Before (end of 1975) (30 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 17 · Other 12 · Labour 1 · The Liberal Party 0
After (end of 1976) (30 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 26 · Other 3 · The Liberal Party 1 · Labour 0
Ward results
Broadwater3 seats · turnout 50.8%
| A. Clare | The Liberal Party | 1,308 ✓ |
| B. Bettelley | Conservative | 1,244 ✓ |
| N. Carter | Conservative | 1,236 ✓ |
| P. Searle | Conservative | 1,233 |
| D. Campbell | The Liberal Party | 1,086 |
| A. Dockerty | The Liberal Party | 1,062 |
| K. Goulding | Labour | 905 |
| J. Featherstone | Labour | 652 |
| F. Pidgeon | Labour | 635 |
| F. Long | Independent | 364 |
Castle3 seats · turnout 34.8%
| W. Frampton | Conservative | 1,603 ✓ |
| V. Cambridge | Conservative | 1,578 ✓ |
| J. Yorke | Conservative | 1,548 ✓ |
| A. Bignell | Labour | 1,501 |
| B. Drummond | Labour | 1,490 |
| P. Perry | Labour | 1,439 |
Central3 seats · turnout 36.5%
| E. Cuer | Conservative | 926 ✓ |
| D. Rudd | Conservative | 835 ✓ |
| I. Smith | Conservative | 816 ✓ |
| J. Fludgate | Residents | 689 |
| D. Goodall | Residents | 686 |
| J. Ingram | The Liberal Party | 366 |
Durrington3 seats
| L. Glover | Conservative | 2,206 |
| J. Cotton | Conservative | 2,174 |
| S. Moore | Conservative | 2,119 |
| P. Mitton | RES | 1,021 |
| E. Peters | RES | 1,018 |
| C. Bell | RES | 995 |
| J. Johnstone | Labour | 551 |
| D. Clarke | Labour | 524 |
| C. Smith | Labour | 505 |
Goring3 seats
| B. Ansell | RES | 1,823 |
| J. Mansell | RES | 1,739 |
| V. Miller | RES | 1,710 |
| H. Herrtage | Conservative | 1,516 |
| H. Morton | Conservative | 1,470 |
| B. Sedgwick | Conservative | 1,411 |
Heene3 seats
| H. Piggott | Conservative | 1,477 |
| T. Ayscough | Conservative | 1,475 |
| A. Bowles | Conservative | 1,470 |
| P. Froude | RES | 1,067 |
| T. Silverthorne | RES | 1,033 |
| C. Cable-Robbie | RES | 1,001 |
Marine3 seats
| R. Phillips | Conservative | 1,805 |
| R. Tilney | Conservative | 1,796 |
| D. Hill | Conservative | 1,780 |
| I. Robinson | RES | 1,187 |
| M. Stafford | RES | 1,094 |
| A. Trigwell | RES | 1,027 |
Offington3 seats
| R. Clapp | Conservative | 2,402 |
| S. Elliott | Conservative | 2,317 |
| C. Scott | Conservative | 2,230 |
| L. Hill | RES | 1,198 |
| P. Laverick | RES | 1,187 |
| H. Ash | RES | 1,085 |
Selden3 seats · turnout 51.3%
| F. Hammond | Conservative | 1,094 ✓ |
| N. Prestwich | Conservative | 1,042 ✓ |
| J. Chowen | Conservative | 1,003 ✓ |
| A. Strudwick | Residents | 826 |
| H. Brackley | Residents | 640 |
| D. Elvey | Residents | 568 |
| D. Keen | The Liberal Party | 519 |
| B. Mitchell | The Liberal Party | 484 |
| E. Curphey | Independent | 462 |
| S. Bristow | Labour | 176 |
| A. Bristow | Labour | 168 |
| M. Lacey | Labour | 153 |