Before (end of 1997) (43 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 38 · Conservative 3 · Other 2 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 1998) (43 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 37 · Conservative 6 · Liberal Democrats 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Alfreton East1 seat
| Gail Dolman | Labour | 369 ✓ |
| A. Hall | Conservative | 115 |
Alfreton West1 seat
| Kathryn Salt | Labour | 611 ✓ |
| J. Kerr | Conservative | 172 |
| P. Gibbons | Liberal Democrats | 110 |
Belper East1 seat
| S. Hitchcock | Conservative | 1,158 ✓ |
| Brenda Remington | Labour | 1,119 |
| D. Gillatt | Liberal Democrats | 181 |
Codnor1 seat
| Chris Emmas-Williams | Labour | 468 ✓ |
| K. Morton | Conservative | 173 |
DUFFIELD1 seat
| P. Clark | Conservative | 727 ✓ |
| P. Mountain | Labour | 428 |
| Christopher Gerard Appleton Thompson | Liberal Democrats | 245 |
Heanor & Loscoe1 seat
| Linda Edwards-Milsom | Conservative | 284 |
Heanor and Loscoe1 seat
| P Hook | Labour | 634 ✓ |
| Linda Edwards-Milsom | Conservative | 284 |
Heanor East1 seat
| H Soar | Labour | 584 ✓ |
| F Bulkeley-Kirkham | Conservative | 305 |
| J. Benson | Liberal Democrats | 131 |
Ironville & Riddings1 seat
| D. Griffiths | Labour | 620 ✓ |
| J Brown | Conservative | 613 |
| S. Radford | Liberal Democrats | 156 |
Langley Mill & Aldercar1 seat
| D Woolley | Independent | 201 |
| A Entwistle | Conservative | 94 |
| T Knowles | nat dem | 63 |
| E Chapman | Labour | 638 ✓ |
| D Woolley | Independent | 201 |
| A Entwistle | Conservative | 94 |
| T Knowles | nat dem | 63 |
Ripley1 seat
| C. Cutting | Labour | 864 ✓ |
| N Kerr | Conservative | 639 |
| A. Cooper | Liberal Democrats | 130 |
SOMERCOTES1 seat
| John McCabe | Labour | 758 ✓ |
| G. Brailsford | Conservative | 223 |
| V. Carter | Liberal Democrats | 92 |