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;" |