Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 33 · Other 17 · Conservative 7 · The Liberal Party 3
Ward results
ALFRETON4 seats
| G. Curley | Independent | 1,552 ✓ |
| F. Storer | The Liberal Party | 1,273 ✓ |
| K. Lowe | Labour | 1,074 ✓ |
| C. Fulwood | Labour | 1,039 ✓ |
| A. Dye | Labour | 1,015 |
| A. Blood | Labour | 970 |
| R. Bowlzer | Independent | 952 |
| J. Wall | LIB | 886 |
| D. Caren | LIB | 792 |
| L. Hardwick | COMM | 554 |
Crich2 seats
| J. Briggs | Independent | 590 ✓ |
| J. McKee | Conservative | 367 ✓ |
| R. Heappey | Labour | 362 |
| W. Bowmer | Independent | 333 |
| A. Stocks | Labour | 199 |
| F. Newman | Independent | 192 |
DUFFIELD2 seats
| D. Hawley | Conservative | 1,498 |
| E. Pulvertaft | Conservative | 1,427 |
| D. Hawley | Conservative | 932 ✓ |
| H. Pulvertaft | Conservative | 896 ✓ |
| Ind | Labour | 413 |
| W. Butler | Labour | 388 |
| R. Creed | Labour | 293 |
| E. Minion | Labour | 282 |
| E. Minion | Labour | 253 |
Kilburn1 seat · turnout 40.7%
| C. Dodd | Independent | 442 ✓ |
| W. Woodall | Labour | 419 |
No. 2 (Somercotes)3 seats
| T. Rimmington | LIB | 767 |
| H. Dean | Labour | 700 |
| A. Stringer | Labour | 687 |
| G. Burton | Labour | 659 |
No. 4 (Riddings & Ironville)3 seats · turnout 74.6%
| J. Roberts | The Liberal Party | 792 ✓ |
| K. Hunt | Labour | 779 ✓ |
| G. Gibbs | Labour | 712 ✓ |
| J. Francis | Independent | 658 |
| J. Booth | Labour | 618 |
| B. Ellicott | Other | 221 |
No. 5 (Belper: Central)2 seats
| A. Chapman | Independent | 640 |
| R. Millward | Independent | 638 |
| M. Adams | Labour | 528 |
| R. Green | Labour | 432 |
No. 6 (Belper: East)3 seats · turnout 40.8%
| C. Price | Independent | 977 ✓ |
| J. Fox | Labour | 973 ✓ |
| R. Beardsley | Independent | 891 ✓ |
| C. Hennessy | Independent | 863 |
| D. Townsend | Labour | 854 |
| G. Street | Labour | 834 |
SOMERCOTES3 seats
| T. Rimmington | The Liberal Party | 767 ✓ |
| H. Dean | Labour | 700 ✓ |
| A. Stringer | Labour | 687 ✓ |
| G. Burton | Labour | 659 |
SWANWICK2 seats
| K. Hunt | Labour | 779 |
| F. Peacock | Labour | 669 ✓ |
| T. England | Labour | 620 ✓ |
| A. Holt | LIB | 400 |
| L. Simonson | LIB | 359 |
| Ind | Labour | 221 |