Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 3 May 1979, alongside the

general election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

. The entire council was up for election, following boundary changes that reduced the number of wards by one, but all together had added two seats. Overall turnout was recorded at 74.4%. The election resulted in the Conservatives gaining control of the council.

Election result

This resulted in the following composition of the council:

Ward results

References

{{United Kingdom local elections, 1979

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1979 English local elections 1970s in West Sussex