Before (end of 1975) (90 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 66 · Conservative 20 · The Liberal Party 4 · Other 0
After (end of 1976) (90 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 63 · Conservative 22 · The Liberal Party 5 · Other 0
Ward results
Birley1 seat · turnout 36.1%
| Ratcliffe | Labour | 3,222 |
| E. Millward | Conservative | 2,076 |
| Senior | RES | 574 |
Chapel Green1 seat · turnout 45.0%
| D. Chadwick | LIB | 4,078 |
| Headbury | Labour | 1,561 |
| Scott | Conservative | 814 |
Dore2 seats · turnout 41.6%
| D. Heslop | Conservative | 4,557 |
| J. Thompson | Conservative | 4,222 |
| Jones | Labour | 1,243 |
| Wigfield | Labour | 1,064 |
| Petszaft | LIB | 699 |
| Salt | LIB | 668 |
Handsworth1 seat · turnout 32.6%
| Smith | Labour | 2,309 ✓ |
| Evelyn Millward | Conservative | 1,505 |
| A. Sellars | LIB | 762 |
| Sawle | RES | 418 |
Mosborough1 seat · turnout 30.2%
| M. Foulds | Labour | 2,164 |
| Disney | Conservative | 1,253 |
No. 1 (Attercliffe)1 seat · turnout 25.9%
| Billings | Labour | 1,708 |
| Viner | Conservative | 552 |
No. 10 (Ecclesall)1 seat · turnout 42.7%
| Neill | Conservative | 4,225 ✓ |
| Moore | Labour | 939 |
| Smith | LIB | 725 |
| Needham | RES | 718 |
No. 11 (Firth Park)1 seat · turnout 44.1%
| Betts | Labour | 3,928 |
| J. Maling | LIB | 1,753 |
| Chandler | Conservative | 1,020 |
No. 12 (Gleadless)1 seat · turnout 43.4%
| Bower | Labour | 3,719 ✓ |
| Dawson | Conservative | 2,872 |
| Harrison | RES | 570 |
| R. Mumford | LIB | 496 |
No. 13 (Hallam)1 seat · turnout 45.7%
| Wragg | Conservative | 4,825 |
| Harris | Labour | 1,449 |
| Mason J. | LIB | 662 |
No. 15 (Healey)1 seat · turnout 38.1%
| Golding | Labour | 2,886 ✓ |
| Tonks | Conservative | 2,119 |
| Cooper | RES | 522 |
| Jackson | LIB | 357 |
No. 16 (Hillsborough)1 seat · turnout 45.1%
| Hutton | Conservative | 3,109 ✓ |
| Leary | Labour | 2,830 |
| Thompson | RES | 477 |
| Woolley | LIB | 380 |
No. 17 (Intake)1 seat · turnout 34.0%
| Wood | Labour | 2,852 ✓ |
| Parkin | Conservative | 1,862 |
| Hollingsworth | RES | 493 |
| Thompson | LIB | 475 |
No. 18 (Manor)1 seat · turnout 24.8%
| Fitter | Labour | 2,690 ✓ |
| Cook | Conservative | 672 |
| Robson | LIB | 179 |
| J. Hukin | COMM | 93 |
No. 2 (Beauchief)1 seat · turnout 46.8%
| George | Conservative | 5,175 |
| Radcliffe | Labour | 1,419 |
| Clarke | LIB | 661 |
No. 20 (Nether Edge)1 seat · turnout 34.0%
| Grindrod | Conservative | 2,961 |
| Morley | Labour | 1,289 |
| Swann | RES | 778 |
No. 21 (Nether Shire)1 seat · turnout 31.0%
| Eddison | Labour | 2,713 |
| Roebuck | Conservative | 1,053 |
| Hattersley | COMM | 152 |
No. 22 (Netherthorpe)1 seat · turnout 31.0%
| Mulhearn | Labour | 2,196 ✓ |
| Hattersley | Conservative | 964 |
| Judge | Independent | 220 |
| Bowns | LIB | 215 |
No. 23 (Owlerton)1 seat · turnout 28.3%
| Kirk | Labour | 2,671 |
| Thompson | Conservative | 1,016 |
| Taffinder | LIB | 237 |
No. 24 (Park)1 seat · turnout 26.6%
| Wall | Labour | 3,161 ✓ |
| N. Hutton | Conservative | 970 |
| McKinnon | LIB | 287 |
| R. Paulucy | COMM | 96 |
No. 25 (Sharrow)1 seat · turnout 31.4%
| Baxter | Labour | 1,802 ✓ |
| T Seaton | Conservative | 893 |
| Bush | RES | 429 |
| Ellis | LIB | 381 |
| Taylor | COMM | 62 |
No. 26 (Southey Green)1 seat · turnout 21.1%
| Davies | Labour | 2,154 |
| Walker | Conservative | 848 |
No. 27 (Walkley)1 seat · turnout 40.3%
| Billings | Labour | 2,263 ✓ |
| Eccles | Conservative | 1,300 |
| Memmott | RES | 378 |
| Gray | LIB | 176 |
No. 4 (Brightside)1 seat · turnout 31.2%
| Wilson | Labour | 2,347 |
| William | Conservative | 1,072 |
| McTear | RES | 455 |
No. 5 (Broomhill)1 seat · turnout 33.1%
| Patnick | Conservative | 3,943 |
| White | Labour | 1,802 |
No. 6 (Burngreave)1 seat · turnout 41.6%
| Johnson | LIB | 2,381 ✓ |
| Flanagan | Labour | 1,661 |
| E. Sizer | Conservative | 343 |
| A. Jenkinson | COMM | 60 |
No. 7 (Castle)1 seat · turnout 27.0%
| Horton | Labour | 1,994 ✓ |
| Burrows | Conservative | 578 |
| Hopkinson | RES | 467 |
| V. Gill | COMM | 73 |
No. 8 (Darnall)1 seat · turnout 30.1%
| Dyson | Labour | 2,297 |
| S. Rhodes | Conservative | 1,546 |
| D. Boothroyd | LIB | 334 |
Norton3 seats · turnout 32.0%
| R. Gooder | Independent | 809 |
| A. Fisher | Independent | 693 |
| R. Prest | Independent | 665 |
| A. Hare | Independent | 597 |
| C. Challen | LIB | 531 |
| K. Walker | LIB | 489 |
| J. Taylor | Labour | 361 |
South Wortley1 seat · turnout 41.6%
| Saddington | Conservative | 2,984 |
| Laurent | Labour | 2,846 |
| Stuart | LIB | 754 |
Stocksbridge1 seat · turnout 43.4%
| Couldwell | Labour | 1,945 |
| B. Jones | RES | 1,485 |
| N. Horton | Conservative | 1,115 |
