[Ken Moss]

As it stands, any decisions made in the council chamber will be truly democratic as no one party can be whipped to all vote the same way by its leader in order to push something through. However, the council needs a leader in the house in order to work properly.

Generally speaking in England, the party with the largest number of members gets to decide who the next leader is. In essence, Councillor Pritchard has the deciding vote as he has publicly stated he has no allegiance one way or another.