Before (end of 1975) (55 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 24 · Conservative 17 · Labour 14 · The Liberal Party 0
After (end of 1976) (55 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 24 · Other 23 · Labour 8 · The Liberal Party 0
Ward results
Aveland1 seat · turnout 50.2%
| R. Tamplin | Independent | 404 |
| H. Scarborough | Labour | 302 |
DEEPING ST. JAMES2 seats
| J Smith | Conservative | 698 |
| M. Moyle | Independent | 478 |
| E. Lankey | Labour | 366 |
| R. Jewell | Labour | 343 |
Ermine1 seat
| R. Simpson | Independent | 0 ✓ |
MARKET & WEST DEEPING2 seats · turnout 42.4%
| C. Bolton | Independent | 666 |
| G. Davison | Independent | 661 |
| G. Ellis | Independent | 414 |
| C. Fretwell | Labour | 187 |
| M. Irons | Labour | 109 |
No. 10 (Grantham: Grange & St. Wulframs)5 seats · turnout 35.7%
| G. Foster | Conservative | 1,745 |
| J. Foster | Conservative | 1,726 |
| F. Wright | Conservative | 1,657 |
| J. Flatters | Conservative | 1,656 |
| F. Ely | Conservative | 1,644 |
| S. Dickinson | Labour | 749 |
| L. Dawson | Labour | 707 |
| R. Reed | Labour | 676 |
No. 11 (Grantham: Spittlegate)4 seats · turnout 34.3%
| H. Harris | Labour | 950 |
| P. Jones | Labour | 908 |
| B. Lee | Conservative | 774 |
| P. Perry | Labour | 770 |
| K. Porter | Conservative | 764 |
| W. Bevan | Labour | 759 |
| J. Kilby | Conservative | 730 |
| R. North | Conservative | 710 |
| R. Whatton | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 13 (Harlaxton)1 seat · turnout 53.9%
| J. Ward | Independent | 586 |
| P. Binner | Labour | 70 |
No. 14 (Stoke Rochford)1 seat
| J. Wright | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
No. 15 (Ropsley & Humby)1 seat
| D. Fletcher | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 16 (South Witham)1 seat
| H. Timberlake | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 17 (Corby Glen)1 seat · turnout 68.4%
| J. Willoughby | Independent | 541 |
| A. Dawson | Labour | 151 |
No. 21 (Castle Bytham)1 seat
| D. Harris | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 23 (Bourne)4 seats · turnout 29.9%
| M. Clark | Independent | 1,309 |
| D. Reeson | Independent | 1,183 |
| L. Warner | Independent | 997 |
| J. Wright | Independent | 826 |
| R. Cliffe | Independent | 763 |
| L. Wilson | Independent | 759 |
| M. Cooper | Independent | 637 |
No. 24 (Baston)1 seat
| R. Stanton | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 25 (Stamford: All Saints)3 seats · turnout 30.9%
| F. Sawyer | Independent | 861 |
| M. Gray | Independent | 846 |
| K. Mackenzie-Ross | Independent | 837 |
| C. Glenn | Labour | 735 |
| E. Woodward | Labour | 694 |
| R. Benson | Labour | 655 |
No. 26 (Stamford: St. Georges)3 seats · turnout 37.0%
| J. Frisby | Independent | 484 |
| A. Nichols | Independent | 466 |
| E. Randall | Independent | 460 |
| G. Essex | Labour | 445 |
| B. Gulliver | Labour | 332 |
| J. Gaffigan | Labour | 311 |
No. 27 (Stamford: St. Marys)3 seats · turnout 29.4%
| A. Riley | Independent | 1,074 |
| G. Swanson | Conservative | 1,019 |
| P. Spiegl | Conservative | 1,003 |
| M. Winslow | Labour | 237 |
| T. Fitchett | Labour | 220 |
No. 28 (Langtoft)1 seat
| M. Snodgrass | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 6 (Barrowby)1 seat
| J. Walker | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 8 (Grantham: Somerby)5 seats · turnout 44.3%
| I. Dawson | Labour | 1,490 |
| A. Ramsden | Labour | 1,465 |
| S. Garnet | Labour | 1,381 |
| C. Burrows | Labour | 1,366 |
| F. Spurr | Labour | 1,233 |
| H. Nadin | Conservative | 1,179 |
| W. Stephenson | Conservative | 1,140 |
| C. Woods | Conservative | 1,138 |
| W. Sykes | Conservative | 1,071 |
| J. Wilks | Conservative | 1,051 |
No. 9 (Grantham: St. Johns Andst. Peters)4 seats · turnout 46.9%
| G Necklen | Conservative | 1,240 |
| G. Necklen | Conservative | 1,240 ✓ |
| M. Foster | Conservative | 1,160 ✓ |
| M Foster | Conservative | 1,160 |
| J O'Neill | Conservative | 1,124 |
| J. O'Neill | Conservative | 1,124 ✓ |
| S. Measures | Conservative | 1,104 ✓ |
| S Measures | Conservative | 1,104 |
| E. Davies | Labour | 920 |
| E Davies | Labour | 920 |
| N Dexter | Labour | 768 |
| N. Dexter | Labour | 768 |
| T Featherstone | Labour | 765 |
| T. Featherstone | Labour | 765 |
| V Smith | Labour | 741 |
| V. Smith | Labour | 741 |
Peascliffe1 seat
| J. Thompson | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Ringstone1 seat
| V. Needham | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Saxonwell1 seat
| G. Swallow | Independent | 0 ✓ |
TOLLER1 seat · turnout 53.2%
| G. Spencer | Independent | 258 |
| E. Challands | Independent | 171 |
| G. Wood | Independent | 142 |
Witham Valley1 seat
| G. Critchley | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
