90 seats were up for election: This was an all up election due to boundary changes including reducing the number of wards to 30. This election was exclusively postal votes. 46 seats needed for a majority
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election, with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 reducing the number of seats by nine.[1] The Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council.