2022 Adur District Council election - Wikipedia

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2022 Adur District Council election

← 2021 5 May 2022 2024 →
14 out of 29 seats to Adur District Council 15 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Labour Last election 19 seats, 44.9% 7 seats, 31.1% Seats won 7 5 Seats after 16 9 Seat change 3 2 Popular vote 6,881 7,011 Percentage 38.7% 39.4% Swing 6.2% 8.3%   Third party Fourth party   Party Green Independent Last election 1 seat, 12.8% 2 seats, 4.9% Seats won 1 1 Seats after 2 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 2,517 742 Percentage 14.1% 4.2% Swing 1.3% 0.7%
Winner of each seat at the 2022 Adur District Council election
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 2022 Adur District Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Adur District Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. 14 of the 29 seats were up for election.^[1]

Adur District Council was created in 1974, and it was first controlled by the Conservatives from 1979 to 1980. The Liberal Party took control of the council, and held it from 1980 to 1999 (Liberal Democrats from 1988). The council then fell under no overall control, until the Conservatives regained control in 2002 (the Liberal Democrats lost representation on the council in 2014).^[2] In 2021 election, the Conservatives gained 2 seats with 44.9%, Labour made no gains or losses with 31.1%, the Green Party gained their first council seat with 12.8%, and UKIP lost their 3 seats on the council with 0.4%.

The seats up for election in 2022 year were last elected in 2018. In that election, the Conservatives made no net gains or losses with 44.0%, Labour gained 4 seats with 34.4%, and UKIP lost their 4 seats up for election with 5.3%.

After 2021 election	Before 2022 election[3]
Party	Seats	Party	Seats
	Conservative	19		Conservative	19
	Labour	7		Labour	7
	Independent	2		Independent	2
	Green	1		Green	1

Changes:

• September 2021: David Simmons (Conservative) dies; by-election held December 2021^[4]
• December 2021: Leila Williams wins by-election for Conservatives^[5]

2022 Adur District Council election
Party	This election	Full council	This election
Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	7	3	50.0	9	16	55.2	6,881	38.7	-6.2
	Labour	5	2	35.7	4	9	31.0	7,011	39.4	+8.3
	Green	1	1	7.1	1	2	6.9	2,517	14.1	+1.3
	Independent	1		7.1	1	2	6.9	742	4.2	-0.7
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	637	3.6	-2.4

An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.