Abbey Ward (3 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| *Kenneth Rawnsley | Conservative Party | 1934 |
| *Michael Coker | Conservative Party | 1823 |
| John Cooke | Conservative Party | 1787 |
| *Jack Bastock | Liberal Party | 1766 |
| *Graham Windybank | Liberal Party | 1577 |
| *Haydn Thomas | Liberal Party | 1557 |
| Melonie Lomas | Labour Party | 313 |
| Geoffrey Cleave | Labour Party | 300 |
| Teresa Blackwell | Labour Party | 294 |
Park Hill Ward (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| *Spencer Harrison | Conservative Party | 911 |
| *Robert Butler | Liberal Party | 898 |
| Tony Dalton | Conservative Party | 896 |
| Paul Weatherall | Liberal Party | 840 |
| John Airey | Labour Party | 182 |
| Chris Payne | Labour Party | 166 |
St John’s Ward (3 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| Bob Wooller | Conservative Party | 2029 |
| *John Wilson | Conservative Party | 2009 |
| *James Whitby | Conservative Party | 1933 |
| *William Wozencroft | Labour Party | 1170 |
| John Whitehouse | Social Democratic Party | 830 |
| Mary Harrison | Social Democratic Party | 733 |
| Brenda Payne | Labour Party | 651 |
| Mark Juby | Labour Party | 564 |
TORY LANDSLIDE IN DISTRICT AND 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. This meant a restructuring of the ward boundaries and the reduction from five wards to three, which did not go down well with the Liberals. Abbey & Borrowell was renamed just Abbey with Castle and Windy Arbour being the two wards that disappeared.
The Consevatives took seven of the seats, leaving only one Liberal left, Bob Butler, who only just got elected by two votes over Tory rival Tony Dalton in Park Hill. But Jack Bastock and Haydn Thomas were the biggest casulties of all the Liberals, both being dumped out of 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 SDP didn’t fair well, with their two candidates, John Whitehouse and Mary Harrison being unsuccessful in St. John’s ward.
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.
Overall in the district council, the Conservatives hold a 17-seat majority, winning 31 seats to Labour’s 7, Liberals 5 and the Whitnash Ratepayers Association 3.
Kenilworth District Councillors
7 Conservative Party (M. Coker, J. Cooke, B. Wooller, J. Wilson, J. Whitby, S. Harrison, K. Rawnsley)
1 Liberal Party (B. Butler)