Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1899. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Eleven of the thirty-one seats (29 wards, with a new ward of Sefton Park East electing three new councillors) were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1896 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.
The resignation of Councillor Francis Henderson (Conservative, Sefton Park West, elected 1 November 1898) was reported to the Council on 9 November 1899 .
The resignation of Councillor Jacob Reuben Grant (Liberal, St. Anne's, elected 1 November 1897) was reported to the Council on 9 November 1899 .
The resignation of Alderman Henry Hugh Hornby (Liberal Unionist, elected by the council 9 November 1898) was reported to the Council on 9 November 1899 .
Councillor William Henry Watts (Liberal, St. Peter's, elected 1897) was elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1899.
On the addition of No. 24a Sefton Park East ward, Councillor William James Burgess (Conservative, Prince's Park, elected 1 November 1897) was elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1899.
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Frank John Leslie (Conservative, Fairfield, elected 1 November 1899).