Before (end of 1975) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 33 · Conservative 6 · Labour 3 · The Liberal Party 0
After (end of 1976) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 26 · Conservative 12 · Labour 3 · The Liberal Party 1
Ward results
Breage & Germoe2 seats · turnout 41.7%
| K. Trevaskis | Independent | 589 |
| W. Smith | Independent | 496 |
| T. Buckett | Independent | 391 |
| J. Maud | LIB | 229 |
| S. Keverne | Independent | 224 |
Constantine & Gweek1 seat · turnout 48.5%
| F. Richardson | Independent | 432 |
| J. Tremayne | Independent | 302 |
| J. Ponting | Independent | 48 |
Crowan1 seat · turnout 44.0%
| M. Christophers | Conservative | 352 |
| H. Henwood | Independent | 287 |
Grade-Ruan and Landewednack1 seat · turnout 75.7%
| J. Trewin | Independent | 477 |
| T. Hart | Independent | 401 |
Mabe & St. Gluvias1 seat
| E. Spargo | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Mawnan & Budock1 seat · turnout 59.2%
| W. Rickard | Independent | 419 |
| C. Spike | Conservative | 396 |
| E. Mann | Independent | 243 |
No. 1 (Helston)3 seats · turnout 20.3%
| R. Curnow | Independent | 1,003 |
| C. Climo | Independent | 878 |
| M. Gale | Independent | 592 |
| E. Hibbens | Independent | 538 |
No. 2 (Porthleven & Sithney)2 seats · turnout 38.0%
| J. Bray | Independent | 634 |
| G. Andrews | Independent | 469 |
| C. Hollands | Independent | 320 |
| J. Roberts | Independent | 239 |
| B. Kerno | MK | 176 |
No. 3 (Camborne)9 seats
| A Weeks | Labour | 2,588 ✓ |
| B Waters | Conservative | 2,295 ✓ |
| J Scantlebury | Independent | 1,682 ✓ |
| K Bowden | Conservative | 1,663 ✓ |
| R Bath | Conservative | 1,644 ✓ |
| S Williams | Labour | 1,611 ✓ |
| J Gardner | Independent | 1,527 ✓ |
| Christopher Richards | Conservative | 1,452 ✓ |
| R Godolphin | Labour | 1,413 ✓ |
| C Burgoyne | Conservative | 1,236 |
| W Kemp | Labour | 1,173 |
| F Willoughby | Independent | 1,118 |
| L Bray | Independent | 861 |
| E Norman | Independent | 412 |
No. 4 (Redruth)6 seats · turnout 17.8%
| A. Davey | Independent | 1,349 |
| S. Jeffrey | Independent | 980 |
| J. Ham | Independent | 885 |
| W. Osborne | Conservative | 745 |
| C. Mitchell | Independent | 714 |
| P. Barron | Conservative | 581 |
| L. Lane | Conservative | 560 |
| G. Harris | Independent | 541 |
| J. Solomon | MK | 516 |
| J. Pearce | Independent | 459 |
| P. Dudeney | Conservative | 445 |
| P. Holman | Independent | 429 |
| K. McKiernan | Labour | 232 |
| J. Sleeman | Independent | 170 |
No. 5 (Illogan North)3 seats
| J. Bailey | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| J. Mayne | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| F. Nicholls | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
No. 6 (Illogan South)3 seats · turnout 16.0%
| E. Sara | LIB | 358 |
| F. Bawden | Conservative | 300 |
| W. Bosanko | Independent | 298 |
| S. Rule | Labour | 286 |
| D. Burgoyne | Conservative | 233 |
| D. Nurhonen | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| F. Smitheram | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| E. Spargo | Independent | 0 ✓ |
St Keverne1 seat
| G. Frampton | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Stithians1 seat · turnout 52.6%
| J. Plummer | MK | 417 |
| J. Williams | Independent | 309 |
Wendron & Sithney2 seats
| E. Collings | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| W. Jenkins | Independent | 0 ✓ |