As a result Kennedy-Good formed his own "combined" electoral ticket, consisting of candidates who were previously Citizens' and Labour affiliated, with which to contest the election.

[1] In an evenly divided poll Kennedy-Good narrowly edged out former Labour councillor John Seddon to win the mayoralty.

[3] The city council was split three ways, with Labour winning a plurality of seats.

Labour and Citizens' councillors made a deal to elect their own members to committee chairs and voted Seddon as deputy mayor, sidelining the Combined Team.

[4] It also saw the election of the city's first ever Indian councillor, Govind Bhula, a civil engineer originally from Bombay.