterfall | LIB | 233 |
| F. Rimmer | Conservative | 216 |
No. 5 (Skipton: South West)1 seat · turnout 62.6%
| F. Walsh | Labour | 322 |
| G. Jones | Conservative | 246 |
No. 6 (Skipton: West)1 seat · turnout 49.4%
| K. Farey | LIB | 393 |
| B. Short | Conservative | 194 |