Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 6 May 1982, with one third of the council up for election. There was additional vacancies in the Mash Barn and Peverel wards, but no elections for the single-member ward St Marys and Residents stronghold, Marine, which went uncontested. In the intervening years, the newly formed Alliance had gained three seats at the expense of the Conservatives. Overall turnout fell to 42.4%.Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 2nd Edition 2003
The election resulted in the SDP-Liberal Alliance retaining control of the council.
Election result
This resulted in the following composition of the council: PartyPrevious councilNew council SDP-Liberal Alliance 23 21 Conservative 13 15 Independent Residents 2 2 Labour 1 1 Total 39 39 Working majority
Ward results
+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.
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