Before (end of 1995) (43 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 30 · Conservative 10 · Other 3 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 1996) (43 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 39 · Other 2 · Conservative 2 · Liberal Democrats 0
Ward results
Alfreton East1 seat
| S. Harrison | Labour | 558 ✓ |
| A. Hall | Conservative | 91 |
| G Brocklebank | Liberal Democrats | 55 |
Alfreton West1 seat
| Marlene Bennett | Labour | 1,203 ✓ |
| J Jeffery | Conservative | 142 |
| J. Lees | Liberal Democrats | 74 |
Belper East1 seat
| J. Harrington | Labour | 1,620 ✓ |
| L Swift | Conservative | 675 |
| A. Pocklington | Liberal Democrats | 330 |
HEAGE & AMBERGATE1 seat
| M. Kent | Labour | 905 ✓ |
| A. Wilde | Conservative | 597 |
Heanor & Loscoe1 seat
| D Cattermole | Conservative | 291 |
Heanor and Loscoe1 seat
| P. Bailey | Labour | 951 ✓ |
| D Cattermole | Conservative | 291 |
Heanor East1 seat
| Glynne Cato | Labour | 988 ✓ |
| J. Thornley | Conservative | 492 |
Ironville & Riddings1 seat
| J. Walters | Labour | 750 ✓ |
| J Brown | Conservative | 691 |
| S. Radford | Liberal Democrats | 223 |
Ripley1 seat
| I Fisher | Labour | 1,419 ✓ |
| F Bulkeley-Kirkham | Conservative | 522 |
| M. Tompkins | Liberal Democrats | 221 |
Ripley & Marehay1 seat
| H Emmas-Williams | Labour | 920 ✓ |
| R Morton | Conservative | 412 |
| Jan Thompson | Liberal Democrats | 103 |
SOMERCOTES1 seat
| A. Stringer | Labour | 945 ✓ |
| G. Brailsford | Conservative | 337 |
| P. Gibbons | Liberal Democrats | 136 |