Before (end of 1975) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 17 · Labour 17 · The Liberal Party 5 · Other 0
After (end of 1976) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 27 · Labour 9 · The Liberal Party 3 · Other 0
Ward results
Acomb3 seats
| S Bough | Conservative | 1,340 ✓ |
| G Knox | Conservative | 1,303 ✓ |
| E Binner | Conservative | 1,294 ✓ |
| P Gales | Labour | 1,242 |
| A. Cowen | Labour | 1,194 |
| C Vause | Labour | 1,081 |
| L Doig | LIB | 314 |
| J Lewis | LIB | 284 |
| D Goddard | LIB | 258 |
Beckfield3 seats · turnout 40.4%
| D Carlton | Conservative | 1,060 ✓ |
| C Greaves | Conservative | 1,016 ✓ |
| W. Burke | Labour | 996 ✓ |
| L. Marsh | Labour | 965 |
| M. Jackson | Conservative | 945 |
| B Bell | Labour | 923 |
| M. Bulman | Independent | 470 |
| L. Gill | LIB | 184 |
| W. King | LIB | 150 |
| M. Seymour | COMM | 62 |
Bootham3 seats · turnout 37.1%
| K. Cooper | Labour | 1,331 |
| D. Walker | Labour | 1,174 |
| A. Moody | Labour | 1,152 |
| D. Nicolson | Conservative | 643 |
| C. Tasker | Conservative | 643 |
| M. Bilsborough | Conservative | 544 |
| A. Manners | LIB | 406 |
Clifton3 seats · turnout 39.6%
| W. Richardson | Labour | 1,116 |
| P. Hendry | Labour | 973 |
| S. Stewart | Conservative | 918 |
| R. Croft | Labour | 913 |
| P. Sadd | Conservative | 907 |
| Stephenson S. | Conservative | 873 |
| Cummings D. | Independent | 639 |
| L. Jefferson | LIB | 270 |
| A. Garside | LIB | 252 |
Fishergate3 seats
| D Thornton | Conservative | 1,471 ✓ |
| M Bwye | Conservative | 1,455 ✓ |
| Amanda Milling | Conservative | 1,388 ✓ |
| S Pearson | Labour | 801 |
| Michael Poulter | Labour | 779 |
| J Hatfield | Labour | 777 |
| D Lickley | LIB | 465 |
| R Gagen | LIB | 423 |
| B Lickley | LIB | 416 |
Guildhall3 seats · turnout 37.5%
| R. Oxtoby | Conservative | 1,063 |
| L. Grant | Conservative | 1,024 |
| C. Oliver | Conservative | 1,023 |
| M. Gladwin | Labour | 671 |
| W. Macleod | Labour | 603 |
| N. Derbyshire | Labour | 591 |
| J. Guy | LIB | 511 |
| G. Stoney | LIB | 475 |
| T. Smyth | LIB | 474 |
Heworth3 seats · turnout 48.8%
| J. Wood | Conservative | 1,658 |
| J. Laverack | Conservative | 1,486 |
| K. Wood | Conservative | 1,475 |
| P. Hogarth | Labour | 923 |
| C Waite | Labour | 872 |
| R. Hills | Labour | 866 |
| J. Lord | LIB | 242 |
| W. Moore | LIB | 203 |
Holgate3 seats · turnout 39.1%
| J. Archer | Labour | 1,292 |
| L Daley | Conservative | 1,266 |
| R. Pulleyn | Labour | 1,254 |
| D. Alexander | Conservative | 1,214 |
| P. Chapman | Conservative | 1,212 |
| Kirk D. | Labour | 1,153 |
Knavesmire3 seats · turnout 31.2%
| T. Hibbert | Conservative | 1,172 |
| S. Brearley | Conservative | 1,108 |
| W Bennett | Conservative | 1,101 |
| W. Atkinson | Labour | 698 |
| J. Maxwell | Labour | 691 |
| M. Duffy | Labour | 678 |
Micklegate3 seats · turnout 45.5%
| J. Birch | Conservative | 1,976 |
| G Dean | Conservative | 1,923 |
| P. Booth | Conservative | 1,892 |
| A. Cooper | Labour | 1,105 |
| P. Mitchell | Labour | 1,097 |
| D. Hill | Labour | 1,091 |
| P. Hyde | LIB | 384 |
Monk3 seats · turnout 43.2%
| C. Kay | Conservative | 1,623 |
| M. Heppell | Conservative | 1,595 |
| J. Clout | Conservative | 1,586 |
| F. Kirk | Labour | 730 |
| S. Kirk | Labour | 708 |
| C. Hands | Labour | 703 |
| E. North | LIB | 400 |
| R. North | LIB | 352 |
Walmgate3 seats · turnout 35.2%
| M. Bartram | Conservative | 1,044 |
| D Wilde | Labour | 1,019 |
| F. Thistleton | Labour | 991 |
| Ashley M. | Conservative | 962 |
| A. Thompson | Conservative | 949 |
| H. Firth | Labour | 922 |
| W. Smith | LIB | 218 |
| J. Jeffery | LIB | 194 |
Westfield3 seats · turnout 48.4%
| S. Galloway | LIB | 1,745 |
| C. Fairclough | LIB | 1,535 |
| P. Doig | LIB | 1,507 |
| A. McLean | Labour | 967 |
| K. King | Labour | 941 |
| P. Duffy | Labour | 905 |
| G. Todd | Conservative | 540 |
| G. Booth | Conservative | 478 |
| S. Gibson | Conservative | 475 |