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Summary Of: Motion of no confidence

Governments often respond to a motion of no confidence by proposing a... Thus the motion of no confidence is required to be at the same time as a motion of confidence for a... A motion of no confidence can be proposed in the government collectively or by any individual member... Thus knowing when to use a motion of no confidence is a matter of political judgement... using a motion of no confidence on a relatively trivial matter may prove counterproductive to its proposer if a more important... but in contrast to the motion of no confidence this vote involves the entire electorate... The first motion of no confidence occurred in March 1782 when... the ability of a motion of no confidence to break a government was firmly established in the UK... passage of a motion of no confidence is a relatively rare event in two... The cases in which a motion of no confidence have passed are generally those in which the government party has a slim majority which...

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