Before (end of 1975) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 21 · Conservative 19 · Labour 8 · The Liberal Party 0
After (end of 1976) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 21 · Conservative 19 · Labour 8 · The Liberal Party 0
Ward results
Appleton Roebuck1 seat
| J. Pearcy | Independent | 378 |
| R. Kemp | Independent | 298 |
Askham Bryan1 seat
| J. Bramall | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Barlby With Osgodby2 seats · turnout 41.9%
| E. Wright | Independent | 619 |
| D. Hunt | Independent | 442 |
| C. Gale | Labour | 259 |
| A. Hawkins | Independent | 254 |
| W. Horsfield | Independent | 232 |
| A. Williams | Labour | 221 |
Beal1 seat · turnout 52.8%
| E. Baker | Conservative | 326 |
| R. Sambrook | Labour | 252 |
Bishopthorpe2 seats
| D. Heseldin | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| D. Baillie | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Brayton2 seats · turnout 39.1%
| G. Holmes | Conservative | 723 |
| J. Seaman | Conservative | 702 |
| E. Chilvers | Independent | 511 |
Byram Cum Sutton1 seat · turnout 66.1%
| R. Wilson | Labour | 337 |
| G. Senior | Independent | 198 |
Camblesforth1 seat
| A. Glover | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Carlton1 seat · turnout 37.1%
| J. Middleton | Independent | 329 |
| K. Lyon | Independent | 144 |
Cawood with Wistow1 seat
| H. Phillips | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Church Fenton1 seat · turnout 46.9%
| R. Bramley | Conservative | 435 |
| T. Limbert | Labour | 127 |
Copmanthorpe1 seat
| N. Macleod | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Dunnington2 seats · turnout 41.1%
| R. Carr | Independent | 711 |
| M. Johnson | Independent | 558 |
| C. Dickinson | Conservative | 442 |
Eggborough1 seat
| I. Midgley | Independent | 232 |
| A. Longmore | Labour | 178 |
| A. Hardy | Independent | 171 |
Fairburn with Brotherton1 seat · turnout 59.7%
| G. Lynch | Labour | 344 |
| R. Hunter | Ind Lab | 211 |
Fulford2 seats · turnout 36.5%
| R. Britton | Independent | 474 |
| E. Britton | Independent | 411 |
| S. Tuvey | Independent | 351 |
| C. Green | Independent | 341 |
Hambleton1 seat · turnout 54.1%
| L. Staniland | Independent | 269 |
| T. Askin | Independent | 249 |
Hemingbrough1 seat
| J. Bramley | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Heslington1 seat
| M. Chadwick | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Monk Fryston1 seat
| J. Webster | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 14 (Kirk Smeaton)1 seat · turnout 77.5%
| M. Lawrence | Independent | 216 |
| H. Thompson | Labour | 190 |
No. 17 (Eggborough)1 seat · turnout 46.3%
| I. Midgley | Independent | 232 |
| A. Longmore | Labour | 178 |
| A. Hardy | Independent | 171 |
No. 19 (Whitley)1 seat · turnout 62.4%
| K. Woodward | Conservative | 482 |
| J. Balderson | Labour | 113 |
No. 30 (Appleton Roebuck)1 seat · turnout 56.3%
| J. Pearcy | Independent | 378 |
| R. Kemp | Independent | 298 |
No. 31 (Tadcaster)4 seats · turnout 39.3%
| W. Singleton | Conservative | 1,344 |
| H. Hick | Conservative | 1,221 |
| J. Tate | Conservative | 801 |
| L. Westerman | Independent | 680 |
| R. Booker | Conservative | 628 |
| J. Davies | Independent | 493 |
| G. Spencer | Independent | 403 |
| W. Oaten | Labour | 344 |
| W. Gardiner | Labour | 314 |
| C. Sellars | Independent | 312 |
| J. Haynes | Independent | 237 |
No. 33 (Sherburn-In-Elmet)3 seats · turnout 51.9%
| A. Cawood | Conservative | 1,243 |
| K. Helm | Conservative | 1,061 |
| S. Bradbury | Labour | 1,052 |
| G. Barry | Conservative | 940 |
| P. Odell | Labour | 940 |
| R. Erskine | Labour | 875 |
North Duffield1 seat
| M. Patrick | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Riccal With Kelfield1 seat · turnout 49.0%
| J. Deans | Independent | 381 |
| R. Marchbank | Independent | 196 |
Selby Central1 seat · turnout 44.6%
| H. Stroud | Conservative | 255 |
| R. Cunliffe | Labour | 254 |
Selby North2 seats · turnout 40.3%
| G. Atkinson | Labour | 554 |
| L. Cunliffe | Labour | 509 |
| F. Harrison | Conservative | 422 |
| N. Webber | Conservative | 393 |
Selby South2 seats
| J. Kitchen | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| C. Coultish | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Selby West3 seats
| L Backhouse | Conservative | 846 |
| C Bainbridge | Conservative | 747 |
| D Hesse | Conservative | 678 |
| H Smith | Independent | 640 |
| B Kent | Labour | 349 |
| S Beevers | Labour | 289 |
| P Lomas | Labour | 237 |
Stutton With Hazlewood1 seat · turnout 46.3%
| R. Faircliffe | Conservative | 462 |
| H. Featherstone | Labour | 126 |
Thorpe Willoughby1 seat
| A. Batty | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Wheldrake With Elvington1 seat
| F. Fairburn | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Whitley1 seat
| K. Woodward | Conservative | 482 |
| J. Balderson | Labour | 113 |
