They gained 19 seats to now have 33 councillors on the authority while Labour lost 16 and now have just 21 members. The Lib Dems have 8 councillors and there is one Independent.

The Kirk Hallam election was put back to July 16 because of the sudden death of one of the candidates.

High profile Labour candidates to lose their seats included Geoff
Carlisle, Joyce Sanders and Charles Cutting.

Results:

Ashgate (Lib Dem hold)
Ray Russell (Lib Dem) 1,467
John Boult (Cons) 936
Avis Murphy (Lab) 627
Patrick Ralph (Green) 342

Barlborough and Clowne (Labour hold)
Anne Western (Lab) 1571
Stephen Hartley (Lib Dem) 626
Carol Walker (Con) 589

Birdholme (Labour hold)
David Allen (Lab) 1,724
Clive Archer (Lib Dem) 1,186
Simon Temperton (Cons) 553

Bolsover North West, Elmton & Whitwell (Labour hold)
Kenneth Stevenson (Lab) 1,170
James Clifton (Ind) 1,113
James Hollingworth (Cons) 492
Wayne Bytheway (Lib Dem) 359

Bolsover South West & Scarcliffe (Labour hold)
Joan Dixon (Lab) 1211
Leonard Twigg (Cons) 520
Paul Harford (BNP) 507
Deborah Hall (Lib Dem) 424
Jonathan Dale (Soc All) 289

Brimington (Labour hold)
Walter Burrows (Lab) 1,619
Mick Bagshaw (Lib Dem) 727
Linda Rowley (Cons) 425

Clay Cross (Labour hold)
Barry Bingham (Lib Dem) 594
Matthew Johnson (Cons) 1,182
Peter Riggott (Lab) 1,309

Hipper (Lib Dem hold)
Keith Morgan (Lib Dem) 1673
Julie Fanshawe (Lab) 664
Kieran Wright (Cons) 620

Holymoorside and Wingerworth (Tory hold)
Stuart Ellis 2,131 (Cons)
Kelvin Karim (Green) 585
Doug Oxspring (Lib Dem) 616
Michael Prout (Lab) 562

Killamarsh (Labour hold)
Alan Charles (Lab) 1,158
Gary Mason (Cons) 602
Michael Wing (Lib Dem) 463

Newbold (Lib Dem hold)
Tony Rogers (Lib Dem) 1,797
Mick Leverton (Lab & Co) 963
Marcus Stanton (Cons) 467

North Wingfield & Tupton (Labour hold)
Kevin Gillott (Lab) 1,447
Robert Taylor (Cons) 629
Brian Wakefield (No party given) 578

St Mary's (Lib Dem hold)
Mark Higginbottom (Lib Dem) 1,075
Mike Fanshaw (Lab) 750
Julie Harrington (Ind) 488
Barry Thompson (Cons) 400
Graham Tasker (BNP) 200

Spire (Labour hold)
Sharon Blank (Lab) 1,480
Keith Lomas (Lib Dem) 1,318
Malcolm Rowley (Cons) 441

Staveley North & Whittington (Lib Dem hold)
David Stone (Lib Dem) 1,632
Chris Ludlow (Lab) 986
Rigel Sterland (Cons) 381

Staveley South (Labour hold)
John Williams (Lab) 1,636
Paul Mann (Lib Dem) 1,560
Charles Moss (Cons) 484

Shirebrook and Pleasley (Labour hold)
Sterling Brown (BNP) 1,012
John Robinson (Cons) 618
Marian Stockdale (Lab) 1,598
Michelle Mann (Lib Dem) 501

Dronfield North (Tory gain from Labour)
John Allsop (Cons) 1,754
Janet Hill (Lab) 1,330
Frank Higgins (Lib Dem) 1,161

Dronfield South (Tory gain from Lib Dem)
Susan Allsop (Cons) 1,473
Wendy Temple (Lib Dem) 1,380
Bob Gachagan (Lab) 560

Eckington (Labour hold)
Steve Pickering (Lab)1,003
Carolyn Renwick (Cons) 669
Jenny Booth (Ind) 872
Simon Temple (Lib Dem) 278

