Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
The Liberal Party 19 · Other 16 · Conservative 13 · Labour 12
Ward results
Coxheath2 seats
| A. Sells | LIB | 700 |
| G. Threadgill | LIB | 670 |
| E. Kimber | Independent | 289 |
| J. Earll | Independent | 186 |
Headcorn2 seats
| E. Chantler | Independent | 581 ✓ |
| E. Burnett | LIB | 469 ✓ |
| L. Plummer | LIB | 332 |
| R. Collins | Independent | 321 |
| C. Playford | Independent | 289 |
| E. Hennessey | Labour | 96 |
| P. Hennessey | Labour | 88 |
| W. Betteridge | LIB | 1,147 |
| J. Jarman | LIB | 1,008 |
| D. Lichfield | LIB | 953 |
| B. Varney | Conservative | 620 |
| D. Waller | Labour | 235 |
No. 7 (Maidstone: Heath)5 seats
| S. Matthews | LIB | 1,422 ✓ |
| D Francis | LIB | 1,399 ✓ |
| M Cocks | LIB | 1,386 ✓ |
| K Batts | LIB | 1,368 ✓ |
| K Wooler | LIB | 1,350 ✓ |
| N Lawrence | Conservative | 902 |
| W Goodchild | Conservative | 855 |
| B Huggins | Conservative | 779 |
| M Older | Conservative | 779 |
| P Barden | Conservative | 667 |
| A Ruler | Labour | 520 |
| J Stringer | Labour | 490 |
| M Smithers | Labour | 478 |
| C Mayle | Labour | 462 |
| D Jones | Labour | 449 |
Staplehurst2 seats
| L. Ashby | RAG | 455 |
| E. Gosling | RAG | 432 |
| R. Welham | Conservative | 403 |
| G. Pisani | Conservative | 373 |
| J. Godbolt | LIB | 324 |
Sutton Valence1 seat
| W. Jackson | Independent | 210 |
| H. Oxendale | Independent | 198 |
| M. Paine | Independent | 143 |