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Originally Posted by entwisi
does anyone know what sort of majority these votes need? I'm aware that cons have one more seat than labour but surely something like this can't be passed with just 1 vote? IMHO a minimum of 75% of councillors should approve something that directly affects themselves(at least that way we can rip them all apart  ) |
Everything gets decided on that one vote. All they need is a majority to pass something - doesn't matter how many that majority is by.
Plus if it's all equal then the Mayor at the time gets the deciding vote - we have a Conservative Mayor at the moment.
PS - Neil I think it was £160,000.