Before (end of 1982) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 20 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 9 · Other 9 · Labour 1
After (end of 1983) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 26 · Other 6 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 5 · Labour 2
Ward results
Ashbourne3 seats · turnout 29.6%
| G. Ward | Ind Con | 1,200 |
| C. Birch | Conservative | 1,042 |
| E. Plumbly | Conservative | 898 |
| V. Smith | Labour | 457 |
| C. Barnes | Labour | 305 |
| A. Fargeant | Labour | 298 |
Ashford & Longstone1 seat · turnout 57.0%
| C. Crowther | Conservative | 674 |
| D. Windle | Independent | 119 |
Bakewell3 seats · turnout 47.2%
| T. Welch | Independent | 907 |
| J. Twigg | Conservative | 832 |
| D. | Lib/Sdp | 730 |
| L. Wright | Conservative | 672 |
| M. Knighton | Conservative | 609 |
| A. Dudley | Lib/Sdp | 520 |
| P. Crump | Lib/Sdp | 274 |
Bradwell1 seat · turnout 51.3%
| C. Bradwell | Independent | 595 |
| J. Lindley | Labour | 122 |
Brailsford1 seat · turnout 48.8%
| J. Foster | Conservative | 372 |
| A. Spendlove | Lib/Sdp | 249 |
Brassington & Parwich1 seat
| L. Rose | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Chatsworth1 seat · turnout 65.3%
| C. Hoole | Conservative | 620 |
| R. Coggins | Lib/Sdp | 357 |
Clifton and Bradley1 seat · turnout 58.3%
| J. Peach | Conservative | 431 |
| K. Sayer | Independent | 248 |
Darley Dale3 seats · turnout 48.8%
| D. Fearn | Lib/Sdp | 885 ✓ |
| B. Fearn | Conservative | 841 ✓ |
| H. Rayner | Conservative | 738 ✓ |
| W. Coverdale | Conservative | 682 |
| L. Jackson | Independent | 664 |
| G. Crowter | Lib/Sdp | 643 |
| M. Crowder | Lib/Sdp | 526 |
| J. Boyack | Labour | 400 |
| S. Davison | Labour | 307 |
| G. Draper | Independent | 274 |
| A. Quick | Labour | 255 |
Doveridge1 seat · turnout 60.5%
| E. Spencer | Conservative | 407 |
| J. Stevenson | Independent | 201 |
| B. Barry | Lib/Sdp | 193 |
Eyam & Stoney Middleton1 seat · turnout 63.0%
| F. Hall | Conservative | 594 |
| W. Hubbard | Independent | 116 |
| R Slater | Labour | 95 |
Hartington & Doverdale1 seat · turnout 57.1%
| F. Glossop | Independent | 598 |
| E Page | Labour | 116 |
Hathersage2 seats · turnout 63.9%
| W. Massey | Conservative | 817 ✓ |
| W. Massey | Conservative | 817 |
| M Fearne | Conservative | 779 |
| M. Fearne | Conservative | 779 ✓ |
| R. Jackson | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 498 |
| R Jackson | Lib/Sdp | 498 |
| J. Elliott | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 282 |
| J Elliott | Lib/Sdp | 282 |
| J. Boyce | Labour | 167 |
| J. Boyce | Labour | 167 |
| B Dobbins | Labour | 142 |
| B. Dobbins | Labour | 142 |
Masson2 seats · turnout 47.9%
| D. White | Conservative | 590 |
| P. Allen | Conservative | 522 |
| E. Young | Lib/Sdp | 397 |
| J March | Labour | 383 |
| K. Cantrill | Labour | 380 |
| B. Greaves | Lib/Sdp | 367 |
Matlock All Saints3 seats · turnout 48.8%
| G. Stevens | Conservative | 1,211 |
| B. Storey | Conservative | 952 |
| K. Birch | Conservative | 882 |
| T. Boam | Lib/Sdp | 746 |
| B. Crapper | Lib/Sdp | 730 |
| M. Elsworth | Lib/Sdp | 617 |
| A. Corcoran | Labour | 353 |
| A. Hall | Labour | 285 |
| P. McLardy | Labour | 267 |
Matlock St Giles3 seats · turnout 58.0%
| P. Edwards | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 1,169 ✓ |
| P Edwards | Lib/Sdp | 1,169 |
| W. Clay | Conservative | 895 ✓ |
| W Clay | Conservative | 895 |
| M Crapper | Lib/Sdp | 841 |
| M. Crapper | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 841 ✓ |
| P. Leighton | Conservative | 830 |
| P Leighton | Conservative | 830 |
| G Nightingale | Conservative | 781 |
| G. Nightingale | Conservative | 781 |
| J Eatherden | Lib/Sdp | 615 |
| J. Eatherden | SDP-Liberal Alliance | 615 |
| M. Beaumont | Labour | 413 |
| M. Beaumont | Labour | 413 |
| E Morgan | Labour | 364 |
| E. Morgan | Labour | 364 |
| J. Bird | Labour | 357 |
| J Bird | Labour | 357 |
Stanton1 seat · turnout 59.3%
| P. Elliott | Independent | 378 |
| M. Musgrave | Conservative | 298 |
| D. Coatesworth | Labour | 90 |
Taddington1 seat
| F. Holland | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Winster and South Darley1 seat · turnout 60.1%
| D. Burton | Lib/Sdp | 383 |
| J. Clifford | Conservative | 209 |
| I. Owen | Labour | 112 |
Wirksworth3 seats · turnout 49.8%
| W. Doxey | Labour | 1,321 |
| M. Waterhouse | Labour | 991 |
| C. Mordey | Conservative | 843 |
| S. Clamp | Labour | 791 |
| E. Fowke | Conservative | 638 |
| R. Walsh | Conservative | 527 |
| E. Kindleysides | Lib/Sdp | 508 |
| J. Coles | Lib/Sdp | 432 |
| B. Ashurst | Lib/Sdp | 396 |
Youlgreave1 seat · turnout 66.4%
| B. Oldfield | Independent | 584 |
| P. Carrington | Conservative | 289 |
