1982 City of Lincoln Council election

1982 City of Lincoln Council election^[1][2]

← 1980 6 May 1982 1983 →
11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council 17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Conservative Last election 16 17 Seats won 8 3 Seats after 20 13 Seat change 4 4 Popular vote 10,573 8,906 Percentage 40.7% 34.3%
Map showing the results the 1982 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows the Conservatives seats.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Labour

The 1982 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 6 May 1982. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election: the seats of the second-highest polling candidates at the all out election of 1979. The Labour Party gained control of the council from the Conservative Party.

1982 City of Lincoln Council Election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	8	4	0	4	72.7	40.7	10,573
	Conservative	3	0	4	4	27.3	34.3	8,906
	Alliance	0	0	0		0.0	24.3	6,314
	Ecology	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	116
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	53
	Rev Reform	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	11
Total		11						25,973