Sentences with phrase «confidence vote in the house»

Many would complain that a coalition of the second and fourth largest parties would be «undemocratic,» but in our representative system it is the grouping that can win a confidence vote in the House of Commons that forms the government.

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Following a 14 % point drop in the HPO in October 2016, the current survey shows the first signs that confidence in the housing market is rising, nine months after the Brexit vote, says the Halifax bank.

«If it becomes clear that the national interest which is stable and principled government can be best served by forming a coalition between the Labour party and the Liberal democrats, then I believe I should discharge that duty to form that government which would in my view command a majority in the House of Commons in the Queen's Speech and any other confidence votes.

The only reliable way to determine who can command confidence in such a situation is a nomination vote in the House of Commons.

A minority government could continue in office on a vote - by - vote basis, without any formal deal with another party - if it can hold the confidence of the House.

If the House calls a vote of no confidence in the government, then the government must either resign or call another General Election.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the Democratic win, in a district where Republicans outnumber Democrats, is a vote of confidence for the president and his policies.

Sections 69 and 110 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and section 116 of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) empowers INEC to conduct Recall proceedings against a member of the National Assembly, State House of Assembly, or the Area Council of the FCT, upon the receipt of a valid petition alleging a loss of confidence in the member, by more than 50 % of voters registered to vote in that member's constituency.

In fact, the most compelling reason for this practice is that the party with the most seats can survive confidence votes so long as the smaller party (or parties) simply abstain from confidence votes, whereas a governing party without a plurality in the House needs at least one other party to vote with it at all times (assuming the largest party will always vote no confidence, but that is almost certain to occur when they are denied the opportunity to governIn fact, the most compelling reason for this practice is that the party with the most seats can survive confidence votes so long as the smaller party (or parties) simply abstain from confidence votes, whereas a governing party without a plurality in the House needs at least one other party to vote with it at all times (assuming the largest party will always vote no confidence, but that is almost certain to occur when they are denied the opportunity to governin the House needs at least one other party to vote with it at all times (assuming the largest party will always vote no confidence, but that is almost certain to occur when they are denied the opportunity to govern).

Nevertheless, usually an incumbent government that loses its plurality in the House simply resigns, especially if the main opposition party is only a few seats short of having a majority or if it feels it has no chance of winning the support of enough members of smaller parties to win an initial confidence vote.

The lawmakers in the Kogi State House of Assembly have passed a vote of confidence on the speaker, Ahmed Imam Umar (Apc Lokoja 1) state constituency...

On 23 May 2007, Hewitt survived a vote of no confidence in the House of Commons led by the Conservatives, winning by 63 votes.

The election may be held at an earlier date in the event of an early election motion being passed by a super-majority of two - thirds in the House of Commons, or a vote of no confidence in the government which is not followed by a vote of confidence within 14 days.

Leadership election Gordon Brown told the assembled media outside Downing Street: «If it becomes clear that the national interest, which is stable and principled government, which can be best served by forming a coalition between the Labour party and the Liberal Democrats, then I believe I should discharge that duty to form that government which would in my view command a majority in the House of Commons in the Queen's speech any other confidence votes.

Facey acknowledged that the increase wasn't going to bring the House plan for the program up to the level of the current year but called it a significant «vote of confidence in the program.»

Science lobbyists are hailing the vote of confidence in basic research from Congress and applauding the efforts of Representative Frank Wolf (R - VA) and Senator Barbara Mikulski (D - MD), who chair the relevant appropriations subcommittee in the House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively.

The defeat of a key budget measure in the House of Representatives is (I would have thought) tantamount to a vote of no confidence in the government.

Everything Conservative government Cabinet ministers and representatives said about their Bill C - 16 in the House of Commons and Senate made it clear that the legal effect of the Bill (which became law in May 2007) is to require the government (whether minority or majority) to lose a vote of confidence in the House of Commons before the Prime Minister can advise the Governor General to dissolve Parliament and call an election.