Before (end of 1975) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 32 · Labour 5 · The Liberal Party 4 · Conservative 4
After (end of 1976) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 27 · Conservative 10 · The Liberal Party 4 · Labour 4
Ward results
Chacewater1 seat · turnout 57.5%
| R Lobb | Independent | 521 |
| A. Kain | Independent | 61 |
Kea1 seat
| W. Wellingham | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Newlyn1 seat · turnout 64.4%
| G. Callis | Independent | 475 |
| C. Cocking | Independent | 431 |
No. 13 (Gwennap)1 seat · turnout 42.5%
| M. Dunstan | Independent | 287 |
| S. Gaiger | Independent | 160 |
No. 16 (Mylor)2 seats · turnout 47.9%
| J. Brown | Conservative | 793 |
| K. Dale | Independent | 710 |
| W. Stead | Independent | 333 |
No. 18 (Perranarworthal)1 seat
| S. Perkin | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 6 (Truro East)4 seats
| D Ansari | LIB | 1,323 ✓ |
| I Churchill | Conservative | 890 ✓ |
| F Solomon | LIB | 885 ✓ |
| E Merrifield | Independent | 845 ✓ |
| E Williams | Conservative | 802 |
| J Parker | Conservative | 699 |
| V Macklen | LIB | 680 |
| Lynn Caswell | Labour | 399 |
No. 7 (Truro West)6 seats · turnout 34.3%
| E. Carlyon | Independent | 2,048 |
| W. Lean | Conservative | 1,921 |
| P. Hewson | Conservative | 1,725 |
| B. Evea | Independent | 1,648 |
| S. Mischler | LIB | 1,556 |
| J. Thomas | LIB | 1,430 |
| E. Coombe | Independent | 1,382 |
| M Payne | Conservative | 1,331 |
| F. Caswell | Labour | 801 |
| M. Pryor | Labour | 754 |
Penryn3 seats · turnout 29.9%
| J. Chinn | Conservative | 672 |
| J. Barringer | Labour | 612 |
| S. Thomas | Independent | 550 |
| R. Hunt | Labour | 545 |
| J. Ashwin | Conservative | 467 |
| E. Gwyther | Independent | 452 |
| J. Fry | Conservative | 337 |
Penwerris4 seats
| D. Timmins | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| P. Jones | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| A. Pankhurst | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| K. Townsend | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Perranzabuloe3 seats · turnout 31.9%
| A. Tonkin | Independent | 1,214 |
| N. Holman | Independent | 1,048 |
| F. Selby | Independent | 845 |
| P. Anchors | Labour | 197 |
Probus2 seats
| H. Hicks | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| W. Michell | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Roseland2 seats
| R. Julyan | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| R. Badcock | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Smithick2 seats · turnout 34.3%
| T. Blay | Conservative | 837 |
| J. O'Brien | Independent | 642 |
| J. Jones | Labour | 496 |
St Agnes3 seats · turnout 32.4%
| J. White | Independent | 1,070 |
| T. Thewlis | Independent | 940 |
| H. Simmons | Independent | 781 |
| A. Woolcock | Independent | 589 |
| O. Richards | Independent | 573 |
St. Clement1 seat
| G. Willcox | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Trevethan3 seats
| J. Tiddy | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| J. Bradley | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| J. Wilkinson | Independent | 0 ✓ |
