Before (end of 1975) (56 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 25 · Conservative 17 · Other 14 · The Liberal Party 0
After (end of 1976) (56 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 48 · Labour 6 · Other 2 · The Liberal Party 0
Ward results
Armitage with Handsacre3 seats · turnout 46.1%
| F. Lewis | Conservative | 732 |
| R. Horne | Conservative | 715 |
| A. Kay | Conservative | 714 |
| F. Dudley | Labour | 670 |
| D. Ashurst | Labour | 526 |
| F. Bradfield | Labour | 457 |
| J. Povey | Independent | 252 |
Fazeley3 seats · turnout 27.2%
| J. Jones | Independent | 859 |
| R. Brewster | Labour | 823 |
| A. Heathcote | Labour | 666 |
| J Littlefield | Independent | 434 |
No. 3 (Lichfield: Curborough)3 seats · turnout 33.9%
| W. Fisher | Conservative | 771 |
| W. Kerr | Conservative | 750 |
| N. Sedgwick | Conservative | 717 |
| J. Brooks | Labour | 471 |
| W Wilson | Labour | 438 |
| J. Silverthorne | Labour | 435 |
No. 8 (Chase Terrace)6 seats
| D Constable | Conservative | 1,601 ✓ |
| Brenda Constable | Conservative | 1,594 ✓ |
| William Hassell | Conservative | 1,569 ✓ |
| K Dykes | Conservative | 1,555 ✓ |
| C Korecki | Conservative | 1,499 ✓ |
| P Presland | Conservative | 1,463 ✓ |
| H Heath | Labour | 1,261 |
| P Atkins | Labour | 1,250 |
| H Lymer | Labour | 1,241 |
| A Webster | Labour | 1,166 |
| T Walkinshaw | Labour | 1,162 |
| M Ashburner | Labour | 1,090 |
Whittington2 seats
| M. Ward | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| A. Ward | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
