| Election Name: | 1998 City of Lincoln Council election[1] [2] [3] |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1996 City of Lincoln Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1996 |
| Next Election: | 1999 City of Lincoln Council election |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
| Seats For Election: | 11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council |
| Majority Seats: | 17 |
| Election Date: | 7 May 1998 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 33 |
| Seats Before1: | 26 |
| Seats1: | 10 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Seats After1: | 29 |
| Popular Vote1: | 9,994 |
| Percentage1: | 59.6% |
| Party2: | Independent Labour |
| Last Election2: | 0 |
| Seats Before2: | 7 |
| Seats2: | 1 |
| Seat Change2: | 4 |
| Seats After2: | 3 |
| Popular Vote2: | 4,811 |
| Percentage2: | 28.7% |
| Party3: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election3: | 0 |
| Seats Before3: | 7 |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Seats After3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 4,811 |
| Percentage3: | 28.7% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Labour |
| After Election: | Labour |
An election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Lincoln District Council in Lincolnshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the Council.[4]
After the 1996 election the Labour party held all of the seats on the council but before the 1998 election 7 councillors broke away to sit as Independent Labour councillors.[5]
After the election, the composition of the council was
|-| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total| style="text-align: right;" | 11| colspan=5 || style="text-align: right;" | 16,776| style="text-align: right;" |
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1994 election.