Before (end of 1978) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 25 · Other 7 · Conservative 4 · The Liberal Party 0
After (end of 1979) (37 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 31 · Other 6 · The Liberal Party 0 · Conservative 0
Ward results
Ault Hucknall1 seat · turnout 81.8%
| K. Jones | Labour | 478 |
| D. Staley | Independent | 228 |
Barlborough1 seat · turnout 77.8%
| J. Cullen | Labour | 650 |
| M. Ryder | Conservative | 576 |
Blackwell2 seats · turnout 66.2%
| Andrea Tomlin | Labour | 1,405 |
| D. Coulson | Labour | 1,054 |
| D. Lloyd | Independent | 966 |
| B. Stokes | Conservative | 836 |
Bolsover Central2 seats · turnout 62.9%
| W. Chapman | Labour | 971 |
| A. Drury | Labour | 949 |
| M. Bond | Independent | 587 |
| P. Townsend | Independent | 541 |
Bolsover North1 seat · turnout 76.4%
| P. Ellis | Independent | 566 |
| M. Webley | Labour | 482 |
Bolsover South2 seats · turnout 67.2%
| H. Seaton | Labour | 1,036 |
| N. Bust | Labour | 950 |
| L. Howard | Conservative | 617 |
| A. Walker | Conservative | 552 |
Bolsover West1 seat · turnout 78.5%
| W. Taylor | Labour | 1,138 |
| J. Smith | Conservative | 484 |
Clowne3 seats · turnout 66.8%
| L. Harris | Independent | 1,820 ✓ |
| P. Sidney | Labour | 1,439 ✓ |
| M. Braddow | Labour | 1,147 ✓ |
| W. Gotheridge | Independent | 1,133 |
| P. Dolby | Independent | 993 |
| Matthew Stanton | Labour | 916 |
| C. Metcalfe | LIB | 896 |
| P. Burdett | Conservative | 676 |
| E. Pearce | Independent | 653 |
| J. Jones | Independent | 515 |
Elmton & Creswell3 seats · turnout 67.4%
| D. McGregor | Labour | 2,116 |
| C. Limb | Labour | 1,680 |
| P. Williams | Independent | 1,481 |
| B. Hipple | Labour | 1,411 |
| J. Frost | LIB | 1,098 |
| L. Bennett | Conservative | 801 |
| D. Williamson | Independent | 236 |
Glapwell1 seat · turnout 83.5%
| J. Ramsell | Independent | 677 |
| B. Slinn | Labour | 421 |
Pinxton2 seats · turnout 66.0%
| G. Dale | Labour | 1,268 |
| E. Wright | Labour | 1,195 |
| E. Di-Villa | Independent | 701 |
| J. Gent | Independent | 675 |
| N. Langton | Conservative | 463 |
Pleasely1 seat · turnout 77.2%
| J. Bowmer | Labour | 916 |
| W. Millward | Independent | 520 |
Scarcliffe East1 seat · turnout 79.9%
| W. Annable | Labour | 1,264 |
| M. Johns | Independent | 358 |
Scarcliffe North1 seat
| W. Hyatt | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Scarcliffe South1 seat · turnout 81.4%
| N. Jackson | Labour | 706 |
| McDonald J. | Independent | 482 |
Shirebrook East1 seat · turnout 74.4%
| G. Smith | Labour | 535 |
| V. Timmons | Independent | 408 |
Shirebrook North1 seat
| C. Hawley | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Shirebrook North West1 seat · turnout 75.6%
| J. Allsop | Labour | 1,053 |
| C. Vickers | Conservative | 208 |
Shirebrook South1 seat
| W. Adams | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Shirebrook South West1 seat
| L. Fretwell | Labour | 0 ✓ |
South Normanton East2 seats · turnout 31.8%
| A. Wilson | Labour | 664 |
| D. Coope | Labour | 557 |
| W. Hague | Conservative | 329 |
| F. Millington | Conservative | 300 |
South Normanton West2 seats · turnout 46.6%
| H. Scrimshaw | Labour | 681 |
| M. Bradley | Labour | 651 |
| C. Lane | Conservative | 510 |
| N. George | Conservative | 418 |
Tibshelf2 seats · turnout 71.0%
| A. Lee | Independent | 1,017 |
| C. Johnson | Independent | 840 |
| A. Bailey | Labour | 784 |
| S. Bailey | Labour | 681 |
Whitwell3 seats · turnout 76.8%
| C. Thorpe | Labour | 1,729 |
| K. Stevenson | Labour | 1,519 |
| E. Galpin | Labour | 1,368 |
| G. Webster | Conservative | 1,310 |
| R. Biggin | Conservative | 1,080 |
| C. Sternberg | Conservative | 1,067 |