Before (end of 1978) (35 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 31 · Conservative 4 · The Liberal Party 0 · Labour 0
After (end of 1979) (35 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 33 · Conservative 2 · The Liberal Party 0 · Labour 0
Ward results
BURWELL3 seats · turnout 54.7%
| H. Brooks | Conservative | 1,201 |
| L. Perkins | Conservative | 1,109 |
| A. Barton | Independent | 918 |
| I. Parker | Conservative | 882 |
| I. Barton | Independent | 859 |
Dullingham Villages1 seat
| D. Kaye | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Haddenham2 seats · turnout 59.7%
| O. Bethell | Independent | 1,126 |
| P. Warren | Independent | 1,114 |
| M. Fryer | Labour | 446 |
Isleham1 seat
| M. Williams | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Littleport4 seats · turnout 49.3%
| A. Wright | Independent | 1,766 |
| B Wright | Independent | 1,650 |
| J. Crane | Independent | 1,590 |
| A. Ware | Independent | 1,157 |
| F. Brown | Independent | 1,066 |
| K. Layn | Independent | 892 |
No. 1 (Ely Urban)7 seats · turnout 40.9%
| A. Pope | Independent | 3,740 |
| M. Rouse | Ind Con | 2,886 |
| J. Beckett | Independent | 2,847 |
| L. Langford | Independent | 2,022 |
| R. Taylor | Independent | 1,981 |
| L. Cornwell | Independent | 1,938 |
| A. Mitcham | Ind Con | 1,902 |
| P. Tucker | Independent | 1,759 |
| F. Oakey | Independent | 1,675 |
| P. Starkey | Labour | 1,469 |
No. 15 (Fordham)1 seat
| J. Newport | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 18 (Chippenham)1 seat
| L. Neal | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 4 (Sutton)1 seat
| P. Read | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 5 (Downham)1 seat
| A. White | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 7 (Mepal)1 seat
| W. Constable | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Soham4 seats
| K. Leonard | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| P. Kirk | Ind SOC | 0 ✓ |
| J. Peers | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| W. Gidney | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Stretham1 seat · turnout 44.8%
| J. Morley | Independent | 423 |
| A. Clayton-Smith | Independent | 99 |
The Swaffhams1 seat
| M. Cook | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Woodditton1 seat
| J. Smith | Independent | 0 ✓ |