Plan to introduce committee system to end "one-party stranglehold" on Kirklees Council Labour’s grip on power in Kirklees could fade if politicians opt to introduce a committee system to make key decisions. Sunday, 23rd May 2021, 8:00 am Councillors sit socially distanced at the first in-person meeting of Kirklees Council in 2021 where opposition groups voted to start the process to introduce a committee system That would mean the end of the current leader and cabinet system which, in recent years, has been entirely made up of senior Labour councillors as the party controlled the council. But a joint party motion to explore a committee system – presented by the Liberal Democrats – has found favour with all opposition groups.