Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 18 · Other 14 · Labour 12 · The Liberal Party 1
Ward results
Brereton1 seat · turnout 59.3%
| E. Yarwood | Independent | 353 |
| A. Stoneley | Independent | 347 |
Congleton Rural1 seat
| D. Withers | Conservative | 0 |
Holmes Chapel2 seats · turnout 38.0%
| A. Wortley | Conservative | 746 |
| J. Richardson | Conservative | 740 |
| D. Gilligan | Labour | 274 |
| R. Newell | Labour | 235 |
Lawton2 seats
| A. Smith | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| S. Gaskell | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Middlewich1 seat · turnout 53.7%
| D. Millington | Labour | 1,904 |
| W. Faulkner | Independent | 1,094 |
Odd Rode3 seats · turnout 20.5%
| J. Hollinshead | Independent | 751 |
| A. Fisher | Conservative | 517 |
| W. Challinor | Independent | 504 |
| G. Moseley | Independent | 441 |
Sandbach West3 seats
| J. Alcock | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| R. Holmes | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| E. Henshall | Independent | 0 ✓ |