The Queen appoints her own Council. One reform Eileen wanted was for this to go to popular vote but the Queen would have none of this.
The Fairy News Network tend to get thoroughly over-excited when an election is on and cover the story to death from the time of the announcement there will be a poll to the time when the result is broadcast. To date no candidates have agreed to Roherum's request for a pre-election interview. Nobody is surprised by this. There are plenty who wouldn't trust Roherum to give them the correct time of day!