Before (end of 2011) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 28 · Labour 15 · Other 2 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 2012) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 24 · Labour 21 · Liberal Democrats 0 · Other 0
Ward results
ALFRETON1 seat · turnout 27.3%
| Marlene Bennett | Labour | 1,202 ✓ |
| Kathy Moss | Conservative | 447 |
| Peter Jelf | Liberal Democrats | 75 |
Belper Central1 seat · turnout 33.9%
| John Nelson | Conservative | 627 ✓ |
| Ben Bellamy | Labour | 450 |
| David Wells | Green | 328 |
| Jane Benson | Liberal Democrats | 71 |
Belper North1 seat · turnout 35.8%
| Antonia Cox | Conservative | 647 ✓ |
| Erik Johnsen | Labour | 584 |
| Jeremy Richard Benson | Liberal Democrats | 226 |
Codnor and Waingroves1 seat
| Chris Emmas-Williams | Labour | 825 ✓ |
| Robert Phillips-Forsyth | Conservative | 339 |
| Ann Fox | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 198 |
| Emma Roper | BNP | 59 |
HEAGE & AMBERGATE1 seat
| Angela Susan Ward | Conservative | 668 ✓ |
| David Farrelly | Labour | 634 |
| Jack Evans | Independent | 210 |
| Rodney Tomkins | Liberal Democrats | 57 |
Heanor and Loscoe1 seat
| Alan Longdon | Labour | 783 ✓ |
| Ella McManus | Conservative | 350 |
| Katie Cooper | BNP | 245 |
Heanor East1 seat · turnout 32.3%
| Phil Hill | Labour | 744 ✓ |
| Gary Wells | Conservative | 391 |
| Callum Roper | BNP | 284 |
| Kaith Falconbridge | Liberal Democrats | 69 |
Heanor West1 seat · turnout 31.2%
| Bob Janes | Labour | 838 ✓ |
| Richard Iliffe | Conservative | 381 |
| Adrian Hickman | BNP | 272 |
Ironville and Riddings1 seat
| Roy Walker | Labour | 705 ✓ |
| Jack Brown | Conservative | 688 |
| Ollie Smith | Liberal Democrats | 97 |
KILBURN DENBY & HOLBROOK2 seats
| Carol Bull | Conservative | 1,071 ✓ |
| Kevin Buttery | Conservative | 1,066 ✓ |
| John Phillip Banks | Labour | 871 |
| Matthew Cruickshank | Labour | 811 |
| Margaret Tomkins | Liberal Democrats | 215 |
| Brian Gration | Labour | 688 ✓ |
| Terence Thorpe | Conservative | 354 |
| Timothy Knowles | NF | 99 |
Ripley1 seat · turnout 34.3%
| Tony Holmes | Labour | 1,409 ✓ |
| David Bowley | Conservative | 905 |
| Paul Robin Gibbons | Liberal Democrats | 106 |
Ripley and Marehay1 seat
| Michael Wilson | Labour | 891 ✓ |
| Ronald Ashton | Conservative | 639 |
| Alan Edwards | BNP | 130 |
| Michael Bedford | Liberal Democrats | 76 |
| Alex Stevenson | Conservative | 971 ✓ |
| Stephen Holden | Labour | 587 |
| Kevin Smith | Liberal Democrats | 104 |
SOMERCOTES1 seat · turnout 27.9%
| John Gerard McCabe | Labour | 857 ✓ |
| Ian Smith | Conservative | 226 |
| Philip Bailey | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 188 |
| Julie Hunt | Liberal Democrats | 57 |