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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. The sitting Resident councillor in Overall turnout jumped to 49.8%.[1]

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

Election result

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 15
Independent Residents 2 2
Labour 0 1
Total 39 39
Working majority  5   5 

Ward results

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

References

  1. ^ Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 2nd Edition 2003
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Elections Centre: Adur 1973-2012" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk/plymouth.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Vote 2012: Adur". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
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