Before (end of 1975) (55 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 53 · Other 2 · The Liberal Party 0 · Conservative 0
After (end of 1976) (33 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 22 · Other 9 · Conservative 2 · The Liberal Party 0
Ward results
Hucknall Central2 seats · turnout 46.0%
| E. Morley | Independent | 1,919 |
| R. Bramley | RES | 804 |
| R. King | Labour | 690 |
| B. Thornelow | Labour | 643 |
| A. Bannister | Conservative | 431 |
Hucknall East2 seats · turnout 38.2%
| R. Bullock | Labour | 929 ✓ |
| Fielding G. | Labour | 796 ✓ |
| J. Unwin | RES | 439 |
| J. Pinder | RES | 418 |
| K. Clarke | Conservative | 368 |
| B. Dixon | Conservative | 337 |
| J. Maguire | Independent | 203 |
| B. Johnson | COMM | 92 |
Hucknall North2 seats · turnout 35.7%
| S. Grainger | Labour | 894 |
| D. Philby | Labour | 850 |
| J. Routledge | Conservative | 730 |
| K. Abbott | RES | 718 |
| H. Wagstaff | Conservative | 617 |
Hucknall West2 seats · turnout 41.8%
| J. Parker | RES | 1,107 |
| J. Barker | Labour | 898 |
| E. Cowie | Labour | 735 |
| S. Cook | Conservative | 599 |
| C. Williamson | Conservative | 525 |
Kirkby Central2 seats · turnout 60.4%
| H. Tarven | LIB | 2,422 ✓ |
| J. Grice | Conservative | 752 ✓ |
| E. Godber | Labour | 647 |
| A. Rickett | Labour | 620 |
| J. Smith | Conservative | 477 |
| B. Johnson | RES | 307 |
| S. Walker | LIB | 199 |
Kirkby East2 seats · turnout 34.0%
| J. Booler | Labour | 792 ✓ |
| R. Chamberlain | Labour | 765 ✓ |
| J. Jeanes | RES | 285 |
| I. Markham | RES | 265 |
| N. Rushton | Conservative | 170 |
| A. Skevington | Conservative | 168 |
| J. Tristram | LIB | 160 |
| K. Wells | LIB | 138 |
Kirkby West2 seats · turnout 30.3%
| A. Butler | Labour | 703 |
| A. Turner | Labour | 687 |
| R. Beech | RES | 377 |
| D. Cook | Conservative | 322 |
| J. Muxlow | Conservative | 297 |
| A. Needham | LIB | 179 |
Selston2 seats · turnout 39.2%
| D. Flynn | Labour | 868 ✓ |
| G. Young | Labour | 640 ✓ |
| D. Rawson | Conservative | 463 |
| J. Gardiner | Conservative | 452 |
| J. Hanson | Independent | 407 |
| G. Cotterill | RES | 216 |
| H. Maltby | RES | 164 |
Sutton-In-Ashfield Central3 seats · turnout 44.4%
| G. Stein | RES | 2,025 ✓ |
| F. Stein | RES | 1,696 ✓ |
| L. Tagg | RES | 1,598 ✓ |
| T. Chandran | Conservative | 1,047 |
| D. Hague | Labour | 930 |
| J. Grainger | Labour | 922 |
| W. Shaw | Labour | 856 |
| D. Boden | Conservative | 501 |
| C. Townsend | Conservative | 423 |
| K. Holland | LIB | 194 |
| W. Roper | LIB | 156 |
| G. Weightman | LIB | 124 |
Sutton-In-Ashfield East3 seats · turnout 39.3%
| J. Varley | Labour | 1,214 ✓ |
| B. Booth | Labour | 1,211 ✓ |
| T. Henstock | RES | 1,180 ✓ |
| R. Marriott | Labour | 1,172 |
| D. Radford | RES | 1,084 |
| D. Lowbridge | RES | 947 |
| S. Bradley | Conservative | 545 |
| P. Routledge | Conservative | 480 |
| C. Rawson | Conservative | 419 |
| Clark A. | LIB | 259 |
| K. Shelton | LIB | 222 |
| H. Draycott | LIB | 183 |
Sutton-In-Ashfield North3 seats · turnout 32.3%
| T. Stimpson | Labour | 1,196 ✓ |
| J. Jones | Labour | 1,068 ✓ |
| R. Lynk | Labour | 951 ✓ |
| N. Bettison | RES | 762 |
| D. Wilkinson | RES | 730 |
| K. Eadson | RES | 671 |
| S. Wakeland | Conservative | 390 |
| S. Auckland | Conservative | 328 |
| F. Auckland | Conservative | 314 |
| P. Bacon | LIB | 215 |
| G. Weightman | LIB | 191 |
| L. Fisher | LIB | 129 |
Sutton-In-Ashfield West3 seats · turnout 37.4%
| K. Gregory | RES | 1,048 ✓ |
| G. Wilson | Labour | 1,013 ✓ |
| M. Thompson | RES | 934 ✓ |
| T. May | Labour | 906 |
| M. Radford | RES | 877 |
| F. White | Labour | 867 |
| M. Kirton | Conservative | 756 |
| D. Warburton | Conservative | 681 |
| S. Kirton | Conservative | 633 |
| H. Simpson | LIB | 568 |
Woodhouse3 seats · turnout 39.9%
| G. Eggleshaw | Labour | 1,372 |
| M. Green | Labour | 1,204 |
| K. Elkington | Labour | 1,175 |
| B. Hayes | Conservative | 848 |
| M. Bennett | Conservative | 740 |
| J. Dobbs | Conservative | 682 |
| P. Wilcox | Independent | 283 |