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{{Short description|Local government district in West Sussex, England}}
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 | 93.4% [[White people in the United Kingdom|White]]
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 | 2.2% [[British Asians|Asian]]
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'''Adur''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|eɪ|d|ər}}) is a [[non-metropolitan district|local government district]] in [[West Sussex]], England. It is named after the [[River Adur]] which flows through the area. The council is based in the town of [[Shoreham-by-Sea]], and the district also contains the town of [[Southwick, West Sussex|Southwick]], the large village of [[Lancing, West Sussex|Lancing]] and a modest rural hinterland inland. The district had a population of 64,626 at the [[United Kingdom Census 2021|2021 census]].

[[Sompting]], Lancing, Shoreham and Southwick form a strip of settlements on the south coast, between [[Worthing]] and [[Brighton]] collectively known as the [[Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton]] conurbation. [[Shoreham Airport]] is located in the Adur district, west of Shoreham-by-Sea and just east of Lancing.

The Adur Festival is held in the first two weeks of June every year.

The district lies on the south coast, and parts of its area lie within the [[South Downs National Park]]. The neighbouring districts are [[Worthing]], [[Arun District|Arun]], [[Horsham District|Horsham]] and [[Brighton and Hove]].

==History==
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the [[Local Government Act 1972]]. The new district covered the whole area of two former districts and parts of a third, which were all abolished at the same time:<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972|year=1972|number=2039|access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref>
*[[Shoreham-by-Sea]] [[Urban district (England and Wales)|Urban District]]
*[[Southwick, West Sussex|Southwick]] Urban District
*[[Worthing Rural District]] (parishes of [[Coombes]], [[Lancing, West Sussex|Lancing]] and [[Sompting]] only, rest went to Arun)
The new district was named Adur after the River Adur which flows through the area and reaches the sea at Shoreham.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973|year=1973|number=551|access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref>

Since 2008 Adur District Council has worked in partnership with neighbouring [[Worthing Borough Council]], as [[Adur and Worthing Councils]], sharing a joint management structure, with a single chief executive.<ref name="structure">{{cite web|url=http://www.adur-worthing.gov.uk/about-the-councils/senior-management-structure/|title=Senior Management structure|publisher=Adur & Worthing Councils|access-date=25 August 2015}}</ref>

==Governance==
{{Infobox legislature
|name=Adur District Council
|logo_pic = Adur District Council logo.svg
|logo_res = 220px
|foundation = 1 April 1974 
|house_type = Non-metropolitan district
|leader1_type = [[Chairperson|Chair]]
|leader1 = Adrienne Lowe
|party1= <br> [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|election1 = 23 May 2024<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hanway |first1=Thomas |title=Adur council's new chairman and leader take up roles |url=https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/politics/council/adur-councils-new-chairman-and-leader-take-up-roles-4642308 |access-date=24 July 2024 |work=Sussex World |date=24 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Adur and Worthing Councils leaders confirm appointment of interim chief executive |url=https://www.adur-worthing.gov.uk/news/pr25-034.html |website=Adur and Worthing Councils |access-date=1 June 2025 |date=23 May 2025}}</ref>
|leader2_type = [[Leader of the Council|Leader]]
|leader2 = Jeremy Gardner
|party2= <br> [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|election2 = 23 May 2024
|leader3_type = [[Chief Executive]]
|leader3 = Catherine Howe
|party3= <!-- Non-political role -->
|election3= 2021<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ford |first1=Martin |title=Adur and Worthing appoint permanent chief executive |url=https://www.themj.co.uk/Adur-and-Worthing-appoint-permanent-chief-executive/221658 |access-date=5 November 2023 |work=The MJ |date=12 October 2021}}</ref>
|political_groups1 =
;Administration (17)
:{{nowrap|{{Color box |{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}} |border=darkgray}} [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] (17)}}
;Opposition (12)
:{{nowrap|{{Color box |{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}} |border=darkgray}} [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] (7)}}
:{{nowrap|{{Color box |{{party color|Independent politician}} |border=darkgray}} [[Independent politician|Independent]] (3)}}
:{{nowrap|{{Color box |{{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}} |border=darkgray}} [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green]] (2)}}

|seats= 29 councillors 
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|term_length= 4 years 
|last_election1 = [[2024 Adur District Council election|2 May 2024]]
|next_election1 = 7 May 2026
|session_room = The Shoreham Centre.jpg
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|meeting_place = The Shoreham Centre, Pond Road, [[Shoreham-by-Sea]], BN43{{nbsp}}5WU
|website       = {{url|www.adur-worthing.gov.uk}}
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Adur District Council provides [[Non-metropolitan district|district-level]] services. [[Non-metropolitan county|County-level]] services are provided by [[West Sussex County Council]]. Parts of the district are covered by [[civil parish]]es, which form a third tier of local government for their areas.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government Act 1972|year=1972|chapter=70|access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=electionmaps>{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=25 January 2024}}</ref>

