Before (end of 1978) (47 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 39 · Conservative 7 · Labour 1 · The Liberal Party 0
After (end of 1979) (46 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 30 · Conservative 14 · Labour 2 · The Liberal Party 0
Ward results
Astley1 seat
| C. Reynolds | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Bacton1 seat · turnout 74.6%
| R. Little | Independent | 606 |
| C. Wilkins | Labour | 412 |
Bodham1 seat · turnout 77.5%
| A. Turner | Conservative | 414 |
| R. Thurtle | Independent | 305 |
| W. Lynn | Labour | 249 |
Catfield1 seat · turnout 74.3%
| H. Starkings | Independent | 789 |
| G. Wise | Labour | 178 |
Chaucer1 seat · turnout 72.6%
| G. Fisher | Independent | 550 |
| A. Richmond | Labour | 382 |
Corpusty1 seat · turnout 72.0%
| S. Radclyffe | Independent | 569 |
| S. Faircloth | Labour | 216 |
Cromer2 seats · turnout 64.2%
| P. Barclay | Independent | 1,423 |
| J. Walden | Independent | 969 |
| F. Bailey | Conservative | 965 |
| T. Bolton | Independent | 727 |
| J. Wallace | Independent | 199 |
Four Stowes1 seat · turnout 77.5%
| D. Kinnear | Independent | 495 ✓ |
| L. Matthew | Independent | 360 |
| M. Beckham | Independent | 124 |
| G. Bird | Independent | 110 |
Fulmodeston1 seat · turnout 79.7%
| R. Broughton | Independent | 578 |
| T. Roberts | Independent | 323 |
Glaven2 seats · turnout 63.5%
| C. Sutton | Independent | 1,253 |
| B. Elsden | Independent | 1,087 |
| E. High | Labour | 502 |
| M. Richards | Labour | 390 |
Happisburgh1 seat
| J. Paterson | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Hickling1 seat
| P. Blaxell | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Horsefen1 seat
| V. Bensley | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Lancaster3 seats · turnout 57.1%
| R. Bagshaw | Conservative | 1,809 |
| N. Edwards | Labour | 1,487 |
| H. Thorsen | Conservative | 1,230 |
| N. Barrett | Labour | 1,180 |
| R. Edmondson | Independent | 1,090 |
| D. Hyde | Independent | 782 |
Neatishead1 seat
| C. Durrant | Independent | 0 ✓ |
North Walsham East3 seats · turnout 56.2%
| F. Bloom | Independent | 2,001 |
| M. Millington | Conservative | 1,569 |
| J. Masters | Conservative | 1,327 |
| A. Powles | Conservative | 1,161 |
| J. Reilly | Labour | 1,076 |
North Walsham West1 seat · turnout 78.3%
| L. Howlett | Labour | 700 |
| D. Millington | Conservative | 606 |
Overstrand1 seat
| P. Shewell | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Pastonacres1 seat
| C. Perry | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Roughton1 seat · turnout 75.7%
| M. Dunham | Independent | 995 |
| C. Collins | Labour | 385 |
Sheringham3 seats · turnout 58.6%
| R. English | Conservative | 1,284 |
| F. Atkinson | Conservative | 1,273 |
| W. Segrue | Conservative | 1,222 |
| L. McGinn | Independent | 1,084 |
| A. Denis | Independent | 1,031 |
| C. Robinson | Independent | 1,029 |
| N. Parks | Independent | 444 |
| D. Denny | Labour | 395 |
Suffield Park1 seat · turnout 78.9%
| E. Lycett | Independent | 734 |
| M. Amis | Labour | 450 |
The Raynhams1 seat
| A. Duckworth-Chad | Independent | 0 ✓ |
The Runtons2 seats
| E. Young | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| R. Hughes | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Walsingham1 seat
| T. Moore | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Wells2 seats · turnout 60.1%
| D. Hudson | Independent | 1,053 |
| M. French | Conservative | 1,033 |
| J. Christmas | Independent | 719 |
Wensum Valley1 seat
| K. Perowne | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Worstead1 seat · turnout 78.1%
| M. Carter | Independent | 688 |
| H. Nickson | Labour | 294 |
