[Pierre]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

The position of Prime Minister is not a constitutional one thus there is no need to hold a vote for the next PM. The PM has always been the head of the party that holds the most MPs..There is no need to hold an election every time that leader retires,dies or is forced by their party to step down as leader of their party.

General elections are expensive affairs which is why they are restricted to only being held when time is up or when a sitting PM is stupid enough to think they can increase the number of MPs in their party by holding a snap election.

Best post I've read on here for a while.