Meaning of whipped vote | Babel Free

Definitions

In the Westminster parliamentary system, a vote by members of a legislative body in which the members are strictly required to vote as directed by the leadership of their political party.

Examples

“Any minister who failed to support it in a whipped vote would be expected to resign.”

“Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has called for a whipped vote, and the party says all 77 Liberals will vote to kill the bill.”

“The lowest part of her political career was following the Liberal government's whipped vote to limit compensation to hepatitis C victims in 1998.”

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