Before (end of 1995) (55 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 17 · Liberal Democrats 17 · Labour 15 · Other 6
After (end of 1996) (55 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 21 · Labour 18 · Conservative 11 · Other 5
Ward results
Allington1 seat
| M Tucker | Liberal Democrats | 1,270 ✓ |
| P. Ruempol | Conservative | 364 |
| R. Davison | Labour | 360 |
Barming1 seat · turnout 55.3%
| P Oldham | Conservative | 810 |
| G Edy | Liberal Democrats | 129 |
| R. Matthews | Labour | 118 |
Bearsted1 seat · turnout 35.9%
| R. Ash | Conservative | 1,002 |
| S. Chittenden | Liberal Democrats | 481 |
| R Jeffries | Labour | 271 |
Boughton Monchelsea1 seat · turnout 52.8%
| I. Ellis | Independent | 824 |
| B. East | Conservative | 162 |
| J. Lyons | Labour | 92 |
Boxley1 seat
| A. Tilley | Labour | 844 ✓ |
| J. Taylor | Conservative | 806 |
| J Doherty | Liberal Democrats | 283 |
| H. Chazel | Green | 73 |
Bridge1 seat
| P. D'Souza | Labour | 989 ✓ |
| J. Holmes | Liberal Democrats | 641 |
| C. Randall | Conservative | 402 |
| Stephen Fraser Muggeridge | Green | 69 |
Coxheath1 seat · turnout 45.3%
| B Mortimer | Liberal Democrats | 617 |
| P Carter | Conservative | 507 |
| E Small | Labour | 251 |
Detling1 seat
| D. Parvin | Conservative | 314 ✓ |
| J. Munson | Labour | 207 |
| J. Armstrong | Liberal Democrats | 62 |
East1 seat · turnout 36.7%
| P. Sellar | Liberal Democrats | 1,087 |
| S. Dishman | Conservative | 632 |
| E. Davis | Labour | 393 |
| Bull J. | Green | 42 |
Farleigh1 seat
| J. Williams | Liberal Democrats | 289 ✓ |
| R. Collins | Independent | 191 |
| S Livesey | Conservative | 181 |
| K. Morgan | Labour | 48 |
Headcorn1 seat · turnout 42.9%
| J. Gibson | Conservative | 802 |
| D Haselup | Liberal Democrats | 445 |
| A. Thompson | Labour | 189 |
| P. Kemp | Green | 40 |
Heath1 seat
| J. Tolputt | Labour | 649 ✓ |
| A Cocks | Liberal Democrats | 643 |
| J. Fenn | Conservative | 506 |
| S. Browning | Green | 53 |
High Street1 seat · turnout 37.2%
| C. English | Liberal Democrats | 705 |
| L Burfield | Labour | 676 |
| C East | Conservative | 229 |
| R Dougherty | Green | 45 |
Marden1 seat · turnout 40.7%
| J. Banks | Independent | 685 |
| S. Brown | Labour | 619 |
| J. Rootes | Liberal Democrats | 113 |
| R. Owen | UK Ind | 86 |
NORTH1 seat
| J. Paterson | Liberal Democrats | 839 ✓ |
| A. Gould | Labour | 393 |
| Margaret Parker | Conservative | 327 |
| J Shalice | Green | 63 |
Park Wood1 seat · turnout 24.6%
| J Morrison | Labour | 853 |
| C. Howard | Liberal Democrats | 183 |
| M. Taylor | Conservative | 171 |
Shepway East1 seat · turnout 24.9%
| T. Matthews | Labour | 776 |
| P Veal | Conservative | 221 |
| S. Stevens | Liberal Democrats | 159 |
Shepway West2 seats · turnout 25.4%
| F. Brown | Labour | 738 |
| M Jackson | Labour | 701 |
| S Parvin | Conservative | 229 |
| C. Watts | Conservative | 210 |
| K. Harris | Liberal Democrats | 148 |
| R. Fearn | Liberal Democrats | 121 |
| J. Richards | Green | 71 |
South1 seat · turnout 31.2%
| K. Atkinson | Labour | 829 |
| B Beardwell | Conservative | 760 |
| M Luxton | Liberal Democrats | 484 |
