By Catherine Roberts
It was a disappointing night for voter turnout in the Adur District council elections on Thursday.
Nationally, a 30 per cent turnout was considered the lowest in over 12 years. Adur District bucked that trend a little – and not for the better. The area managed to scrape an average of 28 per cent.

Bar chart of Adur District elections turnout: light blue represents 2012; dark blue represents 2008.