1888 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Saturday 1 November 1888. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Eight of the sixteen seats were contested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Pitt Street

By-elections

No. 9 Great George, 14 May 1889

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Thomas Bird Hall
reported to the Council on 1 May 1889

No. 12, Lime Street, 8 August 1889

Caused by the death of Councillor Sir James Allanson Picton
on 15 July 1889

No. 2, Scotland

Caused by the death of Councillor Patrick Edmund O'Hare
on 3 October 1889
Councillor O'Hare's term of office was due to expire on 1 November 1889.