Before (end of 1974)
Not known.
After (end of 1975)
Not known.
Ward results
No. 1 (Waterhead & Lees)1 seat · turnout 34.8%
| Matthews | Conservative | 1,720 ✓ |
| E. Dean | Labour | 1,389 |
| McInnes | LIB | 408 |
| Woollacott | COMM | 52 |
No. 10 (Chadderton North)1 seat · turnout 29.8%
| Curran | Conservative | 1,400 ✓ |
| E. Wright | Labour | 669 |
| Baines | LIB | 411 |
| J. Spivey | Ind Con | 294 |
No. 11 (Chadderton South)1 seat · turnout 31.6%
| J. Curran | Conservative | 1,310 |
| B. Wright | Labour | 1,163 |
| Knowles | LIB | 291 |
No. 12 (Crompton North-East-South)1 seat · turnout 37.3%
| H. Bennett | Conservative | 1,241 ✓ |
| C. Butterworth | Labour | 1,111 |
| Jackson | Ind Con | 620 |
| Brudniewicz | LIB | 363 |
No. 13 (Crompton West-Dogford-Heyside)1 seat · turnout 32.1%
| H. Bennett | Conservative | 978 ✓ |
| Woolfenden | LIB | 834 |
| Henthorn | Labour | 496 |
| Rhodes | Ind Con | 435 |
No. 14 (Dryclough-Haggate-Thornham)1 seat · turnout 34.0%
| Critchley | LIB | 1,727 |
| A. Wood | Conservative | 1,421 |
| Lees | Labour | 716 |
No. 2 (St. Peters-Bardsley-St. Pauls)2 seats · turnout 27.7%
| A. Jowett | Conservative | 2,826 |
| V. Hall | Conservative | 2,767 |
| F. Liles | Labour | 1,591 |
| Pass | Labour | 1,562 |
| E. Bennett | Independent | 503 |
| F. Stansfield | COMM | 138 |
No. 3 (Clarksfield)1 seat · turnout 28.3%
| J. Campbell | Conservative | 1,362 ✓ |
| H. Slack | Labour | 1,058 |
| Cooke | LIB | 359 |
| Platt | COMM | 86 |
No. 4 (Hollinwood)1 seat · turnout 24.8%
| J. Hilton | Labour | 765 |
| J. Slater | Conservative | 532 |
| Lawson | LIB | 240 |
No. 6 (St. Marys & Mumps)1 seat · turnout 36.5%
| J. Armitage | Labour | 1,005 ✓ |
| R. Whitehead | Conservative | 944 |
| S. Hilyer | LIB | 435 |
| J. Round | COMM | 54 |