Before (end of 1995) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 23 · Conservative 19 · Labour 5 · Other 1
After (end of 1996) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 27 · Conservative 14 · Labour 6 · Other 1
Ward results
Brenchley1 seat
| P. Oliver-Smith | Conservative | 552 ✓ |
| Gavin Booth | Liberal Democrats | 277 |
Culverden1 seat
| J. Slowgrove | Conservative | 587 ✓ |
| A Wilson | Liberal Democrats | 520 |
| L Cowley | Labour | 128 |
| B. Leslie | Green | 46 |
Hawkhurst1 seat
| G Ealdon | Conservative | 537 ✓ |
| A Chesters | Liberal Democrats | 402 |
| D. Burgess | Labour | 190 |
Horsmonden1 seat
| R Morton | Conservative | 396 ✓ |
| R Douglas | Liberal Democrats | 197 |
| R Kirk | Labour | 94 |
Lamberhurst1 seat
| J. Bullock | Conservative | 241 ✓ |
| B. Bryant | Liberal Democrats | 148 |
| S. Fowler | Labour | 106 |
Park1 seat
| B Pizzali | Liberal Democrats | 802 ✓ |
| D Bannerman | Conservative | 742 |
| A Lohmann | Labour | 161 |
PEMBURY1 seat
| A. Ballantine | Liberal Democrats | 710 ✓ |
| T Cload | Conservative | 630 |
| P Sellers | Labour | 176 |
| K. Kelly | Independent | 166 |
Sandhurst1 seat
| J. Cunningham | Conservative | 287 ✓ |
| S. Desrosiers | Liberal Democrats | 164 |
| Emma Collins | Labour | 46 |
St James'1 seat
| M. Lewis | Liberal Democrats | 723 ✓ |
| A Purves | Conservative | 339 |
| P. Ross-Skedd | Labour | 284 |
St John's2 seats
| A. Baker | Liberal Democrats | 651 ✓ |
| D. Seaman | Liberal Democrats | 629 ✓ |
| P Suddes | Conservative | 304 |
| R. Williams | Conservative | 294 |
| T. Rich | Labour | 287 |
| B Weeks | Labour | 226 |
| Phyllis Valerie Leslie | Green | 70 |
St. Marks1 seat
| J. Scholes | Conservative | 945 ✓ |
| W. Fitzsimmons | Liberal Democrats | 647 |
| Sarah Margaret Carpenter | Labour | 88 |