Before (end of 1975) (47 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 36 · Conservative 11 · The Liberal Party 0 · Other 0
After (end of 1976) (47 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 26 · Labour 21 · The Liberal Party 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Bixley4 seats · turnout 37.7%
| J. Price | Conservative | 2,102 |
| J Shorten | Conservative | 2,095 |
| A. Seabrook | Conservative | 2,065 |
| O. Nunn | Conservative | 2,032 |
| P. Allan | Labour | 547 |
| J. Hill | Labour | 512 |
| F. Phelps | Labour | 480 |
| M. Talbot | LIB | 445 |
| W. Moszczynski | Labour | 431 |
Bridge4 seats · turnout 33.0%
| V. Girling | Labour | 1,650 |
| J. Elston | Labour | 1,532 |
| L. Knights | Conservative | 1,496 |
| M. Sharman | Labour | 1,496 |
| T. Gondris | Labour | 1,444 |
| H. Bestow | Conservative | 1,440 |
| L. Warnes | Conservative | 1,408 |
| J. Saguiez | Conservative | 1,316 |
| G. Smith | LIB | 386 |
Broom Hill3 seats
| D Myer | Conservative | 1,372 ✓ |
| A Rampling | Conservative | 1,301 ✓ |
| S Manthorpe | Conservative | 1,154 ✓ |
| Jacqueline North | Labour | 542 |
| D Watkins | Labour | 469 |
| J Selway | Labour | 455 |
| M Reckitt | LIB | 375 |
Gainsborough3 seats
| M Mickleburgh | Labour | 1,338 ✓ |
| R Skerritt | Labour | 1,206 ✓ |
| P Thurlow | Labour | 1,182 ✓ |
| J Young | Conservative | 634 |
| M Grant | Conservative | 490 |
| C Green | Conservative | 428 |
Middle2 seats · turnout 37.3%
| O. Cook | Conservative | 694 |
| J. Beeston | Labour | 637 |
| J. Metcalfe | Labour | 630 |
| B. Paternoster | Conservative | 577 |
| M. Hale | LIB | 179 |
Racecourse3 seats
| Barry Charles James | Labour | 942 ✓ |
| Richard Elliott | Labour | 918 ✓ |
| P Ross | Labour | 850 ✓ |
| M Francis | Conservative | 550 |
| M Nunn | Conservative | 498 |
| N Cooke-Abbott | Conservative | 461 |
| R Holt | LIB | 201 |
Rushmere3 seats · turnout 50.9%
| M. Keeble | Conservative | 1,848 |
| W. Pipe | Conservative | 1,826 |
| R Strutt | Conservative | 1,770 |
| J. Wright | Labour | 1,166 |
| C. Rawlinson | Labour | 1,145 |
| I. Grimwood | Labour | 1,140 |
| J. Kippax | LIB | 546 |
St John's3 seats
| J. Mowles | Labour | 1,305 |
| W. Hammond | Conservative | 1,220 |
| F. Brown | Conservative | 1,216 |
| A. Gorham | Conservative | 1,203 |
| D. Warsop | Labour | 1,099 |
| B. O'Reilly | Labour | 1,089 |
| K. Heales | LIB | 307 |
St Margaret's3 seats · turnout 40.1%
| H Davies | Conservative | 1,991 ✓ |
| Douglas Marriott | Conservative | 1,955 ✓ |
| M Macdonald | Conservative | 1,924 ✓ |
| P Gondris | Labour | 482 |
| K. Wilson | Labour | 467 |
| K Wilson | Labour | 438 |
St. Clements3 seats · turnout 97.7%
| J. Cooper | Conservative | 1,405 ✓ |
| J. Driver | Conservative | 1,369 ✓ |
| S. Brand | Conservative | 1,343 ✓ |
| E. Grant | Labour | 1,122 |
| C. James | Labour | 1,002 |
| A. White | Labour | 959 |
Valley3 seats · turnout 43.5%
| Barker A. | Conservative | 987 |
| P. Claxton | Conservative | 974 |
| B. Pinner | Conservative | 958 |
| L. Edwards | Labour | 888 |
| R Kirby | Labour | 820 |
| I. Andrews | Labour | 812 |
Westbourne3 seats · turnout 34.0%
| S. Mason | Labour | 1,204 |
| C. Packard | Labour | 1,169 |
| H. Beales | Labour | 1,107 |
| J. Mudd | Conservative | 884 |
| R. Mudd | Conservative | 852 |
| D. Rees | Conservative | 825 |
Whitton5 seats
| William Knowles | Labour | 1,545 ✓ |
| K. Clark | Conservative | 1,540 ✓ |
| D. Thomas | Conservative | 1,536 ✓ |
| G. Scotcher | Conservative | 1,530 ✓ |
| D. Rowland | Labour | 1,523 ✓ |
| D. Baldwin | Conservative | 1,512 |
| F. Wilding | Labour | 1,499 |
| J. Watkins | Labour | 1,477 |
| D. Hamilton | Lowe Con | 1,443 |
| D. North | Labour | 1,390 |
| R. Whiting | LIB | 541 |