Before (end of 1974) (69 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 37 · Labour 24 · Other 5 · The Liberal Party 3
After (end of 1975) (69 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 40 · Labour 22 · Other 4 · The Liberal Party 3
Ward results
No. 1 (Bootle: Derby & Stanley)1 seat · turnout 24.9%
| Moore | Labour | 1,611 |
| F. Morris | Conservative | 1,146 |
| Lilley | LIB | 445 |
No. 10 (Southport: Hesketh & Scarisbrick)1 seat · turnout 37.0%
| Morgan | Conservative | 2,272 |
| R. Barnett | LIB | 1,032 |
| Nicholson | Labour | 685 |
No. 11 (Southport: Marine & Park)1 seat · turnout 36.1%
| Hunt | Conservative | 2,378 |
| H. Hanson | LIB | 1,318 |
No. 12 (Crosby: Central-College-St. Johns)1 seat · turnout 34.2%
| Askew | Conservative | 2,285 |
| Beswarick | Labour | 988 |
| Littler | LIB | 942 |
No. 14 (Crosby: East)1 seat · turnout 34.3%
| Kennedy | Conservative | 2,434 |
| Jones | Labour | 890 |
| McGrath | COMM | 45 |
No. 15 (Crosby: North & West)1 seat · turnout 39.6%
| Leahy | Conservative | 2,889 |
| Freeman | LIB | 765 |
| Mackay | Labour | 235 |
No. 16 (Formby: Duke Street Andraven Meols)1 seat · turnout 38.2%
| Williamson | Conservative | 1,546 |
| M. Metcalfe | LIB | 650 |
| Eccleston | Labour | 478 |
No. 17 (Formby: Freshfield-Oldtown-St. Lukes)1 seat · turnout 40.3%
| Williams | Conservative | 2,922 |
| P. Reid | LIB | 822 |
| Molloy | Labour | 360 |
No. 18 (Litherland: Beach-Ford-Hatton Hill)1 seat · turnout 31.2%
| Lipton | Labour | 1,204 ✓ |
| P. Barrett | Conservative | 853 |
| S. Jones | LIB | 418 |
| Wenton | COMM | 40 |
No. 19 (Litherland: Church-Hornby-Osborne- Walker)1 seat · turnout 25.3%
| Buckles | Conservative | 1,081 ✓ |
| Clarke | Labour | 1,013 |
No. 2 (Bootle: Linacre & Mersey)1 seat · turnout 23.0%
| Hearty | Labour | 1,465 ✓ |
| Halliwell | Conservative | 650 |
| Fjortoft | LIB | 338 |
| Byrne | COMM | 103 |
No. 20 (Aintree)1 seat · turnout 37.4%
| Martland | Conservative | 1,793 |
| Lloyd | RES | 1,112 |
| James | Labour | 623 |
No. 21 (Maghull East & North-Melling)1 seat · turnout 33.1%
| Ellis | Conservative | 1,894 ✓ |
| Jones | RES | 1,110 |
| Barton | Labour | 1,071 |
| Kaye | LIB | 420 |
No. 22 (Maghull South & West-Melling)1 seat · turnout 28.7%
| Bullen | Conservative | 1,357 |
| Lee | RES | 1,032 |
| Mounsey | Labour | 399 |
No. 3 (Bootle: Netherton)1 seat · turnout 22.6%
| Hopkins | Labour | 1,128 |
| M. Charnock | Conservative | 755 |
| R. Morris | COMM | 72 |
No. 4 (Bootle: Orrell)1 seat · turnout 25.6%
| Barrows | Conservative | 920 |
| Spencer | Labour | 884 |
No. 5 (Bootle: Sefton)1 seat · turnout 21.9%
| Mahon | Labour | 1,326 |
| Thomas | Conservative | 547 |
No. 6 (Southport: Ainsdale & Birkdale South)2 seats · turnout 34.7%
| Cragg | Conservative | 3,396 |
| Watson | Conservative | 3,383 |
| Collins | LIB | 948 |
| Ostrin | LIB | 851 |
| Cowen | Labour | 572 |
| Fenerty | Labour | 535 |
No. 7 (Southport: Birkdale East & North & South)1 seat · turnout 31.2%
| Poynton | Conservative | 1,732 ✓ |
| Bentham | Labour | 710 |
| McCabe | The Liberal Party | 651 |
| Corcoran | Residents | 432 |
No. 8 (Southport: Central-Birkdale West-West)1 seat · turnout 29.9%
| Mitchell | Conservative | 2,020 |
| Tinsley | LIB | 657 |
No. 9 (Souhtport: Craven-Sussex-Talbot)1 seat · turnout 39.3%
| Jones | LIB | 1,677 |
| M. Pointon | Conservative | 1,569 |
| Auger | Labour | 1,150 |