whipped vote

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   In the Westminster parliamentary system, a vote by members of a legislative body in which…

   In the Westminster parliamentary system, a vote by members of a legislative body in which the members are strictly required to vote as directed by the leadership of their political party.

   • Any minister who failed to support it in a whipped vote would be expected to resign.
   • Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has called for a whipped vote, and the party says all 77 Liberals will vote to kill the bill.
   • The lowest part of her political career was following the Liberal government's whipped vote to limit compensation to hepatitis C victims in 1998.

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