| Election Name: | 1998 Newham Council election |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Previous Election: | 1994 Newham Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1994 |
| Next Election: | 2002 Newham Council election |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
| Seats For Election: | All 60 council seats to Newham London Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority |
| Election Date: | 7 May 1998 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 59 seats |
| Seats1: | 60 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Percentage1: | 56.0 |
| Swing1: | -0.6 |
| Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 1 seats |
| Seats2: | 0 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Percentage2: | 8.1 |
| Swing2: | -3.4 |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
The 1998 Newham London Borough election for the Newham London Borough Council was held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 28.4%. Labour won every seat for the second time since the councils formation.
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A total of 138 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 24 wards. Candidates included a full slate from the Labour Party, whilst the Conservative Party ran 31 candidates and the Liberal Democrats ran 11 candidates. In both cases this was a lot less than 4 years before. Other candidates running were 8 Socialist Labour, 2 National Democrats, 11 BNP, 1 Monster Raving Looney and 14 Independents.
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. William A. Chapman.
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Harbans S. Jabbal.
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. James G. Newstead.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Christopher T. Rackley.
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Maureen Knight.