David Stocks

majority: “They enshrine this view that they are the largest and with that should come control of the council.

“They’ve 33 councillors – 44 others who have the same democratic mandate. Are they really saying they shouldn’t be in a position to express their preference for [an] administration?”

Councillor Stocks called the council outcome “a tawdry Labour-Tory alliance” and accused its leader of awarding the convenership of the audit and governance panel to his