1980 Adur District Council election

Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 1 May 1980, with one third of the council up for election. There was an additional vacancy in the Southwick Green ward, and no elections for the single-member ward St Marys. Overall turnout dropped to 48.7%.Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 2nd Edition 2003

The election resulted in the Liberals gaining control of the council from the Conservatives.

Election result

This resulted in the following composition of the council: PartyPrevious councilNew council Liberal 17 20 Conservative 20 16 Independent Residents 2 2 Labour 0 1 Total 39 39 Working majority

Ward results

+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.

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