Before (end of 1978) (40 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 27 · Labour 8 · Other 4 · The Liberal Party 1
After (end of 1979) (40 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 24 · Other 7 · Labour 6 · The Liberal Party 3
Ward results
Benwick & Doddington1 seat · turnout 83.8%
| R. Dunham | Conservative | 747 |
| H. Miller | Independent | 384 |
Chatteris East1 seat
| N. Carney | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Chatteris North1 seat
| R. Goodger | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Chatteris South1 seat
| G. Brinton | Ind Con | 0 ✓ |
Chatteris West1 seat
| A. German | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Elm2 seats
| A. Ingle | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| M. Cotterell | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Leverington2 seats
| R. Wallace | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| R. Dixon | Independent | 0 ✓ |
March East3 seats · turnout 64.7%
| F. Clark | Labour | 1,733 |
| G. Brewin | Conservative | 1,438 |
| D. Cherry | Labour | 1,351 |
| W. Fordham | Labour | 992 |
| A. Woollard | Conservative | 911 |
| J. Longley | LIB | 775 |
| B. Pearce | Independent | 420 |
March North3 seats · turnout 58.4%
| P. Jackman | Independent | 1,570 |
| G. Taylor | Conservative | 1,451 |
| G. Campbell | Labour | 1,445 |
| D. Dagless | Labour | 1,405 |
| P. Overland | Labour | 762 |
March West3 seats · turnout 61.5%
| F. Grounds | Conservative | 1,330 |
| D. Fleming | Conservative | 1,324 |
| P. Skoulding | Conservative | 1,178 |
| B. Fox | LIB | 1,028 |
| A. Clark | Labour | 908 |
| A. Guy | Labour | 709 |
Newton & Tydd St. Giles1 seat
| M. Palmer | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Outwell & Upwell1 seat
| J. Bloom | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| P. Barnes | Independent | 1,348 |
| E. Plumb | LIB | 954 |
| N. Payne | LIB | 783 |
| C. Edwards | Conservative | 397 |
Whittlesey Bassenhally1 seat · turnout 76.2%
| G. Shelton | Conservative | 797 |
| G. Scott | Independent | 436 |
Whittlesey Central1 seat
| R. Hinton | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Whittlesey East1 seat · turnout 75.0%
| U. Cuffe | Conservative | 677 |
| G. Owen | Labour | 303 |
Whittlesey Kingsmoor1 seat · turnout 72.6%
| A. Hannington | Labour | 536 |
| D. Roberts | Conservative | 437 |
Whittlesey South1 seat
| R. Whitwell | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Whittlesey West1 seat
| H. Lilley | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Wimblington1 seat · turnout 81.1%
| D. Camp | Independent | 583 |
| G. Lambert | Labour | 273 |
Wisbech East2 seats
| R. Lake | Conservative | 1,074 |
| L. Slaymaker | Conservative | 1,043 |
| M. Usher | Labour | 853 |
Wisbech North3 seats · turnout 49.4%
| H. Potter | Labour | 1,168 |
| K. Williams | Labour | 959 |
| K. Brennan | LIB | 899 |
| B. Martin | LIB | 889 |
| F. Rikovsky | Conservative | 720 |
| A. Worlding | Labour | 701 |
Wisbech North East2 seats · turnout 69.1%
| B. Petts | Conservative | 774 |
| M. Osborn | Conservative | 749 |
| G. Monger | LIB | 614 |
| C. Bowden | Labour | 494 |
| R. Harris | Labour | 389 |
Wisbech South West3 seats · turnout 48.8%
| J. Bond | Conservative | 1,931 |
| M. Sharp | LIB | 1,459 |
| L. Rands | Conservative | 1,280 |
| T. Piggott | Conservative | 1,238 |