Before (end of 1975) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 30 · Conservative 12 · The Liberal Party 3 · Other 0
After (end of 1976) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 30 · Labour 15 · The Liberal Party 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Blackbird Leys3 seats
| A Gillians | Labour | 1,082 ✓ |
| M McCarthy | Labour | 909 ✓ |
| P Hunt | Labour | 890 ✓ |
| J Falconer | Conservative | 843 |
| J Earl | Conservative | 686 |
| G Hammond | Conservative | 636 |
Cherwell3 seats
| J. Todd | Conservative | 1,717 |
| F. Garside | Conservative | 1,690 |
| W. Simpson | Conservative | 1,678 |
| R. James | Labour | 633 |
| M. Bingham | Labour | 616 |
| G. Kandola | Labour | 527 |
Donnington3 seats
| A Williamson | Labour | 1,020 ✓ |
| F Shellard | Conservative | 897 ✓ |
| A Smith | Labour | 887 ✓ |
| Dominic Dyer | Labour | 866 |
| M Matthews | Conservative | 764 |
| F Wood | Conservative | 741 |
| P Butler | LIB | 137 |
| L Wicks | LIB | 106 |
| K Godfrey | LIB | 106 |
East3 seats
| F Kane | Conservative | 888 ✓ |
| S Zinkin | Conservative | 804 ✓ |
| S Routledge | Conservative | 783 ✓ |
| D Cosgrove | Labour | 717 |
| E Laughran | Labour | 684 |
| J Power | Labour | 636 |
| D Pratley | Ind LIB | 578 |
| Michael Butler | LIB | 545 |
| V Gibbs | Ind LIB | 373 |
| D Goff | LIB | 315 |
| M Kelly | Ind LIB | 258 |
| D Birdwood | LIB | 257 |
Headington3 seats
| J Ellis | Conservative | 1,466 ✓ |
| N Tiffany | Conservative | 1,383 ✓ |
| A Cantwell | Conservative | 1,338 ✓ |
| Alan Dent | Labour | 1,327 |
| R Liddle | Labour | 1,307 |
| N Tattersall | Labour | 1,208 |
Iffley3 seats
| P Yardley | Conservative | 1,295 ✓ |
| W Benfield | Conservative | 1,294 ✓ |
| J Parker | Labour | 1,288 ✓ |
| R Porter | Conservative | 1,195 |
| F Campbell | Labour | 1,070 |
| A Scannell | Labour | 1,036 |
Marston3 seats
| B Standingford | Labour | 1,292 ✓ |
| A Conners | Labour | 1,285 ✓ |
| D Carr | Labour | 1,272 ✓ |
| D Fenn | Conservative | 1,025 |
| M Bresler | Conservative | 937 |
| J Verwer | Conservative | 918 |
North3 seats
| E. Barendt | Conservative | 1,774 |
| J. Peach | Conservative | 1,745 |
| B. Ashby | Conservative | 1,704 |
| R. Opie | Labour | 1,673 |
| G. Gunn | Labour | 1,594 |
| C. May | Labour | 1,533 |
| D. Roaf | LIB | 860 |
| J. Elvin | LIB | 615 |
| M. Godden | LIB | 566 |
Quarry3 seats
| Q. Hamilton | Conservative | 1,288 |
| C. Boyce | Conservative | 1,261 |
| J. Hamilton | Conservative | 1,243 |
| J. Creamer | Labour | 620 |
St Clement's3 seats
| B. Tannant | Conservative | 929 ✓ |
| G. Thompson | Conservative | 839 ✓ |
| H. Bowdery | Conservative | 834 ✓ |
| M. Thomas | Labour | 737 |
| R. Walsh | Labour | 683 |
| P. Adams | Labour | 656 |
| F. Fry | LIB | 251 |
| A. Pegram | LIB | 199 |
| G. Robinson | LIB | 186 |
| P. Mylvaganam | SCAG | 173 |
| S. Tompkins | SCAG | 167 |
Temple Cowley3 seats
| F. Ingram | Conservative | 1,394 |
| J. White | Conservative | 1,332 |
| G. Dixon | Conservative | 1,285 |
| H. Nimmo | Labour | 1,250 |
| G. Ward | Labour | 1,008 |
| D. Norman | Labour | 994 |
West3 seats
| O Gibbs | Labour | 1,163 ✓ |
| W Fagg | Labour | 1,123 ✓ |
| R Dudman | Labour | 1,107 ✓ |
| Nigel Nicholson Hunter | Conservative | 830 |
| A Newman | Conservative | 796 |
| Graham Robert Piper | Conservative | 760 |
| J Hannon | LIB | 217 |
| R Pashler | LIB | 169 |
| R Cornborough | LIB | 100 |
Wolvercote3 seats
| A Spokes | Conservative | 1,721 ✓ |
| D Whorley | Conservative | 1,554 ✓ |
| W Dore | Conservative | 1,490 ✓ |
| J Vaughan | Labour | 813 |
| M Gotch | Labour | 658 |
| M Joseph | Labour | 581 |
Wood Farm3 seats
| A Pope | Labour | 950 ✓ |
| Amanda Ramsay | Labour | 923 ✓ |
| F Silvester | Labour | 916 ✓ |
| H Cowen | Conservative | 815 |
| S Bron | Conservative | 798 |
| Eddy Phillips | Conservative | 794 |
| C Wood | WFAG | 477 |
| G Rees | WFAG | 438 |