Before (end of 2003) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 25 · Labour 20 · Other 0 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 2004) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 24 · Labour 21 · Liberal Democrats 0 · Other 0
Ward results
ALFRETON1 seat
| Marlene Bennett | Labour | 1,198 ✓ |
| David Wilson | Conservative | 738 |
| Paul Robin Gibbons | Liberal Democrats | 598 |
Belper Central1 seat
| John Nelson | Conservative | 1,107 ✓ |
| Ronald Buzzard | Labour | 746 |
Belper North1 seat
| Antonia Cox | Conservative | 1,012 ✓ |
| Peter Shepherd | Labour | 535 |
| Roger Shelley | Liberal Democrats | 438 |
| Steven Broughton | The Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 128 |
Codnor and Waingroves1 seat
| Chris Emmas-Williams | Labour | 1,029 ✓ |
| Patricia Bowmar | Conservative | 728 |
HEAGE & AMBERGATE1 seat
| Albert Wilde | Conservative | 934 ✓ |
| Stella Ragsdale | Labour | 578 |
| Anthony Cooper | Liberal Democrats | 406 |
Heanor and Loscoe1 seat
| Tom Munro | Labour | 905 ✓ |
| Christopher Jubb | Conservative | 774 |
Heanor East1 seat
| Kenneth Armstrong | Labour | 1,147 ✓ |
| Linda Edwards-Milsom | Conservative | 619 |
Heanor West1 seat
| Celia Mary Cox | Labour | 683 ✓ |
| David Orme | BNP | 515 |
| Jade Wiltshire | Conservative | 451 |
| Gavin Sarkas-Bosman | Liberal Democrats | 320 |
Ironville and Riddings1 seat
| Jack Brown | Conservative | 1,066 ✓ |
| Paul Hinton Smith | Labour | 845 |
| David Mickleburgh | Labour | 818 ✓ |
| Terence Thorpe | Conservative | 278 |
| Timothy Knowles | Independent | 271 |
| Kaith Falconbridge | Liberal Democrats | 135 |
Ripley1 seat
| David Bowley | Conservative | 1,418 ✓ |
| Walter Fryer | Labour | 921 |
| Catherine Smith | Liberal Democrats | 550 |
Ripley & Marehay1 seat
| L. Cope | Conservative | 972 ✓ |
| M Missett | Labour | 941 |
| Horsley Shipley Park | Horsley & | 0 |
SOMERCOTES1 seat
| John Gerard McCabe | Labour | 927 ✓ |
| Sally West | Conservative | 456 |
| Steven Belshaw | BNP | 296 |