Claim: The 1979 Adur District Council election resulted in the conservatives gaining control of the council which is a political party in the United Kingdom and sits on the centre-right of the British political spectrum and have been in government since 2010 and as of 2020 hold an overall majority.
Evidence: The election resulted in the Conservatives gaining control of the council. The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, and also known colloquially as the Tories or simply the Conservatives, is a political party in the United Kingdom. Ideologically, the Conservatives sit on the centre-right of the British political spectrum. The Conservatives have been in government since 2010 and as of 2020, hold an overall majority in the House of Commons with 364 Members of Parliament.