At the first post-war election, held a few months after the armistice, nine seats were contested after half the council membership along with three aldermen stood down.
[2] At the ensuing by-elections, Independent candidates headed the poll in b0th wards but William Henry Evans won back the seat he lost at the recent election.
The election was alos notable foe the fact that a Communist candidate stood and gaained over 600 votes.
[4] Three sitting Independents stood down, including J. Islwyn Davies, a member since 1930, and there was an additional vacancy in the Eastern Ward following the resignation of H.E.
[6] In addition to the six seats which were up for election a seventh vacancy was created due to the elevation of D.H. Jones to the aldermanic bench.
Retiring alderman David Howell Jones, a member of the council for seventeen years, but who did not contest the recent election, was among those returned.
[13] For the first time since the Second World War there was an unopposed return in a municipal election as the Western Ward was not contested.
[15] For the second successive year, there was no contest in the Western Ward after sitting member William Edwards (who had lost his seat on Carmarthenshire County Council in 1952 chose not to seek re-election.
[16] After a contest in the Eastern Ward the composition of the council remained at 14 Independents (including two elected as Ex-Servicemen) and 10 Labour members.