Before (end of 1989) (43 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 25 · Labour 14 · Other 3 · Liberal Democrats 1
After (end of 1990) (43 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 22 · Labour 18 · Other 3 · Liberal Democrats 0
Ward results
Belper East1 seat · turnout 59.1%
| J. Harrington | Labour | 1,689 |
| J. Nelson | Conservative | 1,366 |
| A. Pocklington | SLD | 736 |
DUFFIELD1 seat · turnout 60.0%
| S. Bradford | Conservative | 1,523 |
| Diana Hancock | Labour | 494 |
| W. Handscombe | SLD | 165 |
Heanor & Loscoe1 seat · turnout 61.9%
| D. Maciejewski | Independent | 1,243 |
| I Cox | Labour | 1,212 |
Heanor East1 seat · turnout 59.7%
| G. Holmes | Labour | 1,532 |
| B. Eley | Conservative | 1,123 |
Ironville & Riddings1 seat · turnout 58.7%
| D. Hartley | Labour | 1,334 |
| J Brown | Conservative | 1,170 |
Langley Mill & Aldercar1 seat · turnout 51.2%
| I. Stokes | Labour | 1,314 |
| John Hill | Independent | 400 |
| D Wooley | Independent | 314 |
Ripley1 seat · turnout 50.7%
| C. Cutting | Labour | 2,174 |
| T. Barratt | Conservative | 1,481 |
SOMERCOTES1 seat · turnout 52.5%
| John McCabe | Labour | 1,427 |
| G. Brown | Conservative | 472 |
| B. Johnson | SLD | 437 |