2024 Adur District Council election
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The 2024 Adur District Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections being held in the United Kingdom on the same day.[2] The councillors elected will serve a 4-year term, ending in May 2028.[3]
Adur District Council elects half of its councillors every 2 years, with 16 being up for election this time, being 15 ordinary elections plus a by-election in St Mary's ward.[4][3]
Prior to the election, the council was under Conservative majority control, although they only had a two-seat majority and the council was identified as a target for Labour.[5][6]
| After 2022 election | Before 2024 election | After 2024 election | ||||||
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| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
| Labour | 7 | Labour | 9 | Labour | 17 | |||
| Conservatives | 19 | Conservatives | 15 | Conservatives | 8 | |||
| Greens | 1 | Greens | 2 | Greens | 2 | |||
| Independents | 2 | Independents | 3 | Independents | 2 | |||
Summary
The election saw Labour win an outright majority for the first time in the council's history.[8] Labour group leader Jeremy Gardner was formally appointed as leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2024.[9]
Election result
| 2024 Adur District Council election | ||||||||||
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| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Labour | 13 |  8 |
81.3 | 4 | 17 | 58.6 | 9,380 | 48.5 | +9.1 | |
| Conservative | 1 |  7 |
6.3 | 7 | 8 | 27.6 | 5,501 | 28.4 | –10.3 | |
| Green | 1 |  |
6.3 | 1 | 2 | 6.9 | 2,502 | 12.9 | –1.2 | |
| Independent | 1 | 1 |
6.3 | 1 | 2 | 6.9 | 1,291 | 6.7 | +2.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 534 | 2.8 | –0.8 | |
| Britain First | 0 | |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 131 | 0.7 | N/A | |
