Before (end of 1977) (46 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 33 · Labour 12 · Other 1 · The Liberal Party 0
After (end of 1978) (46 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 32 · Labour 14 · The Liberal Party 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Bradwell1 seat · turnout 40.0%
| E. Baines | Labour | 908 |
| B. Sawbridge | Conservative | 224 |
| E. Gascoynes | LIB | 67 |
Denbigh1 seat · turnout 34.0%
| R. Swepston | Labour | 825 ✓ |
| C. Boult | Conservative | 787 |
| N. Ashton | LIB | 137 |
| G. Kirby | COMM | 81 |
Eaton1 seat · turnout 26.7%
| P. Dungate | Labour | 747 |
| Hall D. | Conservative | 334 |
Fenny Stratford1 seat · turnout 35.9%
| R Williams | Conservative | 1,102 |
| D. Flook | Labour | 1,052 |
| D. Thorley | LIB | 130 |
Manor Farm1 seat · turnout 42.8%
| C. Bowden | Labour | 623 |
| D. Connor | Conservative | 606 |
Newport Pagnell1 seat · turnout 43.6%
| T. Evans | Conservative | 1,566 |
| L. Nixon | Labour | 1,018 |
| C. Richardson | LIB | 188 |
Newton1 seat · turnout 51.0%
| B. Baldry | Conservative | 737 |
| W. Faulkner | Labour | 558 |
| J. Bromley | LIB | 127 |
Olney1 seat · turnout 35.7%
| H. Wesley | Conservative | 792 |
| A. Hall | Labour | 204 |
| K. Richardson | LIB | 99 |
Stantonbury1 seat · turnout 38.1%
| T. Rusher | Conservative | 811 |
| B. Tapp | Labour | 783 |
| K. Murrell | LIB | 116 |
Stony Stratford1 seat · turnout 48.0%
| J. Mullen | Conservative | 1,388 |
| A. Williams | Labour | 944 |
| D. West | LIB | 218 |
Whaddon1 seat · turnout 40.2%
| R. Ward | Conservative | 1,019 ✓ |
| E. Edwards | Labour | 882 |
| J. Ashton | LIB | 217 |
| J. Messam | COMM | 47 |
Wolverton1 seat · turnout 39.3%
| F. Atter | Labour | 1,424 |
| L. McNulty | Conservative | 716 |
| R. Brown | LIB | 93 |
Wolverton Stacey Bushes1 seat · turnout 49.9%
| F. Smith | Labour | 309 |
| S. Crooks | LIB | 241 |
| C. Gray | Conservative | 161 |