Before (end of 2017) (45 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 23 · Labour 22 · Other 0 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 2018) (45 seats, Open Council Data)
Conservative 25 · Labour 20
Ward results
ALFRETON1 seat · turnout 27.1%
| John Walker | Labour | 993 ✓ |
| Colin Boyce | Conservative | 555 |
| Leo Swarvett | Green | 75 |
| Kevin Smith | Liberal Democrats | 49 |
Belper East1 seat · turnout 38.1%
| Fay Atkinson | Labour | 812 ✓ |
| Martin Tomlinson | Conservative | 753 |
| Adam Alexander Raphael | Liberal Democrats | 164 |
| Julie Wozniczka | Green | 79 |
BELPER SOUTH1 seat · turnout 38.3%
| Carol Angharad | Labour | 811 ✓ |
| Timothy Robert Sutton | Conservative | 629 |
| Sue MacFarlane | Green | 130 |
| Steven Benjamin Ralph White | Independent | 71 |
| Richard Alan Salmon | Liberal Democrats | 60 |
Codnor and Waingroves1 seat
| Isobel Harry | Labour | 689 ✓ |
| Matt Murray | Conservative | 615 |
| Jeremy Quentin Miles | Liberal Democrats | 43 |
DUFFIELD1 seat · turnout 46.7%
| Chris Short | Conservative | 898 ✓ |
| David Wells | Green | 637 |
| Patrick Mountain | Labour | 225 |
| Andrea Nove | Liberal Democrats | 110 |
Heanor and Loscoe1 seat
| Hannah Mary Stirland | Labour | 654 ✓ |
| Sue Iliffe | Conservative | 620 |
| James Brooks | Green | 60 |
| James John Morrissey | Liberal Democrats | 29 |
Heanor East1 seat · turnout 29.7%
| Henry Thompson | Conservative | 669 ✓ |
| Frank Carmichael | Labour | 583 |
| Jerry Marler | Liberal Democrats | 92 |
Heanor West1 seat · turnout 31.7%
| Steven Grainger | Conservative | 698 ✓ |
| Peter Henry Jones | Labour | 670 |
| Lian Pizzey | Green | 78 |
| Chris Oakley | Liberal Democrats | 49 |
Ironville and Riddings1 seat
| Paul Hinton Smith | Labour | 917 ✓ |
| Patrick Clark | Conservative | 703 |
| George William Turner | Liberal Democrats | 66 |
KILBURN DENBY & HOLBROOK1 seat
| Trevor Ainsworth | Conservative | 1,345 ✓ |
| Sam Hart | Labour | 785 |
| Susannah Allen | Liberal Democrats | 113 |
| Steve Kennedy | Green | 99 |
| Eileen Hamilton | Labour | 535 ✓ |
| Victoria Jane Stevenson | Conservative | 488 |
| Joy Jones | Liberal Democrats | 45 |
| Timothy Knowles | NF | 30 |
Ripley1 seat · turnout 34.2%
| Sean Carter | Conservative | 1,207 ✓ |
| Roland Emmas-Williams | Labour | 1,061 |
| Richard Smeeton | Liberal Democrats | 89 |
| William Macfarlane | Green | 75 |
| Richard Iliffe | Conservative | 1,172 ✓ |
| Christine Elizabeth Venables | Labour | 436 |
| Jacob Matthew Holt | Liberal Democrats | 117 |
| Tina Pritchard | Green | 97 |
SOMERCOTES1 seat · turnout 26.2%
| Brian Lyttle | Labour | 789 ✓ |
| Kathy Moss | Conservative | 358 |
| Colin Thompson | Liberal Democrats | 37 |
SWANWICK1 seat · turnout 39.2%
| David Wilson | Conservative | 1,013 ✓ |
| Charlie Robinson | Labour | 457 |
| Julie Hunt | Liberal Democrats | 119 |
| Steve Elliott | Green | 110 |