| Election Name: | 1973 City of Lincoln Council election[1] [2] |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Next Election: | 1976 City of Lincoln Council election |
| Next Year: | 1976 |
| Seats For Election: | All 30 seats to City of Lincoln Council |
| Majority Seats: | 16 |
| Election Date: | 7 June 1973 |
| Party1: | Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972) |
| Seats1: | 20 |
| Popular Vote1: | 8,660 |
| Percentage1: | 39.8% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats2: | 6 |
| Popular Vote2: | 6,062 |
| Percentage2: | 27.9% |
| Party3: | Independent (politician) |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Popular Vote3: | 997 |
| Percentage3: | 4.6 |
| Party4: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 5,469 |
| Percentage4: | 25.2 |
| Party5: | Independent Conservative |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 544 |
| Percentage5: | 2.0 |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| After Election: | Democratic Labour |
The 1973 City of Lincoln Council election were the first elections to the newly created City of Lincoln Council and took place on 7 June 1973. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Local Government Act 1972 stipulated that the elected members were to shadow and eventually take over from the predecessor corporation on 1 April 1974. The election resulted in the Democratic Labour Party gaining control of the council.
|-| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total| style="text-align: right;" | 30| colspan=5 || style="text-align: right;" | 21,732| style="text-align: right;" |