===Political control===
The council has been under [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] majority control since the [[2024 Adur District Council election|2024 election]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morton |first1=Sam |title=Local elections 2024: Labour take control of Adur council for first time ever; Worthing retained |url=https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/politics/council/local-elections-2024-labour-take-control-over-adur-council-for-first-time-ever-worthing-retained-4616126 |access-date=24 July 2024 |work=Sussex World |date=3 May 2024}}</ref>

The first elections to the council were held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows:<ref name=compositions>{{cite web |title=Compositions Calculator |url=https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/composition_calc.html |access-date=26 November 2024 |website=The Elections Centre |publisher=University of Exeter}} (Put "Adur" in search box to see specific results.)</ref><ref name=change>{{cite news| url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/html/45ub.stm | title = Adur | access-date = 2009-10-21 | work = [[BBC News Online]] | date=2008-04-19}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2|Party in control || Years
|-
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 1974–1979
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || 1979–1980
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK)}} || 1980–1983
|-
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 1983–1986
|-
| {{Party name with colour|SDP-Liberal Alliance}} || 1986–1988
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} || 1988–1999
|-
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 1999–2002
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || 2002–2024
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || 2024-current 
|}

===Leadership===
The [[leader of the council|leaders of the council]] since 2000 have been:

{| class=wikitable
! Councillor !! colspan=2|Party !! From !! To
|-
| Neil Parkin<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dunn |first1=Karen |title=Politician cleared over covid 'bat soup' remark - but now he has virus |url=https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2021/01/27/politician-cleared-over-covid-bat-soup-remark-but-now-he-has-virus/ |access-date=23 July 2022 |work=Brighton and Hove News |date=27 January 2021 |quote=Councillor Parkin, who became leader of the council in 2000...}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hanway |first1=Thomas |title=Adur District Council elections 2024: what the parties say |url=https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/politics/adur-district-council-elections-2024-what-the-parties-say-4609779 |access-date=30 December 2024 |work=Sussex World |date=29 April 2024}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|2000 || align=right|May 2024
|-
| Jeremy Gardner<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 23 May 2024 |url=https://democracy.adur-worthing.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=137&MId=1969 |publisher=Adur District Council |access-date=30 December 2024}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|23 May 2024 || align=right|
|}

===Composition===
Following the [[2024 Adur District Council election|2024 election]] and a subsequent change of allegiance in July 2024, the composition of the council was:

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2| Party
! Councillors
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| align=center|17
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
| align=center|7
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
| align=center|3
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party of England and Wales}}
| align=center|2
|-
! colspan=2|Total
! align=center|29
|}
Two of the independent councillors sit together as the "Shoreham Beach Residents' Association" group. The next election is due in 2026.<ref>{{cite web |title=Adur |url=https://www.localcouncils.co.uk/councils/?council=adur |website=Local Councils |publisher=Thorncliffe |access-date=24 July 2024}}</ref>

===Elections===
{{also|Adur District Council elections}}
Since the last boundary changes in 2004 the council has comprised 29 [[councillor]]s representing 14 [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|wards]], with each ward electing two councillors except Widewater, which elects three. Elections are held in alternate years for roughly half the council each time to serve a four year term of office.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The District of Adur (Electoral Changes) Order 2002|year=2002|number=2991|access-date=25 January 2024}}</ref>

