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At least 35 members of parliament (MPs) must support a proposal to initiate such a vote. A majority of MPs (175 members) must vote for a motion of no confidence for it to be successful. An individual minister who loses a confidence vote must resign. If a prime minister loses a no-confidence vote, the entire government must resign. [64]
The House could vote on dumping Speaker Kevin McCarthy as early as 1.00 pm ET No-confidence vote on McCarthy set for today as Democrats plan to vote ‘conscience’ on keeping House Speaker Skip ...
Michel Barnier has become the shortest-serving French prime minister in modern history as opposition parties have ousted his government in a historic no-confidence vote – which hands president ...
John Diefenbaker (1963) – loss of confidence supply as a result of cabinet revolt; Pierre Trudeau (1974) – loss of confidence supply [a] Joe Clark (1979) – lost a budget vote; Paul Martin (2005) – opposition triggered motion [b] Stephen Harper (2011) – motion of no confidence that held the government in contempt of Parliament.
The French government has collapsed after Prime Minister Michel Barnier was ousted in a no-confidence vote. MPs voted overwhelmingly in support of the motion against him - just three months after ...
The 1886 vote of no confidence in the government of Lord Salisbury was a vote of no confidence in the Conservative government led by Salisbury, which was passed on the night of 26 January 1886. The government had taken over in June 1885 after the Liberal government led by William Gladstone had resigned following a defeat on the budget.
Legislators in the House of Commons are due to vote at about 3.30 pm ET (1930 GMT) on a motion by the official opposition Conservative party declaring a lack of confidence in Trudeau's minority ...
The budget proposal received significant criticism from the left, with Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure accusing Barnier of "turning towards the far-right to avoid a no-confidence vote." [2] On 2 December, Barnier invoked Article 49.3 of the French Constitution in order to enact the budget proposal without a formal vote by the National ...