The 1983 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 5 May 1983. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election: the seats of the top-polling candidates at the all out election of 1979. The Labour 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;" | 26,984 | style="text-align: right;" |
Note: T. Rook had been elected as a Democratic Labour councillor in 1979