The incumbent Mayor, Sir John Kennedy-Good, retired leaving an open race.

This caused a rift and Bond split from the United Citizens' to form his own Combined Progressive ticket.

Labour's candidate from the previous election, councillor Alister Abernethy, contested the mayoralty again.

[2] The United Citizens won in a landslide with majority of councillors and Evans winning the mayoralty against Abernethy in second.

Bond came a distant third for mayor and lost his council and energy board seat.