| Election Name: | 1982 Adur District Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1980 Adur District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1980 |
| Next Election: | 1983 Adur District Council election |
| Next Year: | 1983 |
| Seats For Election: | One third of seats (15 of 39) to Adur District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 20 |
| Election Date: | 6 May 1982 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats1: | 8 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Party2: | SDP-Liberal Alliance |
| Seats2: | 6 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Party3: | Residents Association |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Majority party | |
| Posttitle: | Majority party after election |
| Before Election: | Alliance |
| After Election: | Alliance |
Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 6 May 1982, with one third of the council up for election. There was additional vacancies in the Mash Barn and Peverel wards, but no elections for the single-member ward St Marys and Residents stronghold, Marine, went uncontested. In the intervening years, the newly formed Alliance had gained three seats at the expense of the Conservatives. Overall turnout fell to 42.4%.[1]
The election resulted in the SDP-Liberal Alliance retaining control of the council.[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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | 23 | 21 | |||
| Conservative | 13 | 15 | |||
| Independent Residents | 2 | 2 | |||
| Labour | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 39 | 39 | |||
| Working majority | |||||
+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.