Matlock (Lib Dem hold):
Steve Flitter (Lib Dem) 2,009
Geoff Stevens (Cons) 1,616

Bakewell (Tory hold):
Judith Twigg (Cons) 2,657
Anthony Bolton (Lib Dem) 1,561
David Hill (Lab) 583

Wirksworth (Tory gain):
Garry Purdy (Cons) 1,679
Irene Ratcliffe (Lab) 1,394
Josh Stockell (Green) 698

Ashbourne (Tory hold):
Andrew Lewer (Cons)3,509
David Jones (Lib Dem) 1,194

Derwent Valley (Tory gain):
Mike Longden (Cons) 2,078
Nigel Allwood (Lib Dem) 1,427
John Evans (Ind) 617
Michael Hancocks (UKIP)374

Dovedale (Tory hold):
Simon Spencer(Cons) 2,321
Colin Sindell (Lab) 1,000
James Jennings (Lib Dem) 813

Alfreton (Tory gain)
David Wilson (Cons) 1,821
Robert Johnston (Lab) 1,718
Bridget Dunks(Lib Dem) 649

Greater Heanor (Tory gain from Labour)
Kevin Parkinson (Cons) 1,103
Alan Longdon (Lab) 1,000
Cliff Roper (BNP) 861
Gavin Sarkaf-Bofman (Lib Dem) 396
Timothy Knowles (NF) 126

Belper (Tory gain from Labour)
Peter Makin (Cons)1,836
Joyce Sanders (Lab) 931
Richard Salmon (Lib Dem) 708

Horsley (Tory gain from Labour)
Gregory Macdonald (Cons)1,901
Eric Lancashire (Lab) 1201
Neil Paget (Lib Dem) 630
Marie Gough (BNP) 544

Somercotes (Labour hold)
Paul Smith (Lab) 1,584
Jack Brown (Cons) 1,030
Paul Snell (BNP) 502
Keith Falconbridge (Lib Dem) 257

Ripley (Tory gain from Labour)
David Bowley (Cons) 1,696
Charles Cutting (Lab) 1,356
Nathan Wilde (BNP) 772
Paul Gibbons (Lib Dems) 453

Pinxton & South Normanton West (Labour hold)
James Coyle (Lab) 912
Eddy Edwards (BNP) 637
Patricia Lunn (Cons) 681
Elizabeth Archer (Lib Dem) 372

South Normanton and Tibshelf (Labour hold)
Clive Moesby (Lab) 1,323
Raymond Heffer (Ind) 985
Albert Catt (Cons) 662
Ian Coz (Lib Dem) 471

Stonebroom & Pilsley (Tory gain from Labour)
Barry Lewis (Cons) 1,445
Derek Cotterill (Lab) 1,407

Sutton (Labour hold)
David Chapman (Lab) 1,308
Derek Jason (Cons) 705
Terence McDermott (Lib Dem) 600

Duffield and Belper South (Tory hold)
Stewart Bradford (Cons) 2,628
Colin Thompson (Lib Dem) 1,108
Ben Hobbs (Lab) 697

Alport and Derwent (Tory hold)
Chris Jackson (Cons) 2,500
Chris Bown (Lib Dem) 1,922

Heanor Central (Labour hold)
Celia Cox (Lab) 1,261
Lewis Allsebrook (BNP) 1,090
Conservatives - Linda Edwards-Milsom: 852
Lib Dems - Judith Woolley: 454

Heage (Tory gain from Labour)
Juliette Blake (Cons) 1,729
Geoffrey Carlile (Lab) 1,009
Ken Cooper (BNP)546
Arfan Mirza (Lib Dem) 300

Breadsall and West Hallam (Tory hold)
Carol Hart (Cons) 2,320
Frank Phillips (Lab &Co) 714
Barbra Butt (Lib Dem) 627

Breaston (Tory hold)
Robert Parkinson (Con) 2,389
Charlie Sarell (Lab) 1,110
Martin Garnett (Lib Dem) 900

