Before (end of 1975)
Not known.
After (end of 1976)
Not known.
Ward results
No. 2 (Central)3 seats · turnout 28.1%
| R Mason | Conservative | 1,040 |
| V. Newbury | Conservative | 1,005 |
| W. Bentley | Conservative | 918 |
| J. Horsford | Labour | 493 |
No. 4 (Mudeford)3 seats
| J. Beauchamp | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| E. Spreadbury | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| A. Payne | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
No. 5 (Highcliffe West)3 seats
| R. Granville | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| C. Jeffries | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| R. Street | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
No. 6 (Highcliffe East)3 seats
| J. Beattie | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| I. Stevenson | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| P. Stickley | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
No. 7 (Hurn & Burton)2 seats · turnout 37.8%
| E. Wilkinson | Conservative | 749 |
| K. Bishop | Conservative | 740 |
| G. Staynings | Ind Con | 284 |
| J. Wallis | Independent | 118 |
| R. Day | Independent | 93 |