Before (end of 2002) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 26 · Labour 19 · Other 0 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 2003) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 25 · Labour 20 · Liberal Democrats 0 · Other 0
Ward results
ALFRETON1 seat
| Gail Dolman | Labour | 716 ✓ |
| David Wilson | Conservative | 450 |
| Paul Robin Gibbons | Liberal Democrats | 158 |
Alport1 seat
| Deborah Biss | Conservative | 629 ✓ |
| Tom Munro | Labour | 142 |
| Peter Handscombe | Liberal Democrats | 123 |
Belper Central1 seat
| Peter Makin | Conservative | 711 ✓ |
| Brenda Remington | Labour | 494 |
Belper East1 seat
| Leslie Dorey | Conservative | 553 ✓ |
| Alan Broughton | Labour | 411 |
| Tristan Clark | Liberal Democrats | 162 |
Belper North1 seat
| Simon John Hitchcock | Conservative | 660 ✓ |
| Peter Shepherd | Labour | 364 |
| Roger Shelley | Liberal Democrats | 147 |
| Margaret Jackson | Independent | 94 |
BELPER SOUTH1 seat
| Paul Arnold | Conservative | 614 ✓ |
| Ronald Buzzard | Labour | 476 |
Crich1 seat
| Glyn Hartshorne | Conservative | 450 ✓ |
| Kenneth Armstrong | Labour | 134 |
| Catherine Smith | Liberal Democrats | 132 |
DUFFIELD1 seat
| Anthony Woodings | Conservative | 851 ✓ |
| Patrick Mountain | Labour | 318 |
| Deena Smith | Liberal Democrats | 316 |
HEAGE & AMBERGATE1 seat
| Maurice Gent | Labour | 739 ✓ |
| Juliette Blake | Conservative | 559 |
| Anthony Cooper | Liberal Democrats | 142 |
Ripley1 seat
| Kathleen Brown | Conservative | 890 ✓ |
| Walter Fryer | Labour | 882 |
| Results | — | 0 |
Ripley and Marehay1 seat
| Geoffrey Carlile | Labour | 627 ✓ |
| Patricia Bowmar | Conservative | 404 |
| Alex Stevenson | Independent | 150 |
South West Parishes1 seat
| Julie Cunningham | Conservative | 750 ✓ |
| Diana Hancock | Labour | 128 |
SWANWICK1 seat
| Steve Hayes | Conservative | 733 ✓ |
| Paul Hinton Smith | Labour | 411 |
| John Pidcock | Independent | 167 |
Wingfield1 seat
| Valerie Thorpe | Conservative | 635 ✓ |
| Graham Naylor | Labour | 187 |