1990 Adur District Council election

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One third of seats (15 of 39) to Adur District Council
20 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
Party	SLD	Conservative	Labour
Seats won	10	3	1
Seat change	Steady	Decrease1	Increase1

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Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 3 May 1990, with one third of the council up for election, as well as vacancies in the Churchill and Manor wards. No elections were held for the single-member St Mary's ward. Overall turnout jumped to 49.8%.^[1]

The election resulted in the Social and Liberal Democrats retaining control of the council.^{[2] [3]}

Adur District Council Election Result 1990^[2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SLD	10	1	1	0	66.7	38.1	8,767	-1.0
	Conservative	3	0	1	-1	20.0	34.6	7,970	-12.7
	Labour	1	1	0	+1	6.7	23.1	5,315	+13.6
	Residents	1	0	0	0	6.7	3.0	683	-1.1
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.3	295	+1.3

This resulted in the following composition of the council:^[2]

Party		Previous council	New council
Social and Liberal Democrats	22	22
Conservative	15	14
Independent Residents	2	2
Labour	0	1
Total		39	39
Working majority		5	5

Buckingham (3933)^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Morris H. Ms.*	1,016	55.2	−14.5
SLD	Hammond G. Ms.	484	26.3	+3.7
Labour	Sweet G. Ms.	340	18.5	+10.8
Majority			532	28.9	−18.2
Turnout			1,840	46.8	+5.3
Conservative hold		Swing	-9.1

Churchill (3740)^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
SLD	Kelly V. Ms.	822	39.4	−15.0
SLD	Runnalls R.	751
Conservative	Wood J.	655	31.4	−14.1
Conservative	Gray W. Ms.	641
Labour	Vanags K.	312	15.0	+15.0
Green	Edwards D.	295	14.2	+14.2
Majority			167	8.0	−0.9
Turnout			2,084	46.5	+6.4
SLD hold		Swing
SLD hold		Swing	-0.4

Cokeham (3569)^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
SLD	Ball C. Ms.	726	38.8	−4.1
Labour	Mear B.	676	36.1	+17.1
Conservative	Catchpole W.	470	25.1	−13.0
Majority			50	2.7	−2.0
Turnout			1,872	52.5	+14.2
SLD hold		Swing	-10.6

Eastbrook (3526)^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Munnery D.	699	35.2	+13.2
SLD	Honore F.	692	34.9	+5.4
Conservative	Wiiliams S.	593	29.9	−18.6
Majority			7	0.4	−18.6
Turnout			1,984	56.3	+13.6
Labour gain from SLD		Swing	+3.9

Hillside (3610)^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
SLD	Stuart A.	754	37.9	−10.9
Conservative	Callar W.*	671	33.7	−17.5
Labour	Willson M.	564	28.4	+28.4
Majority			83	4.2	+1.7
Turnout			1,989	55.1	+9.3
SLD gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.3

Manor (3361)^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
SLD	Rance S. Ms.	790	47.7	+1.4
SLD	Runnalls B. Ms.	760
Conservative	Boyce G.	588	35.5	−10.3
Conservative	Harris F.	525
Labour	Morris C.	279	16.8	+8.9
Labour	Green M. Ms.	277
Majority			202	12.2	+11.7
Turnout			1,657	47.9	+2.0
SLD hold		Swing
SLD hold		Swing	+5.8

Marine (2634)^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Independent	Hancock D.*	683	53.7	−3.8
Conservative	Patten E.	442	34.7	−2.2
Labour	Rose J.	148	11.6	+6.1
Majority			241	18.9	−18.0
Turnout			1,273	48.3
Independent hold		Swing	-0.8

Mash Barn (2811)^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
SLD	King H.	671	49.9	−2.0
Labour	Atkins B.	344	25.6	+14.8
Conservative	Woodford D.	331	24.6	−12.8
Majority			327	24.3	+9.8
Turnout			1,346	47.9	+12.4
SLD hold		Swing	-8.4

Peverel (3215)^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
SLD	Vaughan E. Ms.	755	46.6	+4.6
Conservative	Swain L. Ms.	444	27.4	−13.6
Labour	Knott A. Ms.	421	26.0	+9.0
Majority			311	19.2	+18.2
Turnout			1,620	50.4	+15.3
SLD hold		Swing	+9.1

Southlands (3305)^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
SLD	Biggs S.	744	47.0	−3.8
Labour	Sweet N.	426	26.9	+11.2
Conservative	Lewis J. Ms.	412	26.0	−7.4
Majority			318	20.1	+2.8
Turnout			1,582	47.9	+6.1
SLD hold		Swing	-7.5

Southwick Green (3850)^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
SLD	Biggs A.*	995	54.4	−3.4
Conservative	Macpherson M.	595	32.5	−9.7
Labour	Willson S. Ms.	239	13.1	+13.1
Majority			400	21.9	+6.4
Turnout			1,829	47.5	+1.7
SLD hold		Swing	+3.1

St. Nicolas (3673)^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Huber J.*	885	47.5	−15.5
SLD	Pressley N.	550	29.5	+5.9
Labour	Whipp B.	429	23.0	+9.6
Majority			335	18.0	−21.3
Turnout			1,864	50.7	+7.8
Conservative hold		Swing	-10.7

Widewater (4250)^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Jones G.	868	41.5	−9.9
SLD	Isherwood D. Ms.	784	37.5	−1.7
Labour	Steadman G.	438	21.0	+11.5
Majority			84	4.0	−8.2
Turnout			2,090	49.2	+4.1
Conservative hold		Swing	-4.1