Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 30 · Other 5 · Conservative 1 · The Liberal Party 0
Ward results
Ault Hucknall1 seat
| J. Howell | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Barlborough1 seat · turnout 50.6%
| E. Haywood | Labour | 425 |
| I. Holtam | Independent | 303 |
Blackwell2 seats
| D. Coulson | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| J. Collins | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Bolsover Central2 seats
| S. Clarke | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| A. Drury | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Bolsover North1 seat
| R. Raben | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Bolsover South2 seats · turnout 23.1%
| Henry J. | Labour | 480 |
| N. Bust | Labour | 421 |
| F. Brocksop | Conservative | 252 |
Bolsover West1 seat
| W. Taylor | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Clowne3 seats · turnout 33.3%
| C. Parratt | Independent | 940 |
| W. Gotheridge | Independent | 868 |
| S. Patrick | Labour | 827 |
| D. Ashley | Labour | 771 |
| W. Roberts | Independent | 684 |
| M. Braddow | Labour | 615 |
Elmton & Creswell3 seats · turnout 39.5%
| P. Williams | Ind Lab | 1,305 |
| J. Aston | Labour | 1,163 |
| D. McGregor | Labour | 994 |
| J. Charlesworth | Labour | 927 |
| C. Limb | Independent | 807 |
Glapwell1 seat
| E. Redfern | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Pinxton2 seats · turnout 31.9%
| E. Wright | Labour | 868 |
| G. Dale | Labour | 829 |
| D. Shardlow | Independent | 318 |
Pleasely1 seat
| D. Simpson | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Scarcliffe East1 seat
| M. Boucher | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Scarcliffe North1 seat
| W. Hyatt | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Scarcliffe South1 seat
| J. Mugglestone | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Shirebrook Central1 seat
| G. Smith | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Shirebrook East1 seat
| J. Allsop | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Shirebrook South1 seat
| W. Adams | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Shirebrook West2 seats
| C. Hawley | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| L. Fretwell | Labour | 0 ✓ |
South Normanton3 seats
| H. Scrimshaw | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| A. Wilson | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| G. Jepson | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Whitwell3 seats · turnout 51.1%
| G. Webster | Independent | 1,063 |
| C. Thorpe | Labour | 1,049 |
| C. Sternberg | Conservative | 908 |
| M. Ellis | Labour | 828 |
| J. Taylor | Labour | 822 |
| J. Vickers | Independent | 587 |