The administrative headquarters is at Lincoln City Hall although council meetings are held at the guildhall.

[7] On 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, Lincoln was reconstituted to become a non-metropolitan district, altering its powers and responsibilities but keeping the same area and name.

The separate county councils which had existed for each of the Parts of Lincolnshire were also amalgamated to create a single Lincolnshire County Council for the first time, with responsibility for county-level services in the city of Lincoln too.

Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms has been as follows:[11][12] The role of Mayor of Lincoln is now largely ceremonial.

[24][25][26] The council's main offices are at City Hall on Beaumont Fee, which was built in 1973 and formally opened on 16 March 1974.