1987 Adur District Council election

Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 7 May 1987, with one third of the council up for election. There were additional vacancies in the Churchill and Widewater wards and no elections for the two-member Marine ward. Overall turnout climbed to 48.3%.Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 2nd Edition 2003

The election resulted in the Alliance retaining control of the council.

Election result

This resulted in the following composition of the council: PartyPrevious councilNew council SDP-Liberal Alliance 22 22 Conservative 15 15 Independent Residents 2 2 Total 39 39 Working majority

Ward results

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

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