Before (end of 1975)
Not known.
After (end of 1976)
Not known.
Ward results
No. 1 (Brinnington & Lancashire Hill)1 seat · turnout 31.0%
| A. Bradbury | Labour | 2,552 |
| G. Brook | Conservative | 1,343 |
| J. Walsh | LIB | 306 |
No. 11 (Bredbury Tame)1 seat · turnout 46.7%
| R. Walker | Conservative | 2,193 |
| J. Howard | Labour | 1,467 |
| B. Hall | LIB | 1,165 |
No. 12 (Heald Green)1 seat · turnout 47.8%
| R. Stenson | RES | 2,713 ✓ |
| M. Campbell | Conservative | 1,111 |
| P. Porgess | LIB | 723 |
| D. Lewis | Labour | 361 |
No. 13 (Cheadle & Gatley)1 seat · turnout 48.7%
| F. Bishop | Conservative | 4,004 |
| L. Foulgar | LIB | 1,639 |
| A. Endsor | Labour | 747 |
No. 14 (Cheadle Hulme South)1 seat · turnout 56.9%
| W. Allen | Conservative | 1,913 ✓ |
| R. Higgins | RES | 1,329 |
| R. Smith | LIB | 1,120 |
| C. Gill | Labour | 306 |
No. 15 (Cheadle Hulme North Andadshead)1 seat · turnout 51.4%
| B. Thompson | Conservative | 2,974 |
| J. Rossall | LIB | 2,149 |
| M. Parker | Labour | 878 |
No. 16 (Torkington & Norbury)1 seat · turnout 51.6%
| B. Miller | Conservative | 3,131 |
| M. Hendley | LIB | 2,441 |
| G. Collier | Labour | 538 |
No. 17 (Ladybrook)1 seat · turnout 59.5%
| D. Havers | Conservative | 1,991 |
| J. Warrington | LIB | 1,148 |
| M. Francis | Labour | 164 |
No. 18 (Park & Pownall)1 seat · turnout 54.2%
| A. McGregor | Conservative | 4,048 |
| B. Massey | LIB | 2,018 |
| F. Ollier | Labour | 339 |
No. 19 (Marple)1 seat · turnout 52.5%
| M. Taylor | Conservative | 2,368 |
| J. Brady | LIB | 1,964 |
| K. Parkin | Labour | 442 |
No. 2 (Manor & Little Moor)1 seat · turnout 39.1%
| H. Walker | Labour | 1,468 ✓ |
| E. Williamson | Conservative | 1,409 |
| M. Walmsley | LIB | 464 |
| I. Crawford | COMM | 64 |
No. 20 (Mellor & High Lane)1 seat · turnout 53.1%
| C. Mason | Conservative | 2,780 |
| G. Fernyhough | LIB | 1,425 |
| R. Barstow | Labour | 347 |
No. 3 (Vernon & Offerton)1 seat · turnout 41.1%
| W. Malpass | Conservative | 1,561 |
| W. Meen | Labour | 1,525 |
| R. Dearman | LIB | 827 |
No. 4 (Heaviley & Davenport)1 seat · turnout 41.4%
| H. Dodd | Conservative | 2,799 |
| R. Quayle | LIB | 921 |
| P. Towey | Labour | 739 |
No. 5 (Adswood & Cale Green)1 seat · turnout 33.6%
| K Brookes | Labour | 1,718 |
| G. Lowe | Conservative | 1,607 |
| E. Fantom | LIB | 534 |
No. 6 (Edgeley & Cheadle Heath)1 seat · turnout 46.7%
| F. Childs | LIB | 2,017 ✓ |
| H. Bennett | Conservative | 1,510 |
| R. Heys | Labour | 1,482 |
| J. Hunt | Independent | 86 |
| V. Ohren | COMM | 43 |
No. 7 (Heaton Mersey & Heatonnorris)1 seat · turnout 42.0%
| E. Foulkes | Conservative | 3,360 |
| A. Jones | Labour | 1,043 |
| N. Dobbie | LIB | 749 |
No. 8 (Heaton Moor & Heaton Chapel)1 seat · turnout 44.0%
| J. Lloyd | Conservative | 3,297 |
| J. Lowe | Labour | 1,221 |
| R. Worthington | LIB | 648 |
No. 9 (Reddish Green & Longford)1 seat · turnout 42.0%
| Foster C. | Labour | 2,495 ✓ |
| M. Litchfield | Conservative | 1,959 |
| L. Duckett | LIB | 480 |
| N. Bourne | COMM | 96 |