Before (end of 1975) (33 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 19 · Conservative 9 · Other 5 · The Liberal Party 0
After (end of 1976) (33 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 18 · Labour 8 · Other 7 · The Liberal Party 0
Ward results
Alverstoke3 seats
| H Taylor | Conservative | 2,584 ✓ |
| T Maynard | Conservative | 2,573 ✓ |
| Patrick Greene | Conservative | 2,374 ✓ |
| L Hug | RES | 1,019 |
| Jack Tyrrell | Labour | 443 |
| J Bell | Labour | 441 |
| Hedley Woods | Labour | 413 |
Bridgemary3 seats · turnout 35.9%
| R. Borras | Labour | 1,235 |
| J. Winter | Labour | 1,230 |
| L. Humphries | Labour | 1,206 |
| B. Carter | Conservative | 963 |
| J. Seymour | Conservative | 931 |
| A. Ellis | Conservative | 822 |
| P. Topple | LIB | 361 |
Brockhurst3 seats
| D. Wright | Labour | 964 ✓ |
| Eddy Sears | Labour | 933 ✓ |
| A Pearce | Conservative | 872 ✓ |
| K Winter | Labour | 861 |
| B Bayford | Conservative | 830 |
| R Richards | Conservative | 781 |
Elson3 seats
| R Irwin | RES | 1,085 ✓ |
| A Partington | RES | 970 ✓ |
| L Rushforth | RES | 753 ✓ |
| V Neal | Conservative | 662 |
| H Laws | Conservative | 563 |
| D Chamberlain | Conservative | 447 |
| John Hewitt | Labour | 422 |
| N Dyer | Labour | 418 |
| Anthony Welch | Labour | 329 |
Forton3 seats · turnout 36.4%
| G. Hewitt | Labour | 740 |
| S. Leyland | Labour | 660 |
| C. Leyland | Labour | 638 |
| S. Cox | Conservative | 529 |
| J. Bryant | Conservative | 493 |
| W. O'Dell | Conservative | 446 |
| D. De La Mare | LIB | 162 |
| A. Old | LIB | 128 |
Hardway3 seats · turnout 49.6%
| T. Keith | Conservative | 978 |
| S. Duncan-Brown | Conservative | 949 |
| I. McBryde | Conservative | 925 |
| C. Pearce | RES | 587 |
| D. Hawkins | Labour | 454 |
| J. Wallace | Labour | 443 |
| S. Cully | Labour | 351 |
| A. Herridge | LIB | 286 |
Lee3 seats
| A Garforth | Conservative | 1,688 ✓ |
| G Flory | Conservative | 1,684 ✓ |
| R. Dimmer | Independent | 1,540 ✓ |
| A Dyer | Labour | 295 |
| A Mason | Labour | 247 |
| J Redrup | Labour | 222 |
Leesland3 seats
| F Behrendt | Conservative | 990 ✓ |
| G O'Neill | RES | 876 ✓ |
| Dawn Lucas | Conservative | 727 ✓ |
| C Parsons | Conservative | 693 |
| B Pittard | Labour | 654 |
| M Hill | Labour | 563 |
| E Winter | Labour | 537 |
Newtown3 seats · turnout 48.0%
| W. Chidlow | Independent | 798 |
| R. Pearce | Conservative | 795 |
| L. Hare | RES | 679 |
| S. Mabey | Labour | 660 |
| Rasmussen J. | Conservative | 659 |
| P. Goode | Labour | 470 |
| E. Winter | Labour | 381 |
Rowner3 seats
| A Williams | Conservative | 1,726 ✓ |
| David Withers | Conservative | 1,672 ✓ |
| A Egglestone | Conservative | 1,652 ✓ |
| E Hardman | Labour | 1,515 |
| Lynne Wallace | Labour | 1,303 |
| B Bond | Labour | 1,233 |