Park Hill Ward (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| Patrica Adams | Conservative Party | 448 |
| Lance Bramwell | Liberal Party | 432 |
| Jerry Hicks | Conservative Party | 416 |
| Robert Butler | Liberal Party | 392 |
| Malcolm Burfitt | Labour Party | 84 |
| Joseph England | Labour Party | 58 |
LIBERAL GAIN ONE SEAT FROM CONSERVATIVES
This by-election was called following the resignation of Paul and Ann Pearce, due to them leaving the town to live in London. Both had been elected in this ward in the inaugural poll last year, both as Conservatives.
But the Tories could only hang on to one seat, while the Liberals took the other. Tory, Patrica Adams, of Villers Road, who topped the poll, is a former town councillor who was co-opted in 1975. She replaced the then retiring, Mrs Salkeld. But in last year’s poll she did not get re-elected. Patrica has lived in the town for 14 years and is married with three children.
The other successful candidate, Liberal, Lance Bramwell, lives in Clinton Lane and works for Automative Products in Leamington. He had contested the Park Hill seat in 1976 but came fifth out of nine candidates. He had been a district councillor from 1973 to 1975. He is Kenilworth born and breed and is interested in conservation.
Kenilworth Town Councillors
12 Conservatives (J. Wilson, N. Wilson, F. Adcock, T. Robinson, R. Stansfield, K. Rawnsley, J. Sarsford, J. Cox, R. Monnington, K. Hogarth, H. Potts, P. Adams)
5 Liberals (H. Dore, J. Bastock, H. Thomas, E. Thomas, L. Bramwell)
1 Labour (B. Wozencroft)