2024 Adur District Council election

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2024 Adur District Council election
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16 out of 29 seats to Adur District Council
15 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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LeaderJeremy GardnerNeil Parkin
Party Labour Conservative
Last election9 seats, 39.4%16 seats, 38.7%
Seats before915
Seats won131
Seats after178
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 8Decrease2.svg 7
Popular vote9,3805,501
Percentage48.5%28.4%
SwingIncrease2.svg 9.1%Decrease2.svg 10.3%
 Third partyFourth party
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LeaderGabe Crisp [1] n/a [a]
Party Green Independent
Last election2 seats, 14.1%2 seats, 4.2%
Seats before23
Seats won11
Seats after22
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg 1
Popular vote2,5021,291
Percentage12.9%6.7%
SwingDecrease2.svg 1.2%Increase2.svg 2.5%
Adur UK ward map 2024.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Adur District Council election
Leader before election

Neil Parkin
Conservative

Leader after election

Jeremy Gardner
Labour

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]

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Background

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 electionAfter 2024 election
PartySeatsPartySeatsPartySeats
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
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 13Increase2.svg 881.341758.69,38048.5+9.1
  Conservative 1Decrease2.svg 76.37827.65,50128.4–10.3
  Green 1Steady2.svg6.3126.92,50212.9–1.2
  Independent 1Decrease2.svg 16.3126.91,2916.7+2.5
  Liberal Democrats 0Steady2.svg0.0000.05342.8–0.8
  Britain First 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01310.7N/A

Ward results

Buckingham

Buckingham (1 seat) [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nigel Jenner 681 50.9 +15.5
Conservative Kevin Boram42431.7−9.9
Liberal Democrats Ian Jones16412.3−10.7
Green Leslie Groves-Williams705.2N/A
Turnout 1,33944.0+1.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Churchill

Churchill (1 seat) [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Nigel Sweet 411 45.1 +8.6
Conservative Mandy Buxton-Andrews39443.2−8.7
Green Peter Riley10711.7+0.1
Turnout 91227.2−6.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Cokeham

Cokeham (1 seat) [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carolyn Fuhrmann 407 38.9 +4.5
Conservative Daniel Guy35934.3−18.6
Britain First David Bamber13112.5N/A
Green Helen Mears797.6−5.1
Liberal Democrats Steve Creed706.7N/A
Turnout 1,04630.5−2.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Eastbrook

Eastbrook (1 seat) [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Harvey 596 58.6 −4.3
Conservative Jill Lennon33833.2−3.9
Green Kristy Lascelles848.3N/A
Turnout 1,01831.2−4.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Hillside

Hillside (1 seat) [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nigel Corston 623 54.3 +4.8
Conservative Rick Matthews45139.3−11.2
Green Russell Whiting746.4N/A
Turnout 1,14833.19
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Manor

Manor (1 seat) [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carson Albury 572 52.3 −1.7
Labour Cheryl Giles37033.8+1.0
Green Maggie Rumble989.0−4.1
Liberal Democrats David Thompson544.9N/A
Turnout 1,09434.42
Conservative hold Swing

Marine

Marine (1 seat) [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Joss Loader 933 67.7 +15.8
Labour Kate Davis28320.5−3.3
Green Melodie Tyrer1208.7−25.6
Liberal Democrats Bill Harpley423.0N/A
Turnout 1,37839.16
Independent hold Swing

Mash Barn

Mash Barn (1 seat) [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sharon Sluman 655 63.3 +3.7
Conservative Mike Mendoza29628.6−0.8
Green Kevin Elliott848.1+3.4
Turnout 1,03529.46
Labour hold Swing

Peverel

Peverel (1 seat) [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Saffa Jan 514 49.1 +9.8
Conservative Tom Smith46244.1−7.6
Green Eileen Riley716.8−2.2
Turnout 1,04731.80
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Southlands

Southlands (1 seat) [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Deborah Stainforth 540 56.7 +11.2
Conservative Matt Fry28830.2−4.6
Liberal Democrats Keith Humphrey717.5−5.8
Green Troy Wade545.7−0.7
Turnout 95331.18
Labour hold Swing

Southwick Green

Southwick Green (1 seat) [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robina Baine 780 64.1 +16.5
Conservative Vicky Parkin27822.9−14.7
Liberal Democrats Samuel Welton867.1−2.0
Green Jane Mott725.9+0.2
Turnout 1,21635.81
Labour hold Swing

St Mary's

St Mary's (2 seats) [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Becky Allinson 945 69.0 +10.1
Labour Jeremy Gardner 858 62.6 +3.7
Conservative Vanessa Evans31422.9−3.8
Green Angie Buhl-Nielsen25518.6+4.2
Turnout 1,37035.96
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Nicolas

St Nicolas (1 seat) [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Gerry Thompson 652 40.1 −21.3
Conservative Bob Towner44727.5−11.1
Labour Tim Higgins40124.7N/A
Independent Stuart Bower774.7N/A
Liberal Democrats James Burrage472.9N/A
Turnout 1,62450.79
Green hold Swing

Widewater

Widewater (2 seats) [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adrienne Lowe 712 41.9 −1.4
Labour Pauline Higgins 604 35.6 −7.7
Conservative Joe Pannell46327.3−19.6
Conservative Kirstie Pannell41524.4−22.5
Green Patrick Ginnelly34620.4+10.6
Green Victoria Benson33619.8+10.0
Independent Ann Bridges28116.5N/A
Turnout 1,69836.03
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Independent

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