Before (end of 1975) (47 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 37 · Conservative 6 · Labour 4 · The Liberal Party 0
After (end of 1976) (47 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 39 · Conservative 7 · Labour 1 · The Liberal Party 0
Ward results
Astley1 seat · turnout 43.0%
| H. Woodcock | Independent | 471 |
| W. Wakefield | Labour | 156 |
Catfield1 seat · turnout 46.4%
| H. Starkings | Independent | 429 |
| P. Henwood | Independent | 116 |
Chaucer1 seat · turnout 38.6%
| G. Fisher | Independent | 367 |
| D. McDonald | Labour | 131 |
Fulmodeston1 seat · turnout 60.8%
| R. Broughton | Independent | 412 |
| M. Williams | Labour | 250 |
Hickling1 seat · turnout 49.5%
| P. Blaxell | Conservative | 293 |
| G. Sussams | Independent | 269 |
| R. Knights | RES | 91 |
Horsefen1 seat
| V. Bensley | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Lancaster3 seats · turnout 22.3%
| R. Edmondson | Independent | 805 |
| H. Thorsen | Conservative | 705 |
| N. Edwards | Labour | 678 |
| G. Smithers | Independent | 634 |
Neatishead1 seat · turnout 58.4%
| C. Durrant | Independent | 629 |
| W. Alexander | RES | 97 |
No. 17 (Bacton)1 seat
| R. Little | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 19 (East Ruston)1 seat
| J. Paterson | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 20 (Stalham)1 seat · turnout 40.9%
| C. Dicker | Independent | 437 |
| P. Jackson | Independent | 173 |
No. 3 (North Walsham)4 seats · turnout 29.8%
| E. Harmer | Independent | 1,327 |
| F. Bailey | Conservative | 1,193 |
| H. Osborne | Conservative | 1,170 |
| A. Powles | Conservative | 1,115 |
| M. Millington | Conservative | 914 |
| H. Nickson | Labour | 477 |
No. 30 (Hindringham)1 seat · turnout 62.1%
| L. Matthew | Independent | 495 |
| N. Bacon | Labour | 211 |
No. 31 (Blakeney)1 seat
| G. Allen | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 32 (Binham)1 seat
| G. Quick | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 34 (Walsinghams)1 seat
| T. Moore | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 5 (Wells-Next-The-Sea)2 seats · turnout 40.7%
| C. Ramm | Independent | 624 |
| J. Christmas | Independent | 466 |
| M. French | Conservative | 399 |
| R. Sherwin | Independent | 270 |
No. 6 (Cley-Next-The-Sea)1 seat · turnout 52.4%
| H. Dawson | Independent | 757 |
| H. Rolls | Labour | 122 |
No. 8 (Bodham)1 seat
| R. Thurtle | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 9 (Corpusty)1 seat
| S. Radclyffe | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Overstrand1 seat · turnout 37.5%
| A. Owers | RES | 453 |
| J. De Greef | Independent | 1 |
Pastonacres1 seat
| A. Cargill | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Sheringham3 seats · turnout 31.9%
| R. Knight | Independent | 939 |
| R. Coombe | RES | 880 |
| W. Segrue | RES | 708 |
| L. McGinn | Independent | 667 |
| O. Bevan | Conservative | 630 |
| N. Parks | Independent | 188 |
Suffield Park1 seat · turnout 47.3%
| E. Lycett | Independent | 487 |
| E. Bartram | Labour | 191 |
The Raynhams1 seat
| A. Duckworth-Chad | Independent | 0 ✓ |
The Runtons2 seats
| E. Young | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| R. Hughes | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Wensum Valley1 seat
| K. Perowne | Independent | 0 ✓ |
