Before (end of 2001) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 32 · Labour 12 · Other 1 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 2002) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 26 · Labour 19 · Liberal Democrats 0 · Other 0
Ward results
ALFRETON1 seat
| John Walker | Labour | 1,023 ✓ |
| Colin Thornton | Independent | 409 |
| Paul Robin Gibbons | Liberal Democrats | 188 |
Belper East1 seat
| Martin Tomlinson | Conservative | 506 ✓ |
| Nalda Boyes-Jackson | Labour | 473 |
| Hugh Stewart | Green | 107 |
BELPER SOUTH1 seat
| James Anderson | Conservative | 580 ✓ |
| Peter Shepherd | Labour | 579 |
Codnor and Waingroves1 seat
| Ian Fisher | Labour | 871 ✓ |
| David Cattermole | Conservative | 430 |
DUFFIELD1 seat
| Chris Short | Conservative | 865 ✓ |
| Patrick Mountain | Labour | 574 |
Heanor and Loscoe1 seat
| Bob Moon | Labour | 725 ✓ |
| Christopher Jubb | Conservative | 376 |
Heanor East1 seat
| Glynne Cato | Labour | 548 ✓ |
| Enid Trusswell | Conservative | 272 |
| Alex Stevenson | Independent | 129 |
| Kaith Falconbridge | Liberal Democrats | 70 |
Heanor West1 seat · turnout 29.1%
| Peter Henry Jones | Labour | 601 ✓ |
| Judith Woolley | Liberal Democrats | 413 |
| Ruth Bulkeley-Kirkham | Conservative | 263 |
Ironville and Riddings1 seat
| David Griffiths | Labour | 778 ✓ |
| George Cope | Conservative | 560 |
| Jo Ward | Labour | 504 ✓ |
| Ann Castledine | Conservative | 200 |
| Denis Woolley | Independent | 148 |
Ripley2 seats
| Charles Cutting | Labour | 902 ✓ |
| Geoffrey Carlile | Labour | 833 ✓ |
| Kathleen Brown | Conservative | 812 |
| Peter Clay | Conservative | 736 |
| Catherine Smith | Liberal Democrats | 272 |
| Horsley Shipley Park | Horsley & | 0 |
| Eric Lancashire | Labour | 771 ✓ |
| Linda Edward-Milson | Conservative | 603 |
| Margaret Jackson | Independent | 269 |
SOMERCOTES1 seat
| Alan Stringer | Labour | 965 ✓ |
| Geoffrey Brailsford | Conservative | 307 |
SWANWICK1 seat
| Anna King | Conservative | 797 ✓ |
| Jonathan Harris | Labour | 487 |
