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.

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.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 20
• Liberal Democrat 16

Election result

Worthing local election result 2000

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8			+1	57.1
	Liberal Democrats	6			-1	42.9

Ward results

Broadwater

Broadwater

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	B. McLuskie	943	59.9	+6.4
	Conservative	C. Green	471	29.9	−1.8
	Labour	J. Gardiner	160	10.2	−4.7
Majority			472	30.0	N/A
Turnout				24.6	+1.8
Registered electors			6,406
	Liberal Democrats hold

Castle

Castle (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. John	816	45.3	+3.6
	Conservative	M. O'Keeffe	793	44.0
	Liberal Democrats	G. Cornell	533	29.6	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	R. Smytherman	500	27.8
	Labour	A. Bignell	453	25.1	−3.5
	Labour	J. Deen	431	23.9
Majority			260	15.7	N/A
Turnout				30.0	+3.7
Registered electors			6,042
	Conservative hold

Central

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Tucker	923	65.5	+11.2
	Conservative	G. Wootton	487	34.5	+2.6
Majority			436	31.0	N/A
Turnout				25.4	−0.9
Registered electors			5,580
	Liberal Democrats hold

Durrington

Durrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	I. Baker	1,335	58.1	+9.8
	Conservative	T. Jackson	964	41.9	−0.3
Majority			371	16.2	N/A
Turnout				28.5	−1.8
Registered electors			8,107
	Liberal Democrats hold

Gaisford

Gaisford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Green	880	50.1	+11.1
	Conservative	P. Knott	783	44.6	−2.1
	Green	D. McLean	94	5.4	N/A
Majority			97	5.5	N/A
Turnout				27.5	+1.1
Registered electors			6,413
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	6.6

Goring

Goring

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Waight	1,755	76.4	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	N. Rodgers	542	23.6	+7.5
Majority			1,213	52.8	N/A
Turnout				34.4	−3.5
Registered electors			6,728
	Conservative hold

Heene

Heene

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Smith	931	59.9	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	F. Stephenson	503	32.4	+6.9
	Green	D. Colkett	119	7.7	N/A
Majority			428	27.5	N/A
Turnout				24.3	−2.5
Registered electors			6,426
	Conservative hold

Marine

Marine (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Mercer	1,207	62.3	+3.2
	Conservative	K. Wingate	1,162	60.0
	Liberal Democrats	J. Doyle	562	29.0	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	D. Parker	544	28.1
	Green	L. Colkett	169	8.7	N/A
Majority			645	33.3	N/A
Turnout				30.4	−1.1
Registered electors			6,295
	Conservative hold

Offington

Offington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Green	1,493	64.8	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	D. Lissenburg	673	29.2	+0.2
	Labour	J. Young	138	6.0	−1.9
Majority			820	35.6	N/A
Turnout				36.6	+0.9
Registered electors			6,298
	Conservative hold

Salvington

Salvington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Lynn	1,339	64.2	+11.8
	Liberal Democrats	G. Harbinson	747	35.8	−3.0
Majority			592	28.4	N/A
Turnout				32.4	−0.4
Registered electors			6,468
	Conservative hold

Selden

Selden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Player	815	45.8	−9.0
	Conservative	P. High	748	42.0	+15.1
	Labour	J. Turley	216	12.1	−6.2
Majority			67	3.8	N/A
Turnout				29.1	+0.1
Registered electors			6,109
	Liberal Democrats hold

Tarring

Tarring

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	H. Thorpe	1,341	70.8	+9.8
	Conservative	P. Honiball	554	29.2	−0.8
Majority			787	41.6	N/A
Turnout				29.0	+0.6
Registered electors			6,543
	Liberal Democrats hold