Abbey (3 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| *Jack Bastock | Liberal | 589 |
| *Enys Thomas | Liberal | 470 |
| Kenneth Griffiths | Liberal | 467 |
| *Ronald Stansfield | Conservative | 303 |
| *Nicholas Wilson | Conservative | 264 |
| Brian Robinson-Browne | Conservative | 231 |
| Susan O’Donovan | Labour | 76 |
Borrowell (3 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| *Helen Dore | Liberal | 682 |
| *Haydn Alan Thomas | Liberal | 516 |
| Roger Rolfe | Liberal | 482 |
| *Kenneth Hogarth | Conservative | 477 |
| Valerie Beaumont | Conservative | 360 |
| John Jones | Conservative | 344 |
| Wendy Jane England | Labour | 66 |
Castle (3 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| *Kenneth Rawnsley | Conservative | 695 |
| John Cooke | Conservative | 654 |
| Daphne Harrison | Conservative | 642 |
| Graham Windybank | Liberal | 407 |
| Marjorie Barfield | Liberal | 388 |
| Peter Hardisty | Liberal | 362 |
| Thomas Swallow | Labour | 47 |
Park Hill (3 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| *Robert Butler | Liberal | 665 |
| *Patrica Adams | Conservative | 588 |
| *Harry Potts | Conservative | 563 |
| Kenneth Evans | Liberal | 527 |
| Jerry Hicks | Conservative | 518 |
| Stephen Adams | Liberal | 474 |
| Peter Jones | Labour | 62 |
| Peter Singer | Labour | 51 |
St John’s (3 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| *Bill Wozencroft | Labour | 490 |
| *Jack Cox | Conservative | 459 |
| *Richard Monnington | Conservative | 458 |
| Robert Wooller | Conservative | 449 |
| Chris Webster | Labour | 372 |
| Malcolm Burfitt | Labour | 302 |
| Edward Dore | Liberal | 226 |
| Mary Archer | Liberal | 176 |
Windy Arbour (3 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| *Florence Adcock | Conservative | 639 |
| *John Wilson | Conservative | 607 |
| *Thomas Robinson | Conservative | 579 |
| Lynn Pollard | Liberal | 324 |
| Joseph England | Labour | 73 |
| Elizabeth Lee | Labour | 69 |
*denotes retiring councillors
TORIES IN CONTROL EVEN WITH A SWING TO THE LIBERALS
Four new members were elected to the council, with the Liberals gaining two seats from the Conservatives. But they still have overall control of the council. The three tory casualties were Wilson, Hogarth and Ronald Stansfield, the latter being a Kenilworth Councillor since 1958. He became Mayor in 1977-78, and previous to that he had been chairman of the old KUDC twice, in 1964-65 and 1971-2. Strangley though, for this election, he swopped wards from Castle to Abbey, which was a mistake, as he only finished forth. Patrica Adams retained her seat at Park Hill which she won at a by-election, two years ago.
New Tory councillors are John Cooke, a keen photographer of Amherst Road and Daphne Harrison of Station Road, who is a former GB Olympic swimmer, no less. She is the wife of District Councillor, Spencer Harrision.
The two new Liberals are Ken Griffiths, a civil engineer, representing Abbey ward and Roger Rolfe, a teacher, elected to Borrowell.
Kenilworth Town Councillors
10 Conservatives (Adcock, Wilson, Robinson, Cox, Monnington, Adams, Potts, Harrison, Cooke, Rawnsley)
7 Liberals (Butler, Rolfe, H. Thomas, E. Thomas, Dore, Bastock, Griffiths)
1 Labour (Wozencroft)
Mayors
1979-80 Florence Adcock
1980-81 Kenneth Rawnsley
1981-82 Richard Monnington
1982-83 Bill Wozencroft (pictured)
Subsequent Co-opted Member
In March 1983, Viki McClean was elected onto the council by a vote of 8-7 by the members.
The vacancy was caused by the death of Richard Monnington in February. He had been a town and district councillor since 1976 and became Mayor of Kenilworth in 1981-2. He was just 55 years-old.