no-confidence votes
Legislative trust withdrawals
No-confidence votes are formal expressions by a legislative body that it no longer supports a government or leader.
When a parliament passes a no-confidence vote against a prime minister or cabinet, the government typically must resign or call new elections.
The mechanism exists in parliamentary democracies as a check on executive power: The coalition collapsed after losing a no-confidence vote.
- voteFormal choice expression
- ministersReligious leaders or officials
- cabinet reshuffleReassigning ministerial positions
- defeatVictory over another
- backbenchersOrdinary members of parliament
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Votes on leadership support
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Creating partnerships among groups
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