Before (end of 1998) (64 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 45 · Conservative 12 · Liberal Democrats 6 · Other 1
After (end of 1999) (64 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 45 · Conservative 12 · Liberal Democrats 6 · Other 1
Ward results
Allestree1 seat
| Du Sautoy G | Conservative | 1,738 ✓ |
Alvaston1 seat · turnout 24.4%
| J. Ayliss | Labour | 1,128 ✓ |
| P. Willitts | Conservative | 525 |
| T. Hall | Liberal Democrats | 202 |
Ashbourne3 seats
| S Spencer | Conservative | 941 ✓ |
| F Elliott | Conservative | 928 ✓ |
| A. Hodkinson | Conservative | 775 ✓ |
| V Ferry | Liberal Democrats | 626 |
| A. Millward | Labour | 575 |
| J. Ferry | Liberal Democrats | 517 |
| A. Lee | Liberal Democrats | 450 |
Blagreaves1 seat
| Margaret Eileen Redfern | Labour | 1,466 |
Darley1 seat · turnout 36.6%
| P. Hickson | Conservative | 1,665 ✓ |
| D. Roberts | Labour | 1,402 |
| J. Keane | Liberal Democrats | 392 |
Ilkeston Central3 seats · turnout 21.9%
| Glennice Birkin | Labour | 625 ✓ |
| F. Phillips | Labour | 601 ✓ |
| W Farnswoth | Labour | 586 ✓ |
| J. Geehan | Independent | 258 |
| H. Chapman | Conservative | 247 |
| J. Bartlett | Conservative | 224 |
| I Judson | Conservative | 210 |
Ilkeston North2 seats · turnout 19.9%
| B Lucas | Labour | 400 ✓ |
| C Beardsley | Labour | 383 ✓ |
| S Bilbie | Conservative | 90 |
| E. Guest | Conservative | 86 |
Littleover1 seat · turnout 41.3%
| M. Burgess | Liberal Democrats | 1,746 ✓ |
| L. Shillingford | Labour | 753 |
| Lesley Skelton | Conservative | 479 |
Matlock St Giles3 seats · turnout 44.4%
| S. Flitter | Liberal Democrats | 903 ✓ |
| P. Wildgoose | Liberal Democrats | 754 ✓ |
| N. Allwood | Liberal Democrats | 726 ✓ |
| D. Dakin | Conservative | 710 |
| J. Wall | Conservative | 581 |
| D. Wilson | Conservative | 544 |
| J. Bird | Labour | 348 |
| K. Parkinson | Labour | 339 |
| A. Bond | Independent | 332 |
| M. Rutter | Labour | 299 |
Newbold3 seats
| R. Beckingham | Liberal Democrats | 1,511 ✓ |
| F. Quayle | Liberal Democrats | 1,502 ✓ |
| M. Higginbottom | Liberal Democrats | 1,471 ✓ |
| G Waddoups | Labour | 865 |
| Avis Joan Murphy | Labour | 854 |
| Murphy T. | Labour | 845 |
| J. Birkin | Conservative | 136 |
| D Audley | Conservative | 127 |
| N. Sterland | Conservative | 118 |
St Leonard's2 seats
| Sharon Blank | Labour | 549 ✓ |
| R. Hennelly | Labour | 503 ✓ |
| Alison Galloway | Liberal Democrats | 249 |
| J Walker | Liberal Democrats | 208 |
Wirksworth3 seats
| S. Clamp | Labour | 1,111 ✓ |
| I. Ratcliffe | Labour | 1,029 ✓ |
| P. Duffield | Labour | 959 ✓ |
| K. Hall | Conservative | 488 |
| G. Gratton | Conservative | 473 |
| A. Bradley | Conservative | 429 |
| K. Brown | Liberal Democrats | 120 |
| M. Burfoot | Liberal Democrats | 108 |
| D. Elsworth | Liberal Democrats | 103 |