| Election Name: | 1979 City of Lincoln Council election[1] [2] |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1976 City of Lincoln Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1976 |
| Next Election: | 1980 City of Lincoln Council election |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
| Seats For Election: | All 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council |
| Majority Seats: | 17 |
| Election Date: | 3 May 1979 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 12 |
| Seats1: | 21 |
| Seat Change1: | 8 |
| Popular Vote1: | 16,796 |
| Percentage1: | 41.2% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 0 |
| Seats2: | 9 |
| Seat Change2: | 9 |
| Popular Vote2: | 14,516 |
| Percentage2: | 35.6% |
| Party3: | Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972) |
| Last Election3: | 17 |
| Seats3: | 3 |
| Seat Change3: | 14 |
| Popular Vote3: | 7,462 |
| Percentage3: | 18.3% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Democratic Labour |
| After Election: | Conservative |
The 1979 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 3 May 1979. This was on the same day as other local elections. This was the first election to be held under new ward boundaries.[3] The entire council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained control of the council from the Democratic Labour Party.
|-| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total| style="text-align: right;" | 33| colspan=5 || style="text-align: right;" | 85,973| style="text-align: right;" |