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A no-confidence motion may be directed against only the incumbent government, with confidence motions against the Official Opposition being inadmissible. [3] Originating as a constitutional convention, [2] it remains an uncodified practice which is not outlined in any standing orders for the House of Commons. [4]
Malcolm Fraser (1975, could pass no legislation and lost a no confidence motion by the House of Representatives which also called on the Governor-General to recommission a government under Gough Whitlam as prime minister) [4] Gough Whitlam could not gain supply from the Senate which was controlled by the conservative Coalition.
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.
In July 2022, a motion of confidence in the second Johnson ministry was tabled in the House of Commons. The motion, debated on 18 July, was laid by the government itself after it had refused to allow time for a Labour Party no-confidence motion. [1] The Government won the vote on 18 July, but the Prime Minister resigned in September. [2]
Representative Katherine Clark, the Democratic whip, said on Monday that her caucus would consider how to handle a no-confidence vote when a motion to vacate is formally made.
22 December 1867 [4] Motion of confidence 199-201. 2 Lanza government: 25 June 1873 [5] Motion of confidence 156-86. 70 First Cairoli government: 11 December 1878 [6]
Opposition parties moved a no-confidence vote against Narendra Modi's government on Wednesday in a bid to force the prime minister to address growing concerns about ethnic violence in the conflict ...