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A motion or vote of no confidence (or the inverse, a motion and corresponding vote of confidence) is a motion and corresponding vote thereon in a deliberative assembly (usually a legislative body) as to whether an officer (typically an executive) is deemed fit to continue to occupy their office.
A confidence motion may take the form of either a vote of confidence, usually put forward by the government, or a vote of no confidence (or censure motion [1]), usually proposed by the opposition. When such a motion is put to a vote in the legislature, if a vote of confidence is defeated, or a vote of no confidence is passed, then the incumbent ...
A motion of no confidence has been laid down by the Liberal Democrats as they seek to topple the Boris Johnson administration following a litany of claims of coronavirus rule breaking in No 10.
against motions of no confidence; in favour of disagreeing with amendments made by the House of Lords; The thinking behind the rule is that change should only occur if an actual majority vote is in favour of the change. Speaker Denison's rule is now a guiding principle in many other bodies that have neutral chairpersons. [4]
More students in New York City are supposed to slowly move back toward in-person classes this week, but now the union representing principals across the city unanimously declared a vote of "no ...
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 ...
The constructive vote of no confidence (German: konstruktives Misstrauensvotum, Spanish: moción de censura constructiva) is a variation on the motion of no confidence that allows a parliament to withdraw confidence from a head of government only if there is a positive majority for a prospective successor. The principle is intended to ensure ...
A police union representing supervisors and internal affairs investigators for the Essex County Department of Corrections approved a vote of no confidence in the agency's director and county ...