Sentences with phrase «to vote according to one's conscience»

MPs will now be able to vote according to their conscience rather than told how to vote by party managers.

It will also offer the spectacle of MPs voting according to their conscience on the basis of reasoned deliberation over the merits of the case on an issue of fundamental importance to the nation.

All he did was set up a booth near the courthouse and distribute pamphlets that contained information about jury nullification — the idea that jurors should be able vote according to their conscience.

The religious are a big group in the United States and they are all voting according to their conscience.

People have a right to vote according to their conscience, and that includes BOTH sides.

While I again agree with him that, as a matter of principle, «MPs will have to do their duty to vote according to conscience and vote for what's best for Britain.

However, as I mentioned in an OxPol blog a week after the referendum: «While I again agree with him that, as a matter of principle, «MPs will have to do their duty to vote according to conscience and vote for what's best for Britain.

Democracy has never meant the tyranny of the simple majority,... Democracy entails an elected government, subject to certain checks and balances such as the common law and the courts, and an executive ultimately responsible to parliament, whose members are entitled to vote according to conscience and common sense.»

All votes were classified as free which meant that MPs could vote according to their consciences.

Because they refused to do that, I advised Igbo people to vote according to their consciences and not to follow the recommendation of Ohaneze led by Enwo Igariewei who were campaigning for Jonathan.

«We also encourage delegates to vote according to their conscience and ensure that the process is not monetised in the overall interest of our party, the growth of our democracy and consistent with our progressive tradition which our people are noted for.

Every member was allowed to vote according to their conscience.