The 2000 Worthing Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Worthing District 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
| Worthing Local Election Result 2000[4] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | ||
| Conservative | 8 | +1 | 57.1 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrat | 6 | -1 | 42.9 | |||||||
| Preceded by Worthing Council election, 1999 |
Worthing local elections | Succeeded by Worthing Council election, 2002 |