no-confidence motion
11motion of no confidence — noun a vote of no confidence …
12Motions of no confidence in the United Kingdom — Motions of no confidence, also called votes of confidence,[1] votes of no confidence[2] or censure motions,[1] are a feature of the Westminster system of government used in the United Kingdom that requires an executive to retain the confidence of …
13no-confidence — 1) N UNCOUNT: usu n of N, N n If members of an organization pass a vote or motion of no confidence in someone, they take a vote which shows that they no longer support that person or their ideas. A call for a vote of no confidence in the… …
142008 Lok Sabha vote of confidence — The United Progressive Alliance, the governing alliance in India elected in 2004, faced its first confidence vote in the Lok Sabha on 22 July 2008 after the CPI(M) led Left Front withdrew support over India approaching the IAEA for the Indo US… …
15motion of non-confidence — proposal designed to topple the existing government (in a coalition based government) …
16Constructive vote of no confidence — The constructive vote of no confidence (in German: konstruktives Misstrauensvotum) is a variation on the motion of no confidence which allows a parliament to withdraw confidence from a head of government only if there is a positive majority for a …
17List of prime ministers defeated by votes of no confidence — This is a list of Prime Ministers defeated by a parliamentary motion of no confidence.Prime Ministers defeated by votes of no confidenceAustralia*Stanley Bruce (1929) *James Scullin (1931) *Arthur Fadden (1941) *Malcolm Fraser (1975) [The vote of …
18no-confidence vote — A motion of confidence is a motion of support proposed by the government of the day in a parliament or other assembly. A ‘no confidence’ vote may be proposed by the opposition, in a bid to defeat ministers in the hope that this will… …
19vote of confidence — noun a) A motion proposed in a parliament or other assembly to give members the chance to express their confidence in a government; sometimes proposed by a government to counter a vote of no confidence proposed by the opposition; …
20Matter of Confidence — A Matter of Confidence is an important bill such as a budget passed by the responsible house (i.e. the house directly elected by the people). If a government fails to pass a bill considered a matter of confidence, it is assumed the government has …
