Before (end of 1975) (35 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 33 · Labour 2 · The Liberal Party 0 · Conservative 0
After (end of 1976) (35 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 31 · Conservative 4 · The Liberal Party 0 · Labour 0
Ward results
Bottisham2 seats · turnout 47.6%
| C. Hatley | Conservative | 430 |
| G. Ingham | Independent | 427 |
| D. Camish | Independent | 379 |
| H. Buchanan | Conservative | 338 |
BURWELL3 seats · turnout 25.6%
| A. Gathercole | Independent | 654 |
| L. Perkins | Conservative | 519 |
| A. Barton | Conservative | 510 |
| E. Bowers | Independent | 369 |
| P. Pott | Labour | 240 |
Cheveley2 seats · turnout 47.6%
| S. Smart | Independent | 713 |
| P. Bridge | Independent | 588 |
| M. Williams | Independent | 224 |
Dullingham Villages1 seat
| D. Kaye | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Haddenham2 seats · turnout 41.0%
| O. Bethell | Independent | 541 |
| P. Warren | Independent | 480 |
| J. Seaman | Independent | 412 |
| M. Fryer | Labour | 223 |
| B. Greasley | Labour | 149 |
Littleport4 seats
| J. Crane | Independent | 776 |
| B Wright | Independent | 769 |
| A. Wright | Independent | 748 |
| H. Crabb | Independent | 724 |
| R. Gill | Independent | 702 |
| J. Gowling | Independent | 313 |
No. 1 (Ely Urban)7 seats · turnout 18.0%
| A. Pope | Independent | 1,486 |
| J. Beckett | Independent | 1,348 |
| S. Cornwell | Independent | 1,295 |
| M. Rouse | Ind Con | 1,284 |
| R. Halls | Independent | 970 |
| L. Langford | Independent | 909 |
| F. Oakey | Independent | 890 |
| L. Cornwell | Independent | 858 |
| A. Newman | Labour | 524 |
No. 15 (Fordham)1 seat
| J. Fordham | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 18 (Chippenham)1 seat
| D. McLaren | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
No. 4 (Sutton)1 seat
| P. Read | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 5 (Downham)1 seat
| A. White | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 7 (Mepal)1 seat
| W. Constable | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Soham4 seats · turnout 16.7%
| K. Leonard | Independent | 797 |
| W. Gidney | Independent | 790 |
| P. Kirk | Ind SOC | 669 |
| J. Neville | Independent | 643 |
| C. Hempstead | Labour | 259 |
Stretham1 seat · turnout 61.2%
| E. Veal | Independent | 379 |
| E. Langford | Independent | 251 |
| J. Prosser | Labour | 34 |
The Swaffhams1 seat
| M. Cook | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Woodditton1 seat
| J. Smith | Independent | 0 ✓ |