Sir James Drummond, the Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire and D.C. Parry (Llanelli) were both returned unopposed.

At the statutory meeting there was disagreement over the election of aldermen with the Liberals initially nominating eight of their number for the eight vacancies.

Several members objected to aspects of the process, including the perceived lack of aldermen from some parts of the county and the private meetings to decide upon nominations (from which Conservative councillors were said to be excluded).

[4] At the October quarterly meeting there was disagreemnet among members for the western division over a replacement for Professor Jones.

Erne Hewlett, general manager of Ammanford Collieries, and an active Conservative, ran on a non-political basis and won the seat, despite Liberal attempts to make the contest a political one.