Before (end of 1974) (57 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 42 · The Liberal Party 8 · Conservative 6 · Other 1
After (end of 1975) (57 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 30 · Conservative 15 · The Liberal Party 11 · Other 1
Ward results
Chadderton Central1 seat
| D. Berry | Conservative | 1,020 |
| F. Yates | Labour | 650 |
| Buckley | LIB | 341 |
Failsworth West1 seat
| L. Tetlow | Conservative | 1,177 |
| G. Bancroft | Labour | 983 |
| P. Widdall | COMM | 67 |
No. 16 (Failsworth East & South)1 seat · turnout 31.8%
| J. Riley | Conservative | 1,783 |
| Fahey | Labour | 991 |
No. 5 (St. James)1 seat · turnout 20.7%
| Cress | LIB | 956 |
| A. McConnell | Labour | 740 |
| Pollitt | COMM | 79 |
No. 7 (Coldhurst & Westwood)1 seat · turnout 33.7%
| V. Knowles | LIB | 1,629 |
| Heap | Labour | 1,035 |
No. 8 (Hartford & Werneth)1 seat · turnout 34.9%
| Bamford | Conservative | 1,654 ✓ |
| J. Warrener | Labour | 1,084 |
| M. Pendlebury | LIB | 561 |
| G. Halliwell | Independent | 110 |
Saddleworth East1 seat
| E. Clegg | LIB | 2,042 |
| B. Colson | Conservative | 1,882 |
| R. Keogh | Labour | 512 |
Saddleworth West1 seat
| E. Shaw | LIB | 1,183 |
| K. Byron | Conservative | 1,156 |
| R. Johnson | Labour | 661 |