Before (end of 2005) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 24 · Labour 21 · Other 0 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 2006) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 27 · Labour 18 · Liberal Democrats 0 · Other 0
Ward results
ALFRETON1 seat
| J. Walker | Labour | 1,044 ✓ |
| D. Wilson | Conservative | 564 |
| P. Gibbons | Liberal Democrats | 264 |
Belper East1 seat
| M. Tomlinson | Conservative | 699 ✓ |
| R. Sanders | Labour | 395 |
| H. Dervish | Liberal Democrats | 278 |
Codnor & Waingroves1 seat
| I Fisher | Labour | 676 ✓ |
| C Murfin | Liberal Democrats | 444 |
| R Wildsmith | Conservative | 424 |
DUFFIELD1 seat
| C. Short | Conservative | 982 ✓ |
| Christopher Gerard Appleton Thompson | Liberal Democrats | 238 |
| Diana Hancock | Labour | 203 |
| K. How | Green | 0 |
Heanor and Loscoe1 seat
| J Moon | Labour | 731 ✓ |
| P. Snell | BNP | 524 |
| J. Parry | Conservative | 327 |
| Sally McIntosh | Liberal Democrats | 103 |
Heanor East1 seat
| Glynne Cato | Labour | 567 ✓ |
| Linda Edwards-Milsom | Conservative | 468 |
| G. Sarkas-Bosman | Liberal Democrats | 242 |
Ironville & Riddings1 seat
| P. Smith | Labour | 700 ✓ |
| P. Bomar | Conservative | 660 |
| G. Monaghan | Liberal Democrats | 194 |
| Sonya Rose Ward | Labour | 472 ✓ |
| T. Thorpe | Conservative | 343 |
| K. Falconbridge | Liberal Democrats | 154 |
Ripley1 seat
| E. Bowley | Conservative | 1,042 ✓ |
| C. Cutting | Labour | 794 |
| Catherine Smith | Liberal Democrats | 322 |
SOMERCOTES1 seat
| B. Lyttle | Labour | 784 ✓ |
| Sally West | Conservative | 454 |
Woodhouse1 seat
| K. Parkinson | Conservative | 1,115 ✓ |
| E. Lancashire | Labour | 790 |