Before (end of 1998) (43 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 37 · Conservative 6 · Other 0 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 1999) (43 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 32 · Conservative 11 · Liberal Democrats 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Belper East1 seat
| A. Broughton | Labour | 1,310 ✓ |
| Margaret Elizabeth Handley | Conservative | 1,049 |
| A. Cooper | Liberal Democrats | 220 |
Crich1 seat
| G. Hartshorne | Conservative | 422 ✓ |
| D. Whitney | Labour | 348 |
| R Shelly | Liberal Democrats | 119 |
| E. Lancashire | Labour | 531 ✓ |
| L Swift | Conservative | 312 |
DUFFIELD1 seat
| A. Woodings | Conservative | 905 ✓ |
| Diana Hancock | Labour | 411 |
| J. Benson | Liberal Democrats | 246 |
HEAGE & AMBERGATE1 seat
| M. Gent | Labour | 809 ✓ |
| A Wilde | Independent | 405 |
| P. Gibbons | Liberal Democrats | 127 |
Holbrook & Horsley1 seat
| T. Benson | Labour | 443 ✓ |
| A. Hall | Conservative | 374 |
Kilburn1 seat
| Brenda Remington | Labour | 581 ✓ |
| J Hallam | Conservative | 275 |
Ripley1 seat
| D. Neilson | Labour | 940 ✓ |
| J Brown | Conservative | 641 |
| S. Radfords | Liberal Democrats | 174 |
Ripley & Marehay1 seat
| G. Carlile | Labour | 800 ✓ |
| P. Turner | Conservative | 446 |
Shipley Park1 seat
| J Jeffery | Conservative | 468 ✓ |
| O Gray | Labour | 422 |
South West Parishes1 seat
| J. Cunningham | Conservative | 637 ✓ |
| D Mountain | Labour | 211 |
Wingfield1 seat
| Valerie Thorpe | Conservative | 597 ✓ |
| P Hare | Labour | 342 |