Before (end of 1974) (90 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 69 · Conservative 18 · The Liberal Party 3 · Other 0
After (end of 1975) (90 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 66 · Conservative 20 · The Liberal Party 4 · Other 0
Ward results
Birley1 seat · turnout 23.4%
| G. Fisher | Labour | 2,162 |
| E. Millward | Conservative | 1,560 |
| Capps | COMM | 112 |
Chapel Green1 seat · turnout 34.0%
| North | LIB | 2,282 |
| L. Kingham | Labour | 1,559 |
| Baker | Conservative | 895 |
Dore1 seat · turnout 33.8%
| P. Santhouse | Conservative | 3,968 |
| Harris | Labour | 1,016 |
Handsworth1 seat · turnout 22.8%
| A. Britton | Labour | 2,074 |
| Fessey | Conservative | 1,106 |
| A. Sellars | LIB | 283 |
Mosborough1 seat · turnout 21.1%
| Snowden | Conservative | 1,421 |
| Howenhead | Labour | 804 |
No. 1 (Attercliffe)2 seats · turnout 18.2%
| J. Pearson | Labour | 1,227 |
| Billings | Labour | 1,166 |
| Broomhead | Conservative | 430 |
| Millward | Conservative | 410 |
No. 10 (Ecclesall)1 seat · turnout 31.9%
| Edeson | Conservative | 3,436 |
| Smith | LIB | 814 |
| Bland | Labour | 740 |
No. 11 (Firth Park)1 seat · turnout 22.9%
| Butler | Labour | 1,948 |
| Chandler | Conservative | 827 |
| Hattersley | LIB | 652 |
No. 12 (Gleadless)1 seat · turnout 29.4%
| Bermingham | Labour | 2,523 |
| Thompson | Conservative | 2,237 |
| R. Mumford | LIB | 447 |
No. 13 (Hallam)1 seat · turnout 33.3%
| Arnold | Conservative | 3,376 |
| South | Labour | 1,065 |
| P. Jackson | LIB | 815 |
No. 15 (Healey)1 seat · turnout 30.1%
| J. Senior | Labour | 2,472 |
| Brookes | Conservative | 1,811 |
| Jackson | LIB | 505 |
No. 16 (Hillsborough)1 seat · turnout 31.9%
| Fox | Conservative | 2,249 |
| Fairbrother | Labour | 2,078 |
| Woolley | LIB | 446 |
No. 17 (Intake)2 seats · turnout 22.0%
| J. Thomas | Labour | 2,127 |
| Woodhead | Labour | 2,020 |
| Parkin | Conservative | 1,400 |
| Thompson | LIB | 1,026 |
| Winn | LIB | 728 |
No. 18 (Manor)1 seat · turnout 16.2%
| Rodgers | Labour | 1,778 ✓ |
| Barnsley | Conservative | 340 |
| J. Hukin | COMM | 178 |
| Gould | LIB | 91 |
No. 2 (Beauchief)1 seat · turnout 39.1%
| C Godber | Conservative | 4,376 |
| Radcliffe | Labour | 1,016 |
| Wood | LIB | 699 |
No. 20 (Nether Edge)1 seat · turnout 26.2%
| C. Dodson | Conservative | 2,257 |
| Sidebottom | Labour | 861 |
| Chippendale | LIB | 760 |
No. 21 (Nether Shire)1 seat · turnout 21.4%
| P. Moscrop | Labour | 1,840 |
| Clark | Conservative | 792 |
| Hattersley | COMM | 103 |
No. 22 (Netherthorpe)1 seat · turnout 21.5%
| Hattersley | Labour | 1,557 |
| Hattersley | Conservative | 676 |
| Bowns | LIB | 267 |
No. 23 (Owlerton)1 seat · turnout 10.2%
| Hanwell | Labour | 707 |
| Bannister | Conservative | 538 |
| Nears | LIB | 214 |
No. 24 (Park)1 seat · turnout 17.3%
| P. Grisdale | Labour | 2,053 ✓ |
| N. Hutton | Conservative | 512 |
| Bradley | LIB | 314 |
| Ashberry | COMM | 89 |
No. 25 (Sharrow)1 seat · turnout 22.0%
| A. Wood | Labour | 1,391 ✓ |
| Barnsley | Conservative | 732 |
| Ellis | LIB | 354 |
| Taylor | COMM | 94 |
No. 26 (Southey Green)1 seat · turnout 15.3%
| D. Podlesny | Labour | 1,687 |
| Moore | Conservative | 441 |
| Gill | COMM | 72 |
No. 27 (Walkley)2 seats · turnout 25.3%
| W. Owen | Labour | 1,514 |
| Billings | Labour | 1,512 |
| Hutton | Conservative | 1,121 |
| Viner | Conservative | 1,009 |
| M. Harrison | LIB | 336 |
No. 4 (Brightside)1 seat · turnout 21.1%
| Peter Price | Labour | 1,693 |
| Williams | Conservative | 603 |
| Jenkinson | LIB | 331 |
No. 5 (Broomhill)1 seat · turnout 26.9%
| M. Moore | Conservative | 2,678 |
| Brown | Labour | 1,033 |
| Isard | LIB | 880 |
No. 6 (Burngreave)1 seat · turnout 40.0%
| D. Sparkes | LIB | 2,320 ✓ |
| Betts | Labour | 2,069 |
| E. Sizer | Conservative | 199 |
| A. Jenkinson | COMM | 42 |
No. 7 (Castle)1 seat · turnout 17.8%
| Munn | Labour | 1,312 ✓ |
| Burrows | Conservative | 439 |
| Butler | LIB | 234 |
| Randell | COMM | 52 |
No. 8 (Darnall)1 seat · turnout 20.6%
| I. Lewis | Labour | 1,695 |
| S. Rhodes | Conservative | 1,194 |
South Wortley1 seat · turnout 29.6%
| Saddington | Conservative | 2,430 |
| Laurent | Labour | 2,219 |
Stocksbridge1 seat · turnout 34.5%
| Wood | Labour | 2,211 |
| Dawson | Conservative | 1,365 |
