The 1998 Kingston upon Thames Council election was held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council[1] to a Conservative led minority administration.
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Conservative Party | 38,697 (37.60%) | 4.53 | 21 (42.0%) | 3 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | 36,159 (35.14%) | 8.34 | 19 (38.0%) | 7 | ||||
| Labour Party | 26,872 (26.11%) | 4.31 | 10 (20.0%) | 4 | ||||
| Green Party | 899 (0.87%) | 0.78 | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
| Poplar | 223 (0.22%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| Socialist Labour | 63 (0.06%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||