Cotmanhay (Labour hold)
Brian Lucas (Lab) 1,377
Simon Ratcliffe (Cons) 1,139
Mark Bailey (BNP) 883

Ilkeston (Labour hold)
Glennice Birkin (Lab) 1,487
barbara Harrison (Cons) 1,338
Christopher Adcock (BNP)768

Long Eaton (Labour hold)
Roland Hosker (Lab) 1,262
Kevin Miller (Cons) 1,242
Susannah Allen (Lib Dem) 528
Lee Fletcher (Green) 444

Petersham (Tory gain from Labour)
Gary Hickton (Cons) 1,112
Gail Newman (Lab) 1,069
Ian Neill (Lib Dem) 601
Stephen Middleton (BNP) 361

Sandiacre (Tory hold)
Wayne Major (Cons) 2,223
Louis Booth (Lab) 859
Rachel Allen (Lib Dem) 792

Sawley (Ind hold)
Bill Camm (Ind) 2,336
Geoffrey Smith (Cons) 1,037
Owen Llewellyn (Lab) 463
Fiona Aanonson (Lib Dem) 460

Aston and Melbourne (Tory hold)
John Harrison (Cons) 2,718
Jane Carroll (Lab) 1,040
Susan Craw (Lib Dem) 588

Hatton and Hilton (Tory gain from Ind)
Julie Patten (Cons) 2,843
Frank Hood (Ind) 1,580
Michael Adcock (Lab) 583
Douglas Cummins (LD) 418

Linton and Church Gresley (Tory gain from Labour)
Charles Jones (Cons) 1,362
Kath Lauro (Lab) 1,164
Richard Fallows (BNP) 898
Gordon Taylor (Lib Dem) 380

Midway and Hartshorne (Tory gain from Labour)
Pat Murray (Cons) 1,822
Alan Jones (Lab) 1346
Kevin Maher (Lib Dem) 505

Newhall and Seales (Tory gain from Labour)
Mike Lacey (Cons) 1,377
Sean Bambrick (Lab) 1,049
Paula Bailey (BNP) 613
Mandy Sludds (LD) - 300

Repton and Willington (Cons hold)
Martyn Ford (Cons) 2,038
David Shepherd (Lab) 1,005
Miles Nesbitt (*) 637
Hester Bellingham-Hold (Lib Dem) 458

Swadlincote Central and Woodville (Tory gain from Labour)
Gillian Farrington (Cons) 1,300
Trevor Southerd (Lab) 1144
Maria Riley-Ward (BNP) 772
Alan Craw (Lib Dem) 348

Buxton North & East (Tory gain from Labour)
Pam Reddy (Cons) 1,349
Barbara Wilson (Lab) 1,101
Karl Dunscombe (Lib Dem) 631

Buxton West (Tory hold)
Robin Baldry (Cons) 2,292
Christopher Weaver(Lib Dem) 832
Jane McGrother (Lab) 831

Chapel & Hope Valley (Tory hold)
Tracy Critchlow (Cons) 2,058
Timothy Norton (Lab) 753
David Mount (Green) 645
Jane Simm (Lib Dem) 593

Etherow (Labour hold)
David Wilcox (Lab 1,103
Steve Foote (Cons) 983
Rosa Kuppan (Lib Dem) 530

Glossop North and Rural (Tory hold)
George Wharmby (Cons) 1,823
Jacqueline Wilkinson (Lab) 744
Sylvia Hall (UKIP) 585
Alistair Stevens (Lib Dem) 528

Glossop South (Tory gain from Labour)
Jean Wharmby (Cons) 1,262
Roger Wilkinson (Lab) 934
David Phillips (UKIP) 528
George Kuppan (Lib Dem) 514

New Mills (Lib Dem hold)
Beth Atkins (Lib Dem) 1,911
Jacqui Gadd (Cons) 1,187
Lynne Cardwell (Lab) 1,159

Whaley Bridge & Blackbrook (Lib Dem hold)
Barrie Taylor (Lib Dem) 1,808
Tony Bingham (Cons) 1,377
Martin Thomas (Lab) 438
James Bush (UKIP) 396