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2024 Adur District Council election

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]

2024 Adur District Council election
← 2022 2 May 2024 (2024-05-02) 2026 →
16 out of 29 seats to Adur District Council
15 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Jeremy Gardner Neil Parkin
Party Labour Conservative
Last election 9 seats, 39.4% 16 seats, 38.7%
Seats before 9 15
Seats won 13 1
Seats after 17 8
Seat change Increase 8 Decrease 7
Popular vote 9,380 5,501
Percentage 48.5% 28.4%
Swing Increase 9.1% Decrease 10.3%
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Gabe Crisp[1] n/a[a]
Party Green Independent
Last election 2 seats, 14.1% 2 seats, 4.2%
Seats before 2 3
Seats won 1 1
Seats after 2 2
Seat change Steady Decrease 1
Popular vote 2,502 1,291
Percentage 12.9% 6.7%
Swing Decrease 1.2% Increase 2.5%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Adur District Council election
Leader before election

Neil Parkin
Conservative

Leader after election

Jeremy Gardner
Labour

Background

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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]

Pre-Election Composition[3][5][7]
After 2022 election Before 2024 election After 2024 election
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

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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

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2024 Adur District Council election
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

Ward results

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Buckingham

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Buckingham (1 seat)[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nigel Jenner 681 50.9 +15.5
Conservative Kevin Boram 424 31.7 −9.9
Liberal Democrats Ian Jones 164 12.3 −10.7
Green Leslie Groves-Williams 70 5.2 N/A
Turnout 1,339 44.0 +1.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Churchill

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Churchill (1 seat)[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Nigel Sweet 411 45.1 +8.6
Conservative Mandy Buxton-Andrews 394 43.2 −8.7
Green Peter Riley 107 11.7 +0.1
Turnout 912 27.2 −6.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Cokeham

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Cokeham (1 seat)[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carolyn Fuhrmann 407 38.9 +4.5
Conservative Daniel Guy 359 34.3 −18.6
Britain First David Bamber 131 12.5 N/A
Green Helen Mears 79 7.6 −5.1
Liberal Democrats Steve Creed 70 6.7 N/A
Turnout 1,046 30.5 −2.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Eastbrook

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Eastbrook (1 seat)[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Harvey 596 58.6 −4.3
Conservative Jill Lennon 338 33.2 −3.9
Green Kristy Lascelles 84 8.3 N/A
Turnout 1,018 31.2 −4.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Hillside

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Hillside (1 seat)[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nigel Corston 623 54.3 +4.8
Conservative Rick Matthews 451 39.3 −11.2
Green Russell Whiting 74 6.4 N/A
Turnout 1,148 33.19
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Manor

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Manor (1 seat)[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carson Albury 572 52.3 −1.7
Labour Cheryl Giles 370 33.8 +1.0
Green Maggie Rumble 98 9.0 −4.1
Liberal Democrats David Thompson 54 4.9 N/A
Turnout 1,094 34.42
Conservative hold Swing

Marine

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Marine (1 seat)[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Joss Loader 933 67.7 +15.8
Labour Kate Davis 283 20.5 −3.3
Green Melodie Tyrer 120 8.7 −25.6
Liberal Democrats Bill Harpley 42 3.0 N/A
Turnout 1,378 39.16
Independent hold Swing

Mash Barn

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Mash Barn (1 seat)[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sharon Sluman 655 63.3 +3.7
Conservative Mike Mendoza 296 28.6 −0.8
Green Kevin Elliott 84 8.1 +3.4
Turnout 1,035 29.46
Labour hold Swing

Peverel

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Peverel (1 seat)[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Saffa Jan 514 49.1 +9.8
Conservative Tom Smith 462 44.1 −7.6
Green Eileen Riley 71 6.8 −2.2
Turnout 1,047 31.80
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Southlands

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Southlands (1 seat)[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Deborah Stainforth 540 56.7 +11.2
Conservative Matt Fry 288 30.2 −4.6
Liberal Democrats Keith Humphrey 71 7.5 −5.8
Green Troy Wade 54 5.7 −0.7
Turnout 953 31.18
Labour hold Swing

Southwick Green

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Southwick Green (1 seat)[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robina Baine 780 64.1 +16.5
Conservative Vicky Parkin 278 22.9 −14.7
Liberal Democrats Samuel Welton 86 7.1 −2.0
Green Jane Mott 72 5.9 +0.2
Turnout 1,216 35.81
Labour hold Swing

St Mary's

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St Mary's (2 seats)[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Becky Allinson 945 69.0 +10.1
Labour Jeremy Gardner 858 62.6 +3.7
Conservative Vanessa Evans 314 22.9 −3.8
Green Angie Buhl-Nielsen 255 18.6 +4.2
Turnout 1,370 35.96
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Nicolas

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St Nicolas (1 seat)[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Gerry Thompson 652 40.1 −21.3
Conservative Bob Towner 447 27.5 −11.1
Labour Tim Higgins 401 24.7 N/A
Independent Stuart Bower 77 4.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats James Burrage 47 2.9 N/A
Turnout 1,624 50.79
Green hold Swing

Widewater

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Widewater (2 seats)[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adrienne Lowe 712 41.9 −1.4
Labour Pauline Higgins 604 35.6 −7.7
Conservative Joe Pannell 463 27.3 −19.6
Conservative Kirstie Pannell 415 24.4 −22.5
Green Patrick Ginnelly 346 20.4 +10.6
Green Victoria Benson 336 19.8 +10.0
Independent Ann Bridges 281 16.5 N/A
Turnout 1,698 36.03
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Independent

References

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  1. ^ Of the three independent councillors, two sit together as the 'Shoreham Beach Residents Association' group, led by Joss Loader.
  1. ^ "Council reports, 18 May 2023" (PDF). Adur District Council. p. 28. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Election dates to Worthing and Adur Councils". Adur and Worthing Councils. Archived from the original on 4 Jan 2024. Retrieved 4 Jan 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Composition of Adur District Council". Open Council Data UK. Archived from the original on 4 Jan 2024. Retrieved 4 Jan 2024.
  4. ^ Dale, Bob (12 April 2024). "Four Sussex council areas prepare to vote in local elections". BBC News. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Adur result - Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
  6. ^ Green, Daniel (2024-04-14). "Adur local elections: How a red wave can end 25-year Tory grip on south coast". LabourList. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  7. ^ Reporter, Jessica Hubbard Local Democracy; Belcher, Annette (2022-05-06). "Tory win for Adur as Labour wins control of neighbour". Sussex Live. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
  8. ^ Morton, Sam (3 May 2024). "Local elections 2024: Labour take control of Adur council for first time ever; Worthing retained". Sussex World. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  9. ^ Hanway, Thomas (24 May 2024). "Adur council's new chairman and leader take up roles". Sussex World. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "2024 Election results - Adur & Worthing Councils". www.adur-worthing.gov.uk.
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