Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (35 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 18 · Other 11 · Conservative 6 · The Liberal Party 0
Ward results
No. 11 (Hatton)1 seat
| P. Hanbury | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 15 (Melbourne)3 seats
| J. Parkinson | Independent | 750 |
| D. Bentley | Independent | 705 |
| J. Morgan-Owen | Independent | 683 |
| D. Curzon | Labour | 349 |
| M. Harrison | Labour | 310 |
No. 3 (Swadlincote: Swadlincote)4 seats · turnout 39.6%
| J Moulson | Labour | 1,497 |
| J. Moulson | Labour | 1,497 ✓ |
| R Nutt | Labour | 1,437 |
| R. Nutt | Labour | 1,437 ✓ |
| J Miller | Labour | 1,395 ✓ |
| W. Flowers | Labour | 1,293 ✓ |
| W Flowers | Labour | 1,293 |
| A Muskette | Conservative | 548 |
| A. Muskette | Conservative | 548 |
| G Handley | Conservative | 520 |
| G. Handley | Conservative | 520 |
| R Handley | Conservative | 489 |
| R. Handley | Conservative | 489 |
No. 6 (Hartshorne & Woodville)4 seats · turnout 51.6%
| R. Dytham | Labour | 1,182 ✓ |
| R Dytham | Labour | 1,182 |
| C Canner | Labour | 1,011 ✓ |
| E Oakley | Labour | 933 |
| E. Oakley | Labour | 933 ✓ |
| C Thompson | Labour | 916 |
| C. Thompson | Labour | 916 ✓ |
| J Orme | Conservative | 743 |
| A Harvey | Conservative | 681 |
| A. Harvey | Conservative | 681 |
| D Adam | Conservative | 557 |
| D. Adam | Conservative | 557 |
| A Waldron | Independent | 514 |
No. 7 (Repton & Bretby)2 seats · turnout 52.4%
| I Bentley | Conservative | 1,203 |
| I. Bentley | Conservative | 1,203 ✓ |
| C Harpur-Crewe | Conservative | 1,136 |
| C. Harpur-Crewe | Conservative | 1,136 ✓ |
| M Thomasson | Labour | 422 |
| M. Thomasson | Labour | 422 |
| J. Outhwaite | Labour | 418 |
| J Outhwaite | Labour | 418 |