| Election Name: | 1998 Sheffield City Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1996 Sheffield City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1996 |
| Next Election: | 1999 Sheffield City Council election |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
| Seats For Election: | 29 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 44 |
| Election Date: | 7 May 1998 |
| Party1: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats1: | 16 |
| Seat Change1: | 5 |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats2: | 13 |
| Seat Change2: | 5 |
| Party3: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats3: | 0 |
| Seat Change3: | 0 |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Majority party | |
| Posttitle: | Majority party after election |
| Before Election: | Labour Party (UK) |
| After Election: | Labour Party (UK) |
Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election, and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.[1]
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
| valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 230px" | Party | valign=top style="width: 30px" | Previous council | valign=top style="width: 30px" | New council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 55 | 50 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 31 | 36 | |||
| Conservatives | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 87 | 87 | |||
| Working majority | |||||
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"! style="background-color: " || Independent Green| Pete Hartley| align="right" | 20| align="right" | 1.2| align="right" | +1.2|-