Park Hill Ward (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| Patrica Adams | Conservative | 448 |
| Lance Bramwell | Liberal | 432 |
| Jerry Hicks | Conservative | 416 |
| Robert Butler | Liberal | 392 |
| Malcolm Burfitt | Labour | 84 |
| Joseph England | Labour | 58 |
LIBERAL GAIN ONE SEAT FROM CONSERVATIVES
This by-election was triggered due to the resignation of Paul and Ann Pearce, who were leaving the town to live in London. Both had been elected in the inaugural poll last year.
But the Tories could only hold-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.
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 also been a district councillor from 1973 to 1975. He is Kenilworth born and breed and his interests include 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)