Windy Arbour
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| James Herbert Gross Whitby | Conservative | 534 |
| Brenda May Payne | Labour | 92 |
Turnout 22.2%
TORIES RETAIN SEAT
A second by-election of the year took place due to the resignation of long standing member Florence Adcock in September. She had served on both the old KUDC and the new town council for a total of 20 years.
Mrs Adcock was first elected to the old KUDC at a by-election in the Park Hill ward in May 1962. She then switched to the new Windy Arbour ward when it was introduced in 1967 and there she has remained. She bacame town Mayor in 1979/80.
The Conservative victory was a forgone conclusion, that’s probably why the turnout was pitifully low, just over a fifth of voters bothering to turn-up at the polling stations. Labour only stood in the election because the town council wanted to co-opt a member, which Labour did not agree with that, so an election had to take place.
James Whitby is not entirely new to council work as he first became a member of the old KUDC when he was elected at Park Hill in 1964, but remained for only one term. He is an executive with a midland’s company of exporters. He was born in Merton, Surrey but has lived in Kenilworth for past 27 years.