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.
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.
After the election, the composition of the council was: Labour 28 Independent Labour 3 Conservative 1 Vacant 1
Election result
| 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.
Ward results Abbey
Birchwood
Boultham
Bracebridge
Carholme
Castle
Longdales
Minster
Moorland
Park
Tritton
By-elections between 1998 and 1999
References