Before (end of 1975) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 39 · Conservative 5 · Labour 3 · The Liberal Party 1
After (end of 1976) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 38 · Conservative 7 · Labour 2 · The Liberal Party 1
Ward results
Appleton Wiske1 seat · turnout 58.1%
| H. Thorniley-Walker | Independent | 360 |
| M. Walls | Independent | 176 |
| B. Cosgrove | Independent | 84 |
Brompton1 seat
| M. Tyreman | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Carlton Miniott1 seat
| D. Davies | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Crayke1 seat
| B. Spencer | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Easingwold2 seats · turnout 41.9%
| W. Gill | Independent | 656 |
| G. Balf | Independent | 653 |
| J. Richardson | Independent | 599 |
Hillside1 seat
| M. Consett | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Huby and Sutton1 seat
| R. Horner | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Leeming1 seat
| K. Thompson | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Morton-on-Swale1 seat
| R. Phillips | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 1 (Northallerton)6 seats · turnout 22.7%
| A. Herbert | Independent | 1,218 |
| D. Willoughby | Independent | 1,206 |
| J. Tennant | LIB | 1,092 |
| W. Wake | Independent | 1,009 |
| J. Taylor | Conservative | 975 |
| W. Lewis | Independent | 921 |
| H. Walkland | Independent | 746 |
| B. Allison | Labour | 582 |
| A. Wilkinson | Independent | 561 |
| Peter Baldwin | Labour | 486 |
| W. Pollitt | Independent | 257 |
No. 11 (Romanby)3 seats · turnout 26.1%
| M. Cook | Independent | 698 |
| A. Barker | Independent | 639 |
| H. Templeman | Independent | 635 |
| E. Lewis | Independent | 527 |
No. 12 (Osmotherley)1 seat · turnout 59.2%
| C. Tate | Independent | 388 |
| D. Dennis | Independent | 302 |
No. 13 (The Thorntons)1 seat
| A. Thompson | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 2 (Great Ayton)4 seats
| A. Thompson | Independent | 1,566 ✓ |
| J. Imeson | Conservative | 1,363 ✓ |
| R. Turton | Conservative | 1,229 ✓ |
| E. Sigsworth | Conservative | 1,210 ✓ |
| W. Cardwell | Labour | 852 |
| J. Whittle | Labour | 638 |
| J. I'Anson | Labour | 464 |
| B. Hawkins | Labour | 377 |
No. 27 (Crakehall)1 seat
| C. Hoare | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| J. Bell | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 29 (Bedale)2 seats · turnout 29.9%
| A. Corps | Independent | 482 |
| A. Robinson | Independent | 482 |
| N. Atkinson | Independent | 453 |
No. 3 (Broughton)1 seat
| D. Thomas | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 31 (Tanfield)1 seat
| L. Hodgson | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Rudby2 seats
| J. Sadler | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| C. Atkinson | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Sowerby2 seats · turnout 42.0%
| I. Buck | Independent | 870 |
| M. Potter | Independent | 847 |
| J. Reynolds | LIB | 246 |
Stillington1 seat · turnout 55.3%
| R. Thompson | Independent | 343 |
| R. Coates | Independent | 230 |
Stokesley3 seats
| G. Marsay | Independent | 1,082 |
| C. Thompson | Independent | 928 |
| Hobson S. | Independent | 551 |
| I. Hall | Independent | 532 |
Thirsk2 seats · turnout 35.3%
| C. Megson | Independent | 449 |
| H. Craig | Independent | 320 |
| E. Atkinson | Conservative | 302 |
| Kirkham C. | Conservative | 282 |
| C. Weatherall | LIB | 183 |