Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 5 May 1988, with one third of the council up for election however no elections were held for the single-member ward St Mary's. Overall turnout dropped to 42.5%.Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 2nd Edition 2003
The election resulted in the new merger Social and Liberal Democrats retaining control of the council.
Election result
This resulted in the following composition of the council: PartyPrevious councilNew council Social and Liberal Democrats 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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