[3] The Western Mail was partisan in South Wales, having campaigned for two months to stop the Labour "extremists" from repeating their successes of 1919.
[3] In the Canton, Grangetown, Riverside, Roath and Splott wards the Conservative and Liberal parties came together to put forward a joint candidate, so as to not split the vote.
In contrast, Labour's Herbert Hiles won against the Coalition candidate (who was the retiring member) in the Splott ward.
[3] Following the November 1919 election the balance on the city council was 17 Liberal, 15 Conservative, 4 Labour, 3 Ex-Servicemen, 1 Independent.
Curran had stood unsuccessfully for the Liberal Party in the Cardiff South UK parliamentary constituency for the 1918 General Election.