Before (end of 1975) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 16 · Conservative 14 · Other 8 · The Liberal Party 7
After (end of 1976) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 20 · Labour 14 · Other 6 · The Liberal Party 5
Ward results
Burton Latimer4 seats
| A. Morby | Independent | 1,198 |
| J. Meads | Independent | 1,179 |
| J. Loake | Independent | 945 |
| C. Groome | Independent | 681 |
| J. Mackintosh | Conservative | 543 |
| R. Cooper | Conservative | 477 |
No. 11 (Rothwell)4 seats
| G Pentelow | Conservative | 877 ✓ |
| W Rowe | Labour | 851 ✓ |
| W Cosby | Conservative | 838 ✓ |
| M Bradley | Labour | 784 ✓ |
| J Petzing | Labour | 725 |
| W Panther | Conservative | 690 |
| F Lee | Independent | 657 |
| E Jarosz | Conservative | 630 |
| N Laing | Labour | 599 |
No. 2 (Kettering: Barton)6 seats
| J Campbell | Conservative | 1,593 ✓ |
| D Cowell | Conservative | 1,296 ✓ |
| A Attwood | Conservative | 1,211 ✓ |
| D Thompson | LIB | 1,176 ✓ |
| B Smith | Conservative | 1,102 ✓ |
| J Poole | Conservative | 1,085 ✓ |
| A Evans | LIB | 1,040 |
| Claire Wells | Conservative | 967 |
| J Minney | Independent | 732 |