Before (end of 1975) (35 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 26 · Conservative 7 · The Liberal Party 2 · Other 0
After (end of 1976) (35 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 18 · Conservative 14 · The Liberal Party 3 · Other 0
Ward results
No. 1 (Nuneaton: Galley Common)3 seats · turnout 29.1%
| I. Connor | Conservative | 1,317 |
| J. French | Conservative | 1,274 |
| G. Aggus | Conservative | 1,226 |
| J. James | Labour | 1,125 |
| B. Olner | Labour | 1,056 |
| A. Jerrams | Labour | 940 |
No. 10 (Bedworth: Heath & Exhall West)4 seats · turnout 31.6%
| A. Tallis | Labour | 2,116 |
| G. Taylor | Labour | 2,013 |
| T. Ellis | Labour | 1,979 |
| H. Jones | Labour | 1,922 |
| G. Mason | LIB | 1,016 |
| G. Hewitt | LIB | 1,007 |
| L. Watts | LIB | 940 |
No. 11 (Bedworth: Exhall Eastand East)3 seats · turnout 37.1%
| A. Walker | Labour | 1,701 |
| J. Haynes | Labour | 1,630 |
| R. Walker | Labour | 1,493 |
| R Moseley | Conservative | 947 |
| H. Hall | Conservative | 819 |
| J. Neale | LIB | 669 |
| S. Neale | LIB | 500 |
No. 2 (Nuneaton: St. Mary)3 seats · turnout 14.1%
| D. Harvey | Labour | 889 |
| G. Young | Labour | 791 |
| T. Hargreaves | Labour | 786 |
| H. Taylor | Independent | 362 |
No. 3 (Nuneaton: St. Nicholas)4 seats · turnout 27.1%
| L. Ford | Conservative | 2,450 |
| D. Jacques | Conservative | 2,229 |
| L. Bosworth | Conservative | 2,215 |
| B. Jones | Conservative | 2,198 |
No. 4 (Nuneaton: Stockingford)2 seats · turnout 30.8%
| J. Diskin | Labour | 930 |
| S. Williams | Labour | 857 |
| J. Hopkins | LIB | 551 |
| G. Jackson | Conservative | 541 |
| H. Howley | LIB | 423 |
No. 5 (Nuneaton: Coton & Manor)3 seats · turnout 42.6%
| J. Place | Labour | 1,268 |
| B. Deacon | Labour | 1,265 |
| D. Woodcock | Labour | 1,240 |
| B. Wonnacott | Conservative | 1,225 |
| J. Waine | Conservative | 1,211 |
| T. Walton | Conservative | 1,188 |
No. 6 (Nuneaton: Arbury)4 seats · turnout 29.8%
| P. Bennett | Conservative | 1,294 |
| Timothy Wilson | Conservative | 1,245 |
| R. Cooper | Conservative | 1,241 |
| R. Walkden | Labour | 1,222 |
| T. Farmer | Conservative | 1,187 |
| J. Jerrams | Labour | 1,166 |
| R. McCarrol | Labour | 1,147 |
| B. Hicks | Labour | 1,124 |
No. 7 (Nuneaton: Attleborough)3 seats · turnout 39.0%
| T. Timpson | Conservative | 2,174 |
| J. Donegan | Conservative | 2,135 |
| L. Cooper | Conservative | 1,947 |
| B. Walters | Labour | 825 |
| S. Allen | Labour | 799 |
| J. Finlayson | Labour | 690 |
No. 8 (Bedworth: North & West)3 seats · turnout 36.7%
| C. Wilson | LIB | 1,346 |
| F. Carvell | LIB | 1,345 |
| R. Lee | LIB | 1,244 |
| J. Broadaway | Labour | 1,018 |
| G. Hammersley | Labour | 994 |
| D. Shervingham | Labour | 913 |
No. 9 (Bedworth: Bulkington)3 seats · turnout 44.0%
| T. Short | Labour | 1,489 |
| R. Smith | Conservative | 1,450 |
| K. Ward | Labour | 1,299 |
| R. Carbutt | Conservative | 1,125 |
| A. Mackay | Conservative | 1,088 |
| Phillips J. | Labour | 1,083 |
| I. Miller | LIB | 863 |
| A. Randle | LIB | 825 |