▁Card iff ▁City ▁Council ▁election ▁was ▁held ▁on ▁Monday ▁ 1 ▁November ▁ 1 9 2 0 ▁to ▁elect ▁coun c ill ors ▁to ▁Card iff ▁City ▁Council ▁in ▁Card iff , ▁G lam organ , ▁Wales . ▁It ▁took ▁place ▁on ▁the ▁same ▁day ▁as ▁many ▁other ▁local ▁elections ▁in ▁Wales ▁and ▁England . ▁ ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁second ▁annual ▁all - Card iff ▁elections ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 9 1 4 - 1 8 ▁Great ▁War . ▁The ▁previous ▁elections ▁were ▁in ▁November ▁ 1 9 1 9 ▁and ▁the ▁next ▁annual ▁all - Card iff ▁elections ▁were ▁to ▁take ▁place ▁in ▁November ▁ 1 9 2 1 . ▁ ▁The ▁election ▁saw ▁campaign ing ▁to ▁stop ▁the ▁Labour ▁Party ▁repeating ▁its ▁success es ▁of ▁November ▁ 1 9 1 9 . ▁ ▁Background ▁Card iff ▁County ▁Bor ough ▁Council ▁had ▁been ▁created ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 9 . ▁Card iff ▁became ▁a ▁city ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 5 . ▁E lections ▁to ▁the ▁local ▁authority ▁were ▁held ▁ann ually , ▁though ▁not ▁all ▁council ▁seats ▁were ▁included ▁in ▁each ▁contest , ▁because ▁the ▁three ▁coun c ill ors ▁in ▁each ▁w ard ▁stood ▁down ▁for ▁election ▁in ▁three - year ly ▁rotation . ▁ ▁Ten ▁seats ▁in ▁ten ▁elect oral ▁w ards ▁were ▁up ▁for ▁election ▁in ▁November ▁ 1 9 2 0 . ▁ ▁The ▁council ▁consisted ▁of ▁ 3 0 ▁coun c ill ors ▁who ▁were ▁elected ▁by ▁the ▁town ' s ▁vot ers ▁and ▁ten