Abbey (3 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| *Kenneth Rawnsley | Conservative | 1934 |
| *Michael Coker | Conservative | 1823 |
| John Cooke | Conservative | 1787 |
| *Jack Bastock | Liberal | 1766 |
| *Graham Windybank | Liberal | 1577 |
| *Haydn Thomas | Liberal | 1557 |
| Melonie Lomas | Labour | 313 |
| Geoffrey Cleave | Labour | 300 |
| Teresa Blackwell | Labour | 294 |
Park Hill (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| *Spencer Harrison | Conservative | 911 |
| *Robert Butler | Liberal | 898 |
| Tony Dalton | Conservative | 896 |
| Paul Weatherall | Liberal | 840 |
| John Airey | Labour | 182 |
| Chris Payne | Labour | 166 |
St John’s (3 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| Bob Wooller | Conservative | 2029 |
| *John Wilson | Conservative | 2009 |
| *James Whitby | Conservative | 1933 |
| *William Wozencroft | Labour | 1170 |
| John Whitehouse | SDP | 830 |
| Mary Harrison | SDP | 733 |
| Brenda Payne | Labour | 651 |
| Mark Juby | Labour | 564 |
TORY LANDSLIDE IN KENILWORTH
The district council had reduced the number of councillors down to 45 from the previous 58. This left Kenilworth with only 8 seats to contest, which meant a restructuring of the ward boundaries and the reduction from five to three wards. This did not go down well with the Liberals. Abbey & Borrowell was renamed just Abbey, with Castle and Windy Arbour wards disappearing.
The Conservatives took seven of the seats, leaving only one Liberal left, Bob Butler, who only retained his seat by two votes, over Tory Tony Dalton in Park Hill. But Jack Bastock and Haydn Thomas were the biggest casulties of all the Liberals, both being dumped from Abbey ward. Mr Thomas said; “There is no doubt the boundary changes have helped the Tories and the Labour party took votes off us”. He added; “People voting Labour had effectively put the Tories in. If it were not for the Labour vote the Liberals would have been comfortably elected”.
Town mayor, Labour’s Bill Wozencroft, lost his seat in St. John’s. The newly formed Social Democratic Party (SDP) didn’t fair well either, their two candidates, John Whitehouse and Mary Harrison being unsuccessful in St. John’s.
Six of the Tories who stood for re-election, retained their seats. For John Cooke, this was the first district council election he had contested beating Liberal rival Jack Bastock by just 21 votes.
WDC Standings (46 seats)
31 Conservative Partry
7 Labour Party
5 Liberal Party
3 Whitnash Ratepayers Association
17 SEAT OVERALL MAJORITY
Kenilworth District Councillors
7 Conservatives (M. Coker, J. Cooke, B. Wooller, J. Wilson, J. Whitby, S. Harrison, K. Rawnsley)
1 Liberal (B. Butler)