Before (end of 1995) (84 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 55 · Conservative 21 · Liberal Democrats 7 · Other 1
After (end of 1996) (84 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 55 · Conservative 21 · Liberal Democrats 7 · Other 1
Ward results
Allestree2 seats · turnout 39.8%
| Du Sautoy G | Conservative | 1,838 ✓ |
| Webb R. | Conservative | 1,734 ✓ |
| J. Horobin | Labour | 1,087 |
| W Cotton | Labour | 1,043 |
| S. King | Liberal Democrats | 413 |
| T. Hall | Liberal Democrats | 314 |
Alvaston2 seats · turnout 29.2%
| Bayliss J. | Labour | 1,687 ✓ |
| N. Wawman | Labour | 1,532 ✓ |
| G Carran | Conservative | 522 |
| I Gray | Conservative | 480 |
| D Turner | Liberal Democrats | 178 |
| P. Turner | Liberal Democrats | 167 |
Blagreaves2 seats
| Margaret Eileen Redfern | Labour | 1,703 ✓ |
| K Lester | Conservative | 832 |
Chaddesden2 seats · turnout 34.8%
| Sara Bolton | Labour | 1,828 ✓ |
| M. Repton | Labour | 1,677 ✓ |
| M Kilminster | Conservative | 764 |
| H. Johnson | Conservative | 731 |
| L. Alcock | Liberal Democrats | 355 |
| P. Whitaker | Liberal Democrats | 230 |
Chellaston2 seats · turnout 36.0%
| D. Whitehead | Labour | 1,877 ✓ |
| Barbara Jackson | Labour | 1,852 ✓ |
| J. Jennings | Conservative | 1,569 |
| M Bertalan | Conservative | 1,201 |
| J Eaton | Liberal Democrats | 175 |
| P Kay | Liberal Democrats | 158 |
Darley3 seats · turnout 42.3%
| E. Wooley | Labour | 2,000 ✓ |
| J. Bijoux | Labour | 1,990 ✓ |
| P Chadfield | Labour | 1,956 ✓ |
| J Brittain | Conservative | 1,654 |
| P. Hickson | Conservative | 1,638 |
| C. Hulls | Conservative | 1,570 |
| R. Jackson | Liberal Democrats | 438 |
| M McCann | Liberal Democrats | 423 |
| G. Wood | Liberal Democrats | 330 |
Derwent2 seats · turnout 28.0%
| D. Hayes | Labour | 1,742 ✓ |
| M Young | Labour | 1,630 ✓ |
| G Francis | Conservative | 317 |
| C Mellor | Conservative | 302 |
| Patricia Robinson | Liberal Democrats | 212 |
Littleover2 seats · turnout 47.5%
| Lucy Care | Liberal Democrats | 2,065 ✓ |
| M. Burgess | Liberal Democrats | 1,879 ✓ |
| L. Shillingford | Labour | 779 |
| M Manku | Labour | 778 |
| A Champion | Conservative | 676 |
| B. Samra | Conservative | 559 |
| K Dickenson | SDP | 36 |