Before (end of 1977) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 25 · Labour 22 · The Liberal Party 1 · Other 0
After (end of 1978) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 24 · Labour 23 · The Liberal Party 1 · Other 0
Ward results
Bretton2 seats
| Bill Fish | Labour | 1,024 ✓ |
| P Wallis | Labour | 970 ✓ |
| B Sandford | Conservative | 917 |
| G Whyte | Conservative | 848 |
| J McKenzie | LIB | 135 |
Dogsthorpe1 seat · turnout 41.1%
| C. Gray | Labour | 1,533 |
| B. Granger | Conservative | 851 |
| R. Duffy | LIB | 279 |
East1 seat · turnout 41.3%
| R. Britton | Labour | 1,181 |
| N. Fitzjohn | Conservative | 1,068 |
| B. Banul | LIB | 74 |
Fletton1 seat · turnout 42.3%
| K. Winfield | Labour | 1,282 |
| B. Elsom | Conservative | 1,124 |
| B. Barnes | LIB | 58 |
North1 seat · turnout 42.3%
| A. Sapey | Labour | 1,253 |
| J. Sutcliffe | Conservative | 702 |
| P. Sampy | LIB | 104 |
Orton Longueville1 seat · turnout 48.6%
| J. Rigby | Conservative | 954 |
| E. Williams | Labour | 337 |
| N. Sopp | LIB | 51 |
Park1 seat · turnout 42.7%
| N. Chapman | Conservative | 1,776 |
| A. Flower | Labour | 702 |
| E. Allen | LIB | 163 |
Paston1 seat · turnout 44.3%
| L. Rimes | Labour | 559 |
| P. Phillips | Conservative | 323 |
Ravensthorpe1 seat · turnout 33.0%
| R. Brooks | Labour | 1,131 |
| V. Widman | Conservative | 611 |
| A Miners | LIB | 111 |
Stanground1 seat · turnout 44.6%
| R. Palmer | Labour | 1,400 |
| R. Parker | Conservative | 1,344 |
Thorney1 seat · turnout 39.6%
| B. Franklin | LIB | 504 |
| R West | Labour | 159 |
Walton1 seat · turnout 42.0%
| P. Ayres | Labour | 1,106 |
| J. Roberts | Conservative | 1,072 |
| N. Perry | LIB | 103 |
Werrington1 seat · turnout 41.4%
| H. Lothian | Conservative | 1,168 |
| J. Devine | Labour | 488 |
| V. Butters | LIB | 72 |
Wittering1 seat · turnout 36.2%
| E. James | Conservative | 548 |
| D Meinert | Labour | 85 |
| L. Chapman | LIB | 28 |