[1] However, as in previous elections, there was a large Liberal majority, which was assured once the unopposed returns had been confirmed.
Howell, Walter T. Davies and the Rev T. Mason Jones stood in the election but were not re-elected aldermen.
Sir Marteine Lloyd, Evan Richards and Rev John Williams were re-elected without facing the electorate.
Howell, whose term as alderman had come to an end, was elected unopposed for a seat that was previously held by a Conservative.
While one local paper said it 'spoke well' of the Liberals to allow political opponents to take the two seats, including that previously held by the sitting Liberal MP, it also reflected the decline of partisan politics in the county since 1889.