Before (end of 1975) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 27 · Labour 6 · Other 3 · The Liberal Party 0
After (end of 1976) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 33 · Labour 2 · Other 1 · The Liberal Party 0
Ward results
Adelaide3 seats · turnout 39.5%
| D. Lovegrove | Conservative | 1,855 |
| N. Freedman | Conservative | 1,763 |
| D. Simkins | Conservative | 1,725 |
| R. Kelly | Labour | 270 |
| S. Sharpe | Labour | 222 |
| T. Sharpe | Labour | 212 |
| B. Smith | LIB | 183 |
Brunswick3 seats · turnout 28.9%
| C. Fraser | Conservative | 760 |
| I. May-Loader | Conservative | 729 |
| J. Broadley | Conservative | 717 |
| E. Michael | RES | 403 |
| J. Hunting | Labour | 310 |
| S. Dickens | Labour | 305 |
| C. John | Labour | 251 |
| P. Van Buren | LIB | 96 |
Goldsmid3 seats · turnout 40.2%
| P. Chambers | Conservative | 1,888 |
| B. Jordan | Conservative | 1,807 |
| J. McNaughton | Conservative | 1,786 |
| G. Connolly | LIB | 367 |
| D. Coates | LIB | 349 |
| M. Kerridge | LIB | 331 |
| S. Earl | Labour | 201 |
| S. Abercromby | Labour | 178 |
| M. Taylor | Labour | 177 |
Goldstone3 seats · turnout 32.5%
| B. Sanders | Conservative | 1,158 |
| R. Binning | Conservative | 1,098 |
| K. McGregor | Conservative | 979 |
| G. Knight | Labour | 310 |
| G. Wright | LIB | 310 |
| M. Thomas | LIB | 310 |
| M. Sandsford | Labour | 306 |
| M. Liston | Labour | 292 |
Hangleton3 seats · turnout 40.0%
| E. Colin-Jones | Conservative | 1,581 ✓ |
| D. Hennessy | Conservative | 1,383 ✓ |
| S. Howard | RES | 1,232 ✓ |
| B. Wells | Conservative | 1,196 |
| P. Ratazzi | RES | 1,128 |
| P. Walder | RES | 1,076 |
| D. Knapp | Labour | 445 |
| J. Pumphrey | Labour | 377 |
| S. Sandground | Labour | 370 |
| J. Wakeling | LIB | 311 |
| J. Lewis | LIB | 272 |
Knoll3 seats · turnout 38.4%
| J. Coe | Conservative | 1,174 |
| D. Barling | Conservative | 1,010 |
| E. Cruiksank-Robb | Conservative | 955 |
| D. Paterson | Labour | 739 |
| J. Kelly | Labour | 731 |
| M. Doyle | Labour | 727 |
| R. Davison | LIB | 462 |
| R. Barron | RES | 261 |
Portslade North3 seats · turnout 45.5%
| I. Hamilton | Labour | 1,834 |
| L. Hamilton | Labour | 1,812 |
| E. Dickson | Conservative | 1,556 |
| S. Chabot | Conservative | 1,372 |
| C. Sugarman | Conservative | 1,359 |
| D. Taylor | Labour | 1,347 |
| D. Ludbrook | LIB | 751 |
Portslade South3 seats · turnout 42.8%
| W. Martin | Conservative | 960 ✓ |
| R. Stenning | Conservative | 951 ✓ |
| B. Dunmore | Conservative | 926 ✓ |
| C. Knight | Labour | 814 |
| F. Page | Labour | 737 |
| J. Cattell | Labour | 715 |
| L. Lister | RES | 642 |
| A. Macdonald | RES | 568 |
| B. Welsh | LIB | 325 |
| S. Martinez | LIB | 298 |
| R. Wiggins | LIB | 295 |
Stanford3 seats · turnout 39.3%
| Dave Edmonds | Conservative | 2,533 |
| J. Rivett-Drake | Conservative | 2,469 |
| G. Warren | Conservative | 2,467 |
| G. Wellings | LIB | 308 |
| S. Hamilton | Labour | 215 |
| J. Gray | Labour | 196 |
| P. Godwin | Labour | 178 |
Vallance3 seats · turnout 34.2%
| G. Peltzer Dunn | Conservative | 1,333 |
| P. Gladwin | Conservative | 1,301 |
| D. Ritchie | Conservative | 1,291 |
| R. Davies | Labour | 276 |
| V. Hodgkiss | Labour | 228 |
| D. White | Labour | 212 |
| C. Pearson | LIB | 154 |
| M. Coulson Dunn | LIB | 146 |
Westbourne3 seats · turnout 37.1%
| E. Rosevear | Conservative | 1,328 |
| M. Edelshain | Conservative | 1,292 |
| T. Benson | Conservative | 1,158 |
| J. Ellis | LIB | 453 |
| M. Carpenter | LIB | 445 |
| J. Pearson | LIB | 407 |
| B. Gowlett | Labour | 253 |
| W. Abbott | Labour | 227 |
| D. Slevin | Labour | 224 |
Wish3 seats · turnout 46.3%
| J. Harrison | Conservative | 1,521 ✓ |
| D. Ireland | Conservative | 1,482 ✓ |
| J. Barr | Conservative | 1,408 ✓ |
| G. Lee | Residents | 544 |
| F. Lyons | Residents | 513 |
| A. Gunton | Residents | 503 |
| H. Frost | Labour | 169 |
| M. Frost | Labour | 164 |
| R. Shields | Labour | 127 |
| C. Lyster | The Liberal Party | 102 |
| R. Lyster | The Liberal Party | 86 |
| P. Weller | The Liberal Party | 86 |