Before (end of 1990) (49 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 36 · Liberal Democrats 7 · Other 4 · Conservative 2
After (end of 1991) (49 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 33 · Liberal Democrats 8 · Other 7 · Conservative 1
Ward results
Bishop Middleham1 seat
| M. Smith | Labour | 0 |
Broom1 seat
| J. Gilding | Conservative | 2,021 |
| M. Abbasi | Labour | 1,426 |
| G. Chaplin | Labour | 1,141 |
| G. Morgan | Labour | 929 |
| T. Conley | Labour | 875 |
| M. Golightly | Independent | 871 |
| B. Gibson | PPF | 694 |
| A. Kelly | PPF | 580 |
Byerley2 seats · turnout 47.5%
| J. Huntingdon | Liberal Democrats | 880 |
| J. Bell | Liberal Democrats | 752 |
| V Chapman | Labour | 499 |
| C. Horner | Labour | 462 |
Chilton3 seats · turnout 39.7%
| G. Welsh | PPF | 1,206 |
| B. Avery | Labour | 1,092 |
| J. Lee | Labour | 1,044 |
| P. McCourt | Labour | 1,007 |
| J. Simpson | PPF | 981 |
Cornforth2 seats
| K. Howard | Labour | 0 |
| A. Hodgson | Labour | 0 |
Ferryhill3 seats · turnout 38.9%
| R. Evans | PPF | 1,163 |
| B. Meek | Labour | 941 |
| S. Carmedy | Labour | 880 |
| K. Golightly | Independent | 822 |
| G. Trotter | Labour | 782 |
Low Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grange3 seats · turnout 32.2%
| G. Ferguson | Labour | 750 |
| J. McMahon | Liberal Democrats | 729 |
| F. Walker | Labour | 696 |
| C. Brayshaw | Labour | 674 |
| C. Lawson | Independent | 650 |
Middlestone3 seats · turnout 32.2%
| J. Everson | Labour | 1,009 |
| W. Waters | Labour | 958 |
| J. Kitson | Labour | 910 |
| J. Hackett | Liberal Democrats | 778 |
Middridge2 seats · turnout 34.5%
| T Moore | Independent | 703 |
| P. Bergg | Liberal Democrats | 418 |
| B. Hall | Liberal Democrats | 384 |
| J. Dormer | Labour | 202 |
| J. Rodwell | Labour | 156 |
Neville2 seats · turnout 41.1%
| D. Elliott | Independent | 666 |
| E. White | Independent | 616 |
| A. Elgie | Labour | 387 |
| J Tomlinson | Labour | 362 |
| L. Hovvels | Labour | 0 |
Old Trimdon2 seats · turnout 40.1%
| J. Burton | Labour | 822 |
| T. Ward | Labour | 769 |
| E. Dinning | Liberal Democrats | 360 |
Sedgefield3 seats
| J Wayman | Conservative | 788 ✓ |
| Malcolm Bell | Independent | 698 ✓ |
| Mark Cunningham | Liberal Democrats | 696 ✓ |
| R Taylor | Labour | 681 |
| Kenneth Manton | Labour | 669 |
| G Wells | Independent | 653 |
| B Gallagher | Labour | 571 |
| J Gomersall | Independent | 302 |
| H Miller | Liberal Democrats | 301 |
| N Brown | Independent | 298 |
Simpasture1 seat · turnout 47.4%
| E. Elmer | Labour | 336 |
| R. Turner | Independent | 270 |
| R. Roberts | Independent | 114 |
Spennymoor3 seats · turnout 27.9%
| B. Ord | Liberal Democrats | 1,180 |
| Elizabeth Hughes | Labour | 1,000 |
| A. Mumford | Labour | 999 |
| A. Clark | Labour | 972 |
| Results of | the English | 0 |
Sunnydale2 seats · turnout 34.0%
| W. Nunn | Labour | 627 |
| R. Crawford | Labour | 597 |
| J. Bell | Independent | 472 |
Thickley3 seats · turnout 33.9%
| Barry Stephens | Labour | 1,116 |
| L. Lowe | Independent | 967 |
| J. O'Brien | Labour | 952 |
| W. Edwards | Labour | 928 |
West3 seats
| C. Gowton | Labour | 0 |
| J. Woods | Labour | 0 |
| J. Fleming | Labour | 0 |