===Premises===
[[File:Shoreham Civic Centre - geograph.org.uk - 2305640.jpg|thumb|Council's former headquarters at Shoreham Civic Centre, closed 2015 and since demolished.]]
The council is based at the Shoreham Centre on Pond Road, which was built in the 1970s as a community centre but was substantially extended in 2015 to also serve as the council's meeting place and offices.<ref>{{cite news |title=Construction begins on Shoreham Centre extension |url=https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/construction-begins-on-shoreham-centre-extension-283472 |access-date=25 January 2024 |work=Sussex World |date=5 November 2014}}</ref> Prior to 2015 the council was based at the Civic Centre on Ham Road, Shoreham, which was subsequently demolished.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lindsey |first1=Peter |title=Demolition teams move into former council offices |url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/15201320.demolition-teams-move-into-former-council-offices/ |access-date=25 January 2024 |work=The Argus |date=4 April 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Adur population pyramid.svg|thumb|Adur population pyramid]]

==Towns and parishes==
{{further|List of civil parishes in West Sussex}}
[[File:Lancing College (1392998994).jpg|thumb|[[Lancing College]], a public school and a prominent landmark in the district.]]
There are three [[civil parish]]es in the district, being Coombes, Lancing, and Sompting. Coombes has a [[parish meeting]] rather than a parish council due to its low population.<ref>{{cite web |title=Parish councils contact information |url=https://democracy.adur-worthing.gov.uk/mgParishCouncilDetailsList.aspx |website=Adur and Worthing Councils |access-date=25 January 2024}}</ref> The rest of the district, corresponding to the area of the pre-1974 urban districts of Shoreham-by-Sea and Southwick, is an [[unparished area]].<ref name=electionmaps/>

==Sports clubs==
*[[Lancing F.C.]]
*[[Shoreham F.C.]]
*[[Southwick F.C.]]
*[[Lancing Utd F.C.]]
==Media==
In terms of television, Adur is served by [[BBC South East]] and [[ITV Meridian]] broadcasting from the [[Whitehawk Hill transmitting station|Whitehawk Hill]] transmitter. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Whitehawk_Hill | title=Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, England) Full Freeview transmitter | date=May 2004 }}</ref>

Radio stations for the area are [[BBC Radio Sussex]], [[Heart South]], [[Capital Brighton]], [[More Radio Worthing]] and [[Seaside Hospital Radio]] that broadcast from the [[Southlands Hospital]] in Shoreham. 

Local newspapers are the ''Shoreham Herald'', ''West Sussex Gazette'' and ''[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]''. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/about-the-council/council-news-and-campaigns/local-news-media-links/|title= Local news media links|website=West Sussex County Council|accessdate=19 April 2024}}</ref>

==Twin towns==
[[Adur (district)|Adur]] is twinned with
* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Żywiec]], [[Poland]]<ref name="Żywiec twinning">{{cite web|url=http://www.zywiec.pl/stat.php?partnerskie |title=Internetowy Serwis Miejski |publisher=zywiec.pl |date=2008-06-20 |access-date=2011-06-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514050240/http://zywiec.pl/stat.php?partnerskie |archive-date=2011-05-14 }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Riom]], [[France]]<ref name="Riom twinnings">{{cite web|url=http://www.cncd.fr/frontoffice/bdd-region.asp?action=getRegion&id=3#tabs3 |title=National Commission for Decentralised cooperation |access-date=2013-12-26 |work=Délégation pour l’Action Extérieure des Collectivités Territoriales (Ministère des Affaires étrangères) |language=fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131004135322/http://www.cncd.fr/frontoffice/bdd-region.asp?action=getRegion&id=3 |archive-date=2013-10-04 }}</ref><ref name="Archant twinning">{{cite web|url=http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns|title=British towns twinned with French towns|access-date = 2013-07-11|work=Archant Community Media Ltd}}</ref>

==Climate==
Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round.  The [[Köppen Climate Classification]] subtype for this climate is "[[Köppen climate classification#Group C: Temperate/mesothermal climates|Cfb]]" (Marine West Coast Climate/[[Oceanic climate]]).<ref>[https://archive.today/20130710025352/http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=591001&cityname=Adur,+England,+United+Kingdom&units= Climate Summary for Adur, UK]</ref>
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|Mar high F = 50
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|Aug high F = 70
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|Oct high F = 59
|Nov high F = 52
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==See also==
*[[Adur and Worthing Councils]]
*[[Listed buildings in Adur]]
*[[List of places of worship in Adur]]
*[[Lancing, West Sussex|Lancing]]
*[[Shoreham-by-Sea]]
*[[Southwick, West Sussex|Southwick]]
*[[Sompting]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.adur-worthing.gov.uk/ Adur District Council]
* [https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Adur-1973-2012.pdf A record of all the election results in Adur District since its creation until 2012]

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