| Election Name: | 2024 Adur District Council election |
| Country: | West Sussex |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2022 Adur District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2022 |
| Next Election: | 2026 Adur District Council election |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Seats For Election: | 16 out of 28 seats to Adur District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 15 |
| Leader1: | Jeremy Gardner |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 9 seats, 39.4% |
| Seats Before1: | 9 |
| Seats1: | 13 |
| Seats After1: | 17 |
| Seat Change1: | 8 |
| Popular Vote1: | 9,380 |
| Percentage1: | 48.5% |
| Swing1: | 9.1% |
| Leader2: | Neil Parkin |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 16 seats, 38.7% |
| Seats Before2: | 15 |
| Seats2: | 1 |
| Seats After2: | 8 |
| Seat Change2: | 7 |
| Popular Vote2: | 5,501 |
| Percentage2: | 28.4% |
| Swing2: | 10.3% |
| Leader4: | Gabe Crisp[1] |
| Party4: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Last Election4: | 2 seats, 14.1% |
| Seats Before4: | 2 |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seats After4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 2,502 |
| Percentage4: | 12.9% |
| Swing4: | 1.2% |
| Leader5: | n/a |
| Party5: | Independent politician |
| Last Election5: | 2 seats, 4.2% |
| Seats Before5: | 3 |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seats After5: | 2 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 1,291 |
| Percentage5: | 6.7% |
| Swing5: | 2.5% |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | Neil Parkin |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| After Election: | Jeremy Gardner |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
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]
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]
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]
| After 2022 election | Before 2024 election | After 2024 election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | ||||
| Labour | 7 | Labour | 9 | Labour | 17 | ||||
| Conservatives | 19 | Conservatives | 15 | Conservatives | 8 | ||||
| Greens | 1 | Greens | 2 | Greens | 2 | ||||
| Independents | 2 | Independents | 3 | Independents | 2 | ||||
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]