On 25 July the General Purposes Committee of the council had redistributed the existing councillors over the ten wards.
Not all council seats were included in each contest, because the three councillors in each ward stood down for election in three-yearly rotation.
Contests took place in seven of the ten electoral wards, namely Canton, Cathays, Central, Grangetown, Riverside, Roath and South.
In three wards - Adamsdown, Park and Splott - the (Liberal) councillors were elected unopposed.
[3] Prior to the election, three of the seven contested seats were held by the Liberal Party and four by the Conservatives.