Before (end of 1999) (43 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 32 · Conservative 11 · Liberal Democrats 0 · Other 0
After (end of 2000) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 32 · Labour 12 · Other 1 · Liberal Democrats 0
Ward results
ALFRETON3 seats
| Kathryn Salt | Labour | 692 ✓ |
| Gail Dolman | Labour | 676 ✓ |
| C. Thornton | Independent | 657 ✓ |
| S Daley | Labour | 546 |
| J. Ratcliffe | Conservative | 359 |
| S. Hitchcock | Conservative | 346 |
| P. Gibbons | Liberal Democrats | 297 |
Belper Central2 seats
| J. Nelson | Conservative | 805 ✓ |
| R Hallsworth | Conservative | 722 ✓ |
| Joyce Sanders | Labour | 502 |
| A. Broughton | Labour | 495 |
| F. Read | Liberal Democrats | 88 |
| Christopher Gerard Appleton Thompson | Liberal Democrats | 73 |
Belper East2 seats
| Margaret Elizabeth Handley | Conservative | 546 ✓ |
| M. Tomlinson | Conservative | 530 ✓ |
| Nalda Boyes-Jackson | Labour | 441 |
| A Welch | Labour | 421 |
Codnor & Wainsgrove2 seats
| Chris Emmas-Williams | Labour | 558 ✓ |
| D Cattermole | Conservative | 529 ✓ |
| M Mumby | Conservative | 483 |
| I Fisher | Labour | 480 |
Crich1 seat
| G. Hartshorne | Conservative | 459 ✓ |
| P Whitney | Labour | 306 |
| R. Shelley | Liberal Democrats | 130 |
DUFFIELD2 seats
| A. Woodings | Conservative | 897 ✓ |
| M Carmichael-Smith | Conservative | 858 ✓ |
| Diana Hancock | Labour | 341 |
| J. Minion | Labour | 293 |
| D. Gillatt | Liberal Democrats | 275 |
| J. Benson | Liberal Democrats | 191 |
HEAGE & AMBERGATE2 seats
| A. Wilde | Conservative | 711 ✓ |
| J. Emmott | Conservative | 709 ✓ |
| M. Gent | Labour | 699 |
| M Missett | Labour | 475 |
| A. Cooper | Liberal Democrats | 183 |
Heanor & Luscoe2 seats
| P. Bailey | Labour | 514 ✓ |
| J Moon | Labour | 484 ✓ |
| C. Storr | Conservative | 423 |
| Sally West | Conservative | 387 |
Heanor East2 seats
| F Bulkeley-Kirkham | Conservative | 459 ✓ |
| Glynne Cato | Labour | 451 ✓ |
| H Soar | Labour | 438 |
| Enid Trusswell | Conservative | 431 |
Horsley Woodhouse2 seats
| J Jeffery | Conservative | 682 ✓ |
| G. Macdonald | Conservative | 676 ✓ |
| E. Lancashire | Labour | 611 |
| O Gray | Labour | 481 |
| L Foster | Independent | 174 |
Ironville & Riddings2 seats
| J Brown | Conservative | 788 ✓ |
| G Cope | Conservative | 614 ✓ |
| D. Griffiths | Labour | 552 |
| P. Cope | Labour | 535 |
| K. Falconbridge | Liberal Democrats | 101 |
KILBURN DENBY & HOLBROOK3 seats
| C. Bull | Conservative | 870 ✓ |
| A. Hall | Conservative | 846 ✓ |
| A Warner | Conservative | 788 ✓ |
| R. Massey | Labour | 749 |
| T. Benson | Labour | 710 |
| Brenda Remington | Labour | 704 |
| J. Benson | Liberal Democrats | 249 |
Langley Mill & Aldercar2 seats
| W. Grace | Labour | 524 |
| Sonya Rose Ward | Labour | 485 |
| D Woolley | Independent | 210 |
| T. Thorpe | Conservative | 206 |
Langley Mill and Aldercar2 seats
| W. Grace | Labour | 524 ✓ |
| Sonya Rose Ward | Labour | 485 ✓ |
| D Woolley | Independent | 210 |
| T. Thorpe | Conservative | 206 |
Ripley3 seats
| P. Parkin | Conservative | 875 ✓ |
| P. Turner | Conservative | 858 ✓ |
| Kathleen Brown | Conservative | 774 ✓ |
| C. Cutting | Labour | 704 |
| D. Neilson | Labour | 665 |
| S Freeborn | Labour | 634 |
| Jan Thompson | Liberal Democrats | 240 |
Ripley & Marehay2 seats
| L. Cope | Conservative | 562 ✓ |
| P. Bowmar | Conservative | 559 ✓ |
| G. Carlile | Labour | 549 |
| J. Gregory | Labour | 491 |
| Shipley Park, | Horsley & | 0 |
SOMERCOTES2 seats
| John McCabe | Labour | 690 ✓ |
| A. Stringer | Labour | 648 ✓ |
| G. Brailsford | Conservative | 468 |
| D Beeston | Conservative | 412 |
South West Parishes1 seat
| J. Cunningham | Conservative | 709 ✓ |
| P. Mountain | Labour | 156 |
Wingfield1 seat
| Valerie Thorpe | Conservative | 670 ✓ |
| P Hare | Labour | 189 |