| Election Name: | 2022 Adur District Council election |
| Country: | West Sussex |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2021 Adur District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2021 |
| Next Election: | 2024 Adur District Council election |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Seats For Election: | 14 out of 29 seats to Adur District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 15 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 19 seats, 44.9% |
| Seats1: | 7 |
| Seats After1: | 16 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 6,881 |
| Percentage1: | 38.7% |
| Swing1: | 6.2% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 7 seats, 31.1% |
| Seats2: | 5 |
| Seats After2: | 9 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 7,011 |
| Percentage2: | 39.4% |
| Swing2: | 8.3% |
| Party4: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Last Election4: | 1 seat, 12.8% |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seats After4: | 2 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 2,517 |
| Percentage4: | 14.1% |
| Swing4: | 1.3% |
| Party5: | Independent politician |
| Last Election5: | 2 seats, 4.9% |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seats After5: | 2 |
| Popular Vote5: | 742 |
| Percentage5: | 4.2% |
| Swing5: | 0.7% |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
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 | ||
| 19 | 19 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||
Changes:
An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.