Before (end of 1983) (44 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 25 · Conservative 18 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 1 · Other 0
After (end of 1984) (44 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 24 · Conservative 18 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 2 · Other 0
Ward results
Abbey1 seat · turnout 26.9%
| M. Fuller | Labour | 1,508 ✓ |
| M. Tomlinson | Conservative | 822 |
| P. James | Lib/Sdp | 174 |
| E. Wall | Ecol | 74 |
Allestree1 seat · turnout 45.3%
| B. Chadwick | Conservative | 2,601 ✓ |
| H. Jones | Lib/Sdp | 574 |
| R. Turner | Labour | 539 |
Alvaston1 seat · turnout 37.4%
| G. Sweeting | Labour | 1,479 ✓ |
| R. Baldwin | Conservative | 1,137 |
| C. Brocklehurst | Lib/Sdp | 255 |
Babington1 seat · turnout 31.5%
| S. Unwin | Labour | 1,732 ✓ |
| B. Thompson | Conservative | 670 |
| M. Burgess | Lib/Sdp | 315 |
Blagreaves1 seat · turnout 43.0%
| F. Murphy | Conservative | 1,408 ✓ |
| M. Royle | Labour | 1,282 |
| D. George | Lib/Sdp | 710 |
| B. Sabine | Ecol | 45 |
Boulton1 seat · turnout 38.4%
| C. Thrower | Labour | 1,712 ✓ |
| K. Webley | Conservative | 1,393 |
| P. Boateng | Lib/Sdp | 488 |
Breadsall1 seat · turnout 36.6%
| N. Wawman | Labour | 1,870 ✓ |
| R. Ormond | Conservative | 1,167 |
| P. Beasley | Lib/Sdp | 646 |
Chaddesden1 seat · turnout 40.6%
| Sara Bolton | Labour | 1,643 ✓ |
| G. Andrews | Conservative | 1,483 |
| S. Connolly | Lib/Sdp | 446 |
Chellaston1 seat · turnout 44.0%
| K Brown | Conservative | 1,977 ✓ |
| G. Summers | Labour | 1,268 |
| G. Coleman | Lib/Sdp | 362 |
Darley1 seat · turnout 38.7%
| R. Longdon | Conservative | 2,273 ✓ |
| W. Denman | Labour | 901 |
| J. Hancock | Lib/Sdp | 453 |
Derwent1 seat · turnout 40.1%
| P. Geraghty | Lib/Sdp | 1,401 ✓ |
| J. Wingfield | Labour | 1,245 |
| R. Bunting | Conservative | 391 |
Kingsway1 seat · turnout 36.0%
| N. Brown | Conservative | 1,586 ✓ |
| D. Dorrell | Labour | 747 |
| P. Simpson | Lib/Sdp | 542 |
Spondon1 seat · turnout 39.8%
| J. Leatherbarrow | Conservative | 2,170 ✓ |
| D. Hayes | Labour | 1,404 |
| R. Guilford | Lib/Sdp | 444 |