The whole council of eighty-eight members was up for election and the result was that the Labour Party retained control of the Council, winning forty-eight seats.

The Conservatives won thirty-seven councillors and the SDP–Liberal Alliance made gains in terms of percentage vote share, but won just two seats.

An Independent councillor was elected in the Retford North division.

[1][2] Each electoral division returned one county councillor.

The candidate elected to the council in each electoral division is shown in the table below.