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:
PartyCouncillors ± Aldermen TotalConservative ?? +1 16 ??Liberal ?? -1 0 ??Irish Home Rule 4 -2 0 4Irish Nationalists 2 +2 0 2
Election result
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
Castle Street
Everton
Exchange
Great George
Lime Street
North Toxteth
Pitt Street
Rodney Street
St. Anne Street
St. Paul's
St. Peter's
Scotland
South Toxteth
Vauxhall
West Derby
Liverpool Daily Post Monday 3 November 1888
By-elections
No. 9 Great George, 14 May 1889
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Thomas Bird Hall (Conservative, Great George, elected 1 November 1886) 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 (Liberal, Lime Street, elected 1 November 1888)
on 15 July 1889 .
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No. 2, Scotland
Caused by the death of Councillor Patrick Edmund O'Hare (Irish Home Rule, Scotland, elected 29 December 1887) on 3 October 1889 .
Councillor O'Hare's term of office was due to expire on 1 November 1889.
See also
Liverpool City Council Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879 Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present History of local government in England
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