| Election Name: | 1980 City of Lincoln Council election[1] [2] |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1979 City of Lincoln Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1979 |
| Next Election: | 1982 City of Lincoln Council election |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
| Seats For Election: | 11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council |
| Majority Seats: | 17 |
| Election Date: | 1 May 1980 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 21 |
| Seats Before1: | 21 |
| Seats1: | 4 |
| Seat Change1: | 4 |
| Seats After1: | 17 |
| Popular Vote1: | 8,758 |
| Percentage1: | 37.9% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 9 |
| Seats Before2: | 10 |
| Seats2: | 7 |
| Seat Change2: | 6 |
| Seats After2: | 16 |
| Popular Vote2: | 9,986 |
| Percentage2: | 43.3% |
| Party3: | Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972) |
| Last Election3: | 3 |
| Seats Before3: | 2 |
| Seats3: | 0 |
| Seat Change3: | 2 |
| Seats After3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 1,842 |
| Percentage3: | 8.0% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Conservative |
| After Election: | Conservative |
The 1980 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 1 May 1980. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election: the seats of the candidates who polled third at the all out election of 1979. The Conservative Party retained control of the council.
|-| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total| style="text-align: right;" | 11| colspan=5 || style="text-align: right;" | 23,081| style="text-align: right;" |