Before (end of 1975) (34 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 14 · Conservative 11 · Labour 7 · The Liberal Party 2
After (end of 1976) (34 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 15 · Conservative 11 · Labour 5 · The Liberal Party 3
Ward results
Chevington2 seats
| M. Smith | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| J. Smith | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Ellington1 seat · turnout 71.4%
| M. Bell | Independent | 673 |
| E. Hindmarsh | Labour | 124 |
| J. Wood | Independent | 106 |
Hartburn1 seat
| G. Cormack | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| J. Brown | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Heddon-on-the-Wall1 seat · turnout 58.9%
| A. Lunn | LIB | 573 |
| R. Blackham | Conservative | 172 |
Longhorsley1 seat
| R. Errington | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Morpeth Central2 seats
| C. Berryman | Independent | 547 |
| N. Wilson | Conservative | 464 |
| E. Thomas | Labour | 257 |
Morpeth Kirkhill2 seats · turnout 43.3%
| M. Rowe | Independent | 575 |
| D. McBryde | RES | 569 |
| M. Simpson | Labour | 346 |
| A. Iredale | LIB | 302 |
Morpeth North2 seats
| W. Mitchell | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| I. Smail | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Morpeth South2 seats · turnout 43.0%
| G. Brown | Independent | 554 |
| A. Hutton | RES | 523 |
| I. Hunter | LIB | 278 |
| A. Dobie | Independent | 174 |
Morpeth Stobhill2 seats · turnout 49.0%
| R. Devereux | Independent | 962 |
| W. Hill | Independent | 777 |
| P. Whitehead | LIB | 449 |
| E. Pearson | Independent | 259 |
Pegswood2 seats · turnout 36.0%
| J. Turnbull | Labour | 640 |
| T. Thompson | Independent | 475 |
| K. Watson | Labour | 353 |
Ponteland East2 seats · turnout 52.6%
| W. Leatherland | Conservative | 645 |
| J. Jackson | Conservative | 581 |
| D. Cogan | LIB | 428 |
| S. Campbell | LIB | 393 |
Ponteland North2 seats · turnout 44.8%
| C. Pinder | LIB | 543 |
| S. Astley | Conservative | 387 |
| S. Harbottle | Conservative | 360 |
| R. Macdonald | Labour | 200 |
| R. Deaper | Labour | 149 |
Ponteland South2 seats · turnout 54.8%
| I. McConnell-Wood | Conservative | 818 |
| B. Dunn | Conservative | 630 |
| K. Cooper | LIB | 417 |
| A. Neil | LIB | 336 |
Ponteland West2 seats · turnout 49.7%
| D. Adams | Conservative | 892 |
| J. Eastwood | Conservative | 866 |
| E. Brooks | LIB | 286 |
Stamfordham1 seat · turnout 66.4%
| M. Bell | Conservative | 336 |
| F. Parkinson | Independent | 319 |
Stannington1 seat
| C. Dungait | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Ulgham2 seats · turnout 47.5%
| W. Lough | Independent | 785 |
| J. Brown | Independent | 582 |
| G. Green | Independent | 481 |
| G. Tait | Labour | 132 |
| M. Shell | Labour | 127 |
Whalton1 seat
| J. Hutchinson | Conservative | 0 ✓ |