1979 City of Lincoln Council election

1979 City of Lincoln Council election^[1][2]

← 1976 3 May 1979 1980 →
All 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council 17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Democratic Labour Last election 12 0 17 Seats won 21 9 3 Seat change 8 9 14 Popular vote 16,796 14,516 7,462 Percentage 41.2% 35.6% 18.3%
Map showing the results the 1979 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats, blue shows the Conservatives and orange shows Democratic Labour seats. Striped wards indicate wards with mixed representation.
Council control before election Democratic Labour Council control after election Conservative

The 1979 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 3 May 1979. This was on the same day as other local elections. This was the first election to be held under new ward boundaries.^[3] The entire council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained control of the council from the Democratic Labour Party.

1979 City of Lincoln Council Election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	21			8	63.6	41.2	16,796	8.8
	Labour	9			9	27.3	35.6	14,516	10.8
	Democratic Labour	3			14	9.1	18.3	7,462	22.7
	Independent	0				0.0	0.5	195	0.3
	Liberal	0				0.0	4.3	1,770	3.3
Total		33						85,973