Before (end of 1975) (51 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 32 · Conservative 10 · Other 9 · The Liberal Party 0
After (end of 1976) (51 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 19 · Other 19 · Conservative 13 · The Liberal Party 0
Ward results
Barlow & Holmesfield1 seat · turnout 57.9%
| J. Needham | Independent | 695 |
| S. Ledger | Labour | 164 |
Brampton & Walton2 seats
| E. Hill | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| G. Bird | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Coal Aston2 seats · turnout 52.1%
| B. Lees | Conservative | 1,028 |
| J. Rudd | Conservative | 1,020 |
| E. Sharpe | Labour | 325 |
| D. Steele | Labour | 321 |
Grassmoor2 seats · turnout 43.0%
| A. Bennett | Ind Lab | 824 |
| T. Lide | Labour | 611 |
| S. Wright | Conservative | 583 |
| D. Dymond | Labour | 583 |
No. 1 (Clay Cross)6 seats
| S Davis | RES | 1,948 ✓ |
| D Fuller | RES | 1,931 ✓ |
| A Jeffrey | RES | 1,904 ✓ |
| J Chambers | RES | 1,896 ✓ |
| J Loughead | RES | 1,870 ✓ |
| N Monk | RES | 1,816 ✓ |
| G Harris | Labour | 1,497 |
| C Fox | Labour | 1,484 |
| D Cooper | Labour | 1,479 |
| A King | Labour | 1,444 |
| H Northedge | Labour | 1,441 |
| M Smith | Labour | 1,393 |
No. 10 (Ashover)2 seats · turnout 44.4%
| U. Bond | Independent | 890 |
| G. Rotter | Independent | 729 |
| J. Chappell | Labour | 469 |
No. 11 (Eckington)3 seats · turnout 25.8%
| D. Cryer | Labour | 957 |
| E. Clegg | Labour | 954 |
| A. Barker | Labour | 748 |
| E. Goulder | Conservative | 630 |
No. 14 (Killamarsh)3 seats · turnout 39.4%
| R. Cochrane | Labour | 1,063 |
| K. Warnes | Labour | 1,052 |
| R. Redfern | Labour | 1,002 |
| P. Whitfield | Conservative | 864 |
| M. Green | Conservative | 831 |
| R. Havenhand | Conservative | 735 |
No. 16 (Calow)2 seats · turnout 17.6%
| G. Booth | Independent | 338 |
| W. Higgins | Labour | 301 |
| T. Babbs | Labour | 93 |
No. 17 (Heath)1 seat · turnout 46.9%
| B. Smith | Labour | 244 ✓ |
| J. Garlick | Independent | 169 |
| G. Robson | Independent | 81 |
| A. Binsley | Ind Lab | 38 |
No. 2 (Dronfield: Central)2 seats · turnout 60.9%
| R. Norbron | Conservative | 863 |
| P. Tasker | Conservative | 847 |
| C. Ford | Labour | 405 |
| H. Barnes | Labour | 385 |
No. 20 (North Wingfield)4 seats · turnout 26.6%
| C. Grainger | Independent | 1,308 |
| R. Barrs | Labour | 971 |
| R. Brunt | Labour | 963 |
| D. Wakelam | Labour | 912 |
| L. Ralley | Labour | 890 |
| W. Gent | Conservative | 785 |
No. 22 (Shirland & Higham)3 seats
| G. Haslam | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| W. Beaumont | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| W. Fellows | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| A. Roach | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 4 (Dronfield: Dronfield)3 seats · turnout 46.8%
| C. Batty | Conservative | 1,769 |
| E. Batty | Conservative | 1,719 |
| H. Giles | Conservative | 1,699 |
| E. Fearn | Labour | 611 |
| G. Lynch | Labour | 568 |
| B. Kanwar | Labour | 542 |
No. 5 (Dronfield: North)2 seats · turnout 46.8%
| P. Smalley | Conservative | 597 |
| C. Smith | Conservative | 583 |
| H. Seddons | Labour | 517 |
| G. Johnson | Labour | 515 |
No. 6 (Dronfield: South)2 seats · turnout 46.8%
| P. Stinson | Conservative | 1,177 |
| T. Smith | Conservative | 1,166 |
| C. Smith | Labour | 474 |
| K. Oldman | Labour | 463 |
Pilsley2 seats · turnout 28.3%
| W. Stoddart | Independent | 417 |
| D. Ward | Labour | 381 |
| J. Bone | Labour | 331 |
Renishaw1 seat · turnout 54.1%
| W. Rice | Ind Lab | 340 ✓ |
| J. Swain | Labour | 272 |
| I. Hunt | Conservative | 110 |
| B. Sims | LIB | 85 |
Ridgeway & Marsh Lane1 seat · turnout 58.1%
| W. Hardy | Conservative | 457 |
| N. Beattie | Labour | 361 |
Tupton2 seats
| G. Marshall | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| R. Mellor | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Wingerworth3 seats · turnout 35.2%
| B. Rice | Independent | 1,163 |
| E. Middleton | Independent | 891 |
| G. Cafeara | Conservative | 832 |
| W. White | Independent | 674 |
| B. Binns | Labour | 437 |
| G. Whitmore | Labour | 345 |
| P. Hawkins | Labour | 304 |