[3] Press interest was also raised by a 'lady candidate' in the Roath ward, who was standing for the Women's Council.
Mrs Janet Price Williams was unsuccessful in her bid to be Cardiff's first woman councillor.
[4] The election news was dominated by the successes of the Labour and Ex-Servicemen candidates in South Wales.
[4][1] The composition of the council immediately prior to these elections as Conservatives 20, Liberals 19, Independent 1.
Following the November 1919 election the balance had changed, to 17 Liberal, 15 Conservative, 4 Labour, 3 Ex-Servicemen, 1 Independent.