| Election Name: | 1983 Adur District Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1982 Adur District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1982 |
| Next Election: | 1984 Adur District Council election |
| Next Year: | 1984 |
| Seats For Election: | One third of seats (14 of 39) to Adur District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 20 |
| Election Date: | 5 May 1983 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats1: | 7 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Party2: | SDP-Liberal Alliance |
| Seats2: | 7 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats3: | 0 |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Majority party | |
| Posttitle: | Majority party after election |
| Before Election: | Alliance |
| After Election: | No Overall Control |
Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 5 May 1983, with one third of the council up for election. There was an additional vacancy in the Peverel ward and no elections for the Marine ward. Overall turnout climbed to 47.6%.[1]
The election resulted in the Alliance losing control of the council to no overall control.[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 | 20 | 19 | |||
| Conservative | 16 | 17 | |||
| Independent Residents | 2 | 2 | |||
| Labour | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 39 | 39 | |||
| Working majority | |||||
+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.