Nearest leaf is ok for me and I could never find any adverse consequences to it. Some say to cut just above the nearest five leaf stem but I was never that technical about deadheading roses. I would like to see what advice the other members say about this.

Cut back to the nearest, outward facing leaf joint, angling the cut away from the leaf joint to allow rain to run off. Doing this means the next flower stem will arise from that leaf joint, and won't be growing inwards to the rest of the plant.

Thank you for those 2 answers re dead-heading. I will try out those methods.