| Election Name: | 1980 Adur District Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1979 Adur District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1979 |
| Next Election: | 1982 Adur District Council election |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
| Seats For Election: | One third of seats (14 of 39) to Adur District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 20 |
| Election Date: | 1 May 1980 |
| Party1: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Seats1: | 9 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats2: | 3 |
| Seat Change2: | 4 |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Majority party | |
| Posttitle: | Majority party after election |
| Before Election: | Conservative |
| After Election: | Liberal |
Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 1 May 1980, with one third of the council up for election. There was an additional vacancy in the Southwick Green ward, and no elections for the single-member ward St Marys. Overall turnout dropped to 48.7%.[1]
The election resulted in the Liberals gaining control of the council from the Conservatives.[2] [3]
This resulted in the following composition of the council:
| valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 230px" | Party | valign=top style="width: 30px" | Previous council | valign=top style="width: 30px" | New council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | 17 | 20 | |||
| Conservative | 20 | 16 | |||
| Independent Residents | 2 | 2 | |||
| Labour | 0 | 1 | |||
| Total | 39 | 39 | |||
| Working majority | |||||
+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.