Before (end of 1975) (51 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 28 · Labour 18 · The Liberal Party 5 · Other 0
After (end of 1976) (51 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 34 · Labour 13 · The Liberal Party 4 · Other 0
Ward results
Calder3 seats · turnout 38.2%
| L. Harrison | Labour | 875 |
| E. Bacon | Labour | 860 |
| Malik M. | Labour | 749 |
| L. Crossley | Conservative | 492 |
| G. Chadwick | LIB | 337 |
| A. Harvey | LIB | 318 |
| R. Harvey | LIB | 301 |
Luddendenfoot1 seat · turnout 38.5%
| G. Dyson | Conservative | 1,326 |
| L. Sleigh | Labour | 959 |
| W. Morris | LIB | 252 |
Morland-South-1 seat · turnout 43.5%
| D. Wood | Conservative | 2,068 |
| G. Benbow | Labour | 1,154 |
| J. Green | LIB | 467 |
No. 1 (Halifax: Illingworth)1 seat · turnout 27.3%
| J. Guinan | Conservative | 986 |
| J. Hallwood | Labour | 900 |
| B. Andrews | Independent | 47 |
No. 10 (Brighouse: Central-Clifton-Hove Edge)1 seat · turnout 46.0%
| J. Armytage | Conservative | 1,858 |
| A. Womersley | Labour | 1,836 |
No. 12 (Todmorden)1 seat · turnout 55.6%
| M. Taylor | LIB | 2,606 |
| H. Tootell | Conservative | 2,263 |
| C. Parkinson | Labour | 1,217 |
No. 13 (Elland)1 seat · turnout 43.9%
| G. Astwood | Conservative | 1,219 |
| W. Ramsden | LIB | 1,082 |
| N. Hurn | Labour | 942 |
No. 14 (Greetland)1 seat · turnout 51.8%
| D. Fox | LIB | 1,055 ✓ |
| E. Beech | Conservative | 750 |
| J. Robson | RES | 615 |
| A. Sharpe | Labour | 538 |
No. 15 (Hebden Royd & Wadsworth)1 seat · turnout 49.0%
| M. Fisher | Conservative | 2,102 |
| J. Young | LIB | 1,508 |
| G. Bryant | Labour | 1,000 |
No. 2 (Halifax: Mixenden)1 seat · turnout 33.8%
| D. Thompson | Labour | 991 |
| J. Lawton | Conservative | 978 |
| L. Henry | NF | 155 |
No. 3 (Halifax: Akroydon-Town-Southowram)1 seat · turnout 41.4%
| J. Crowther | Conservative | 1,973 |
| W. Tate | Labour | 1,468 |
| B. Leonard | RES | 436 |
No. 4 (Halifax: Leemount & Ovenden)1 seat · turnout 33.0%
| J. Tolan | Labour | 1,813 |
| B. Binns | Conservative | 1,322 |
No. 5 (Halifax: Kingston & Warley)1 seat · turnout 46.6%
| J. Unsworth | Conservative | 1,617 ✓ |
| A. Clegg | LIB | 1,158 |
| J. Thelwell | Labour | 802 |
| G. Hilton | NF | 281 |
No. 6 (Halifax: Calder & Skircoat)1 seat · turnout 47.2%
| J. Tidswell | Conservative | 3,298 |
| L. Walton | Labour | 1,106 |
No. 7 (Halifax: Park-Pellon-St. Johns)1 seat · turnout 43.8%
| R. Deadman | Labour | 1,628 ✓ |
| Carr B. | Conservative | 1,373 |
| J. Hardaker | LIB | 660 |
| B. Wadsworth | NF | 298 |
No. 8 (Halifax: Northowram & Shelf)1 seat · turnout 44.8%
| J. Conway | Conservative | 2,467 |
| M. Cawood | Labour | 877 |
No. 9 (Brighouse: Longroyde Andwoodhouse)1 seat · turnout 44.9%
| L. Hanson | Conservative | 2,033 |
| F. Stapleford | Labour | 1,120 |
| N. Collins-Tooth | LIB | 738 |
Southow1 seat · turnout 40.2%
| R Sunderland | Conservative | 2,653 |
| H. Kind | Labour | 1,092 |