Before (end of 1975)
Not known.
After (end of 1976)
Not known.
Ward results
Brandon3 seats · turnout 31.7%
| A. Stock | Labour | 1,020 |
| W. Foster | Labour | 1,018 |
| W. Stobbs | Independent | 858 |
| Bartlett N. | Labour | 847 |
Cassop Cum Quarrinton4 seats
| J. Wright | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| C. McCormick | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| T. Marsden | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| J. Ramshaw | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Croxdale1 seat
| J. Anderson | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Deerness3 seats
| C. Ellison | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| M. Rochford | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| H. Dinsdale | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Framwellgate Moor3 seats · turnout 38.8%
| W. Lodge | Independent | 1,027 |
| D. Burrows | Independent | 828 |
| J. Barker | Labour | 688 |
| J. Metcalfe | Labour | 512 |
| H. Middlemas | Labour | 468 |
New Brancepeth1 seat
| W. Taylor | Labour | 0 ✓ |
No. 1 (Durham: Nevilles Cross)3 seats · turnout 35.5%
| R. Stitt | Independent | 1,101 |
| C. Beswick | Independent | 1,093 |
| W. Skilbeck | Independent | 1,067 |
| D. Hanson | Labour | 322 |
No. 10 (Brandon: South)1 seat · turnout 49.6%
| H. Carr | Labour | 331 |
| E. Brown | Independent | 302 |
No. 17 (Coxhoe)3 seats
| A. Thompson | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| M. Crathorne | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| J. Lattimer | Labour | 0 ✓ |
No. 19 (Kelloe)1 seat
| J. Scott | Labour | 0 ✓ |
No. 2 (Durham: Framwellgate)6 seats · turnout 36.9%
| G. Smith | LIB | 1,874 |
| J. Shillock | LIB | 1,701 |
| M. Anderson | LIB | 1,642 |
| N. Scaggs | LIB | 1,592 |
| A. Gordon | LIB | 1,588 |
| D. Lunan | LIB | 1,510 |
| A. Belfield | Independent | 875 |
| Pete Molloy | Independent | 820 |
| D. Harrigan | Labour | 739 |
| C. Hepworth | Labour | 707 |
| F. Metcalfe | Labour | 644 |
| N. Kinnear | Labour | 623 |
| K. Quinn | Labour | 602 |
| K. Hosie | Labour | 587 |
No. 20 (Pittington)1 seat
| R. Close | Labour | 0 ✓ |
No. 25 (West Rainton)2 seats
| E. Hepburn | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| J. Colwell | Labour | 0 ✓ |
No. 3 (Durham: Crossgate)2 seats · turnout 49.2%
| S. Green | LIB | 787 |
| C. Brown | LIB | 674 |
| L. Waller | Labour | 229 |
No. 4 (Durham: Elvet)2 seats · turnout 35.5%
| D. Young | Independent | 574 |
| N. Sarsfield | Independent | 562 |
| E. Nicholson | LIB | 337 |
| R. Cowan | Labour | 202 |
| P. Lund | Labour | 200 |
No. 5 (Durham: St. Nicholas)2 seats · turnout 36.1%
| W. Hay | Independent | 449 |
| J. Thurlow | Independent | 441 |
| V. McIntyre | Labour | 279 |
| A. Jones | Labour | 269 |
No. 6 (Durham: Gilesgate)3 seats
| G. Wilmot | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| C. Morgan | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| J. Mackintosh | Labour | 0 ✓ |
No. 7 (Durham: Pelaw)2 seats · turnout 27.9%
| R. Carr | Labour | 437 |
| Andy Clegg | Labour | 404 |
| W. Beardall | LIB | 129 |
No. 9 (Brandon: East)1 seat · turnout 50.2%
| M. Halliday | Independent | 201 |
| Alex Winning | Labour | 110 |
Shadforth1 seat
| A. St. Julien | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Sherburn2 seats · turnout 47.8%
| G. Steinberg | Labour | 744 |
| J. Burrell | Ind Lab | 589 |
| T. Reid | Labour | 580 |
| T. Cairns | Ind Lab | 304 |
| L. Walls | Ind Lab | 146 |
Shincliffe1 seat · turnout 59.4%
| J. Davison | Independent | 448 |
| V. Taylor Gooby | Labour | 184 |
Ushaw Moor3 seats · turnout 37.3%
| J. Turner | Labour | 724 |
| E. Shuker | Labour | 724 |
| A. Whitfield | Independent | 650 |
| J. Wood | Independent | 477 |
| E. Cummings | Labour | 461 |
| R. Syson | Independent | 451 |
Witton Gilbert2 seats
| S. Conaway | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| H. Cooper | Labour | 0 ✓ |