Before (end of 1978)
Not known.
After (end of 1979)
Not known.
Ward results
Bishops Nympton1 seat
| J. Milton | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Bishops Tawton1 seat · turnout 81.1%
| A. Verney | Conservative | 599 |
| J. Baxter | Ndm | 415 |
Combe Martin2 seats · turnout 67.3%
| W. Stevenson | Independent | 1,179 |
| G. Andrews | Independent | 1,076 |
| T. Bartlett | Independent | 970 |
No. 10 (Braunton)4 seats · turnout 63.6%
| R. Incledon | LIB | 2,451 |
| E. Clamp | LIB | 2,070 |
| J. Bamford | Conservative | 1,915 |
| A. Dennis | Conservative | 1,600 |
| B. West | Conservative | 1,581 |
| A. Dibble | Conservative | 1,551 |
| G. Ridd | LIB | 1,377 |
| C. Lippiatt | Independent | 1,136 |
| W. Hollis | LIB | 1,113 |
No. 11 (Fremington)3 seats · turnout 59.4%
| R. Cann | Conservative | 2,257 |
| R. Day | Conservative | 2,204 |
| C. Burgess | Independent | 1,929 |
| K. Jordan | LIB | 1,507 |
| M. Watson | Labour | 939 |
No. 12 (Instow)1 seat · turnout 79.3%
| G. Stanbury | Independent | 473 |
| K. Wyeth | Conservative | 377 |
No. 14 (Parracombe)1 seat
| W. Camp | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 16 (Mortehoe)1 seat
| R. Ashford | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 17 (Marwood)1 seat · turnout 81.0%
| H. Hopkins | Independent | 607 |
| S. Darling | Independent | 196 |
No. 18 (Georgeham)1 seat
| D. Williams | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 19 (Heanton Punchardon)1 seat · turnout 79.1%
| Y. Gillespie | Conservative | 574 |
| J. Roach | Independent | 315 |
No. 20 (Bratton Fleming)1 seat · turnout 85.4%
| M. Huxtable | Independent | 595 |
| A. Ackland | Independent | 350 |
| A. Newland | Independent | 116 |
No. 21 (Swimbridge)1 seat · turnout 84.8%
| C. Bartlett | Independent | 992 |
| J. Isaac | LIB | 593 |
No. 25 (Chittlehampton)1 seat
| A. Cook | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 26 (Chulmleigh)1 seat
| J. Fullbrook | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 27 (Witheridge)1 seat · turnout 81.1%
| B. Peace | Independent | 1,085 |
| A. Tagart | Independent | 94 |
No. 29 (North Molton)1 seat · turnout 82.5%
| H. Green | Independent | 564 |
| C. Priest | Independent | 541 |
Tawstock1 seat · turnout 84.7%
| P. Holland | Independent | 842 |
| J. Gifford | Conservative | 533 |
Trinity2 seats · turnout 64.6%
| D. Worden | LIB | 1,295 |
| M. Prouse | LIB | 1,195 |
| H. Wilkey | Labour | 734 |
| D. Stimpson | Labour | 493 |
| G. Sables | COMM | 78 |
Yeo2 seats · turnout 66.5%
| W. Petterick | Ndm | 925 |
| J. Wood | Ndm | 632 |
| J. Bosence | LIB | 522 |
| M. Dennis | LIB | 405 |