2000 Worthing Borough Council election

The 2000 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Worthing Borough Council in West Sussex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party held overall control of the council.[1]

For the second election in a row, a former mayor defected in the run up to the election. This year Geraldine Lissenburg joined the Liberal Democrats after earlier leaving the Conservatives to sit briefly as an independent.[2]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Conservative 20
Liberal Democrat 16[3]

Election result

Worthing Local Election Result 2000[4]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8			+1	57.1
	Liberal Democrats	6			-1	42.9

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References

"Worthing". BBC News Online. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
"Local elections - Blair faces big test". The Argus. 2 May 2000. Retrieved 10 October 2009.
"Election results: local councils". The Times. 5 May 2000. p. 4.
"Council election results (O - Z)". The Guardian. 5 May 2000. Retrieved 9 October 2009.

Council elections in West Sussex
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Arun	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Chichester	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Crawley	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019
Horsham	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Mid Sussex	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Worthing	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021
See also: Wards Boundary changes

(1999 ←) 2000 United Kingdom local elections (→ 2001)
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