Before (end of 1995) (44 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 30 · Conservative 12 · Liberal Democrats 2 · Other 0
After (end of 1996) (44 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 39 · Conservative 3 · Liberal Democrats 2 · Other 0
Ward results
Abbey3 seats · turnout 25.6%
| M. Fuller | Labour | 1,891 ✓ |
| M. Walker | Labour | 1,752 ✓ |
| J. Till | Labour | 1,725 ✓ |
| A. Beckworth | Conservative | 478 |
| D. Sice | Conservative | 353 |
| I. Sice | Conservative | 349 |
| B. Harry | Liberal Democrats | 253 |
| John-Paul Keane | Liberal Democrats | 248 |
Allestree2 seats
| Roy Michael Webb | Conservative | 1,734 |
| J. Horobin | Labour | 1,087 |
| W. Cotton | Labour | 1,043 |
| Simon Guilbert King | Liberal Democrats | 413 |
| T. Hall | Liberal Democrats | 314 |
Alvaston2 seats
| Jonathan Paul Bayliss | 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 |
Babington3 seats · turnout 21.0%
| F. Hussain | Labour | 1,203 ✓ |
| A. Kalia | Labour | 1,160 ✓ |
| V. Wilsoncroft | Labour | 1,096 ✓ |
| M. Hussain | Conservative | 296 |
| Arman Alam | Conservative | 257 |
| Joan Magee | Conservative | 240 |
| M Sherazi | Liberal Democrats | 139 |
| M. Rashid | Liberal Democrats | 131 |
| Audrey Savage | Liberal Democrats | 130 |
| L. Davies | Green | 95 |
Blagreaves2 seats
| M. Crosdale | Labour | 1,583 ✓ |
| A Spendlove | Liberal Democrats | 1,580 |
| E. Ashburner | Liberal Democrats | 1,578 |
| P McCandless | Conservative | 736 |
Boulton2 seats · turnout 34.1%
| R. Blanksby | Labour | 1,973 ✓ |
| H. Dhindsa | Labour | 1,647 ✓ |
| K. Thompson | Conservative | 799 |
| E Birkinshaw | Conservative | 724 |
| P Harlow | Liberal Democrats | 361 |
| Ruth Skelton | Liberal Democrats | 206 |
| G Hardy | Independent | 85 |
Breadsall2 seats · turnout 29.7%
| P Woodland | Labour | 3,139 ✓ |
| John Whitby | Labour | 2,321 ✓ |
| Pauline Latham | Conservative | 1,862 |
| S. | Conservative | 1,560 |
| M Staines | Liberal Democrats | 627 |
Chaddesden2 seats
| S. Bolton | Labour | 1,828 |
| M. Repton | Labour | 1,677 |
| M. Kilminster | Conservative | 764 |
| L. Alcock | Liberal Democrats | 355 |
| P. Whitaker | Liberal Democrats | 230 |
Chellaston2 seats
| D. Whitehead | Labour | 1,877 |
| J. Jennings | Conservative | 1,569 |
| M. Bertalan | Conservative | 1,201 |
| J. Eaton | Liberal Democrats | 175 |
| P Kay | Liberal Democrats | 158 |
Darley3 seats
| J Bijoux | Labour | 1,990 |
| P Chadfield | Labour | 1,956 |
| J. Brittain | Conservative | 1,654 |
| Philip Hickson | Conservative | 1,638 |
| Roger Jackson | Liberal Democrats | 438 |
| M. McCann | Liberal Democrats | 423 |
| G. Wood | Liberal Democrats | 330 |
Derwent2 seats
| M. Young | Labour | 1,630 |
| G. Francis | Conservative | 317 |
| C. Mellor | Conservative | 302 |
| P. Robinson | Liberal Democrats | 212 |
Kingsway2 seats · turnout 37.3%
| A. Graves | Labour | 1,376 ✓ |
| K. Hill | Labour | 1,220 ✓ |
| N. Brown | Conservative | 961 |
| B. Maw | Conservative | 944 |
| Ann Crosby | Liberal Democrats | 750 |
| R. Troup | Liberal Democrats | 521 |
Litchurch2 seats · turnout 24.8%
| Akhtar M. | Labour | 1,221 ✓ |
| Ajaz Rehman | Labour | 1,147 ✓ |
| J Alam | Conservative | 429 |
| M. Hussain | Conservative | 379 |
| Jean Macdonald | Green | 219 |
| A Piggott | Liberal Democrats | 175 |
| B Sherazi | Liberal Democrats | 93 |
Littleover2 seats
| L. Care | Liberal Democrats | 2,065 |
| L. Shillingford | Labour | 779 |
| M. Manku | Labour | 778 |
| A. Champion | Conservative | 676 |
| B. Samra | Conservative | 559 |
| K. Dickenson | SDP | 36 |
Mackworth2 seats · turnout 33.3%
| R. Baxter | Labour | 1,649 ✓ |
| R. Gerrard | Labour | 1,503 ✓ |
| J. Francis | Conservative | 379 |
| J Veitch | Conservative | 347 |
| B. Benson | Liberal Democrats | 216 |
| J. Benson | Liberal Democrats | 166 |
Mickleover2 seats · turnout 35.1%
| P. Taylor | Labour | 1,596 ✓ |
| Axel Macdonald | Labour | 1,392 ✓ |
| A. Griffiths | Conservative | 1,247 |
| R. Broadfield | Conservative | 1,163 |
| J Foxon | Liberal Democrats | 470 |
| A Wilbraham | Liberal Democrats | 395 |
Normanton2 seats · turnout 28.7%
| R. Jones | Labour | 1,554 ✓ |
| C. Williamson | Labour | 1,472 ✓ |
| A Blackwood | Conservative | 311 |
| J Samra | Conservative | 245 |
| A. Cooper | Liberal Democrats | 235 |
| A Hartropp | Liberal Democrats | 206 |
| E Wall | Green | 71 |
Osmaston2 seats
| R. Laxton | Labour | 1,017 ✓ |
| J. McGiven | Labour | 878 ✓ |
| C. Goacher | Liberal Democrats | 236 |
| I. Care | Liberal Democrats | 193 |
Sinfin2 seats
| Amar Nath | Labour | 1,576 |
| H. Love | Conservative | 231 |
| Penelope Gale | Liberal Democrats | 208 |
| Mark Abraham Platt | Liberal Democrats | 203 |
| A Wood | Conservative | 174 |