1983 Adur District Council election

Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 5 May 1983, with one third of the council up for election. There was an additional vacancy in the Peverel ward and no elections for the Marine ward. Overall turnout climbed to 47.6%.Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 2nd Edition 2003

The election resulted in the Alliance losing control of the council to no overall control.

Election result

This resulted in the following composition of the council: PartyPrevious councilNew council SDP-Liberal Alliance 20 19 Conservative 16 17 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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