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Parliamentary Confidence Procedures

Procedures by which a parliament tests or withdraws its support for a government, including votes of confidence, motions of no confidence and confidence and supply arrangements. A mechanism belongs here when its cited article describes it as a test of legislative support for a government. The group sits under the Checks, Balances and Institutional Oversight subcategory of the Political Atlas and helps a reader browse that subcategory by the kind of rule each mechanism sets. Each member is placed on the strength of the article it cites, so a reader can follow the grouping back to a stated source.

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Motion of no confidence (Wikipedia)
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  • Has Member: Motion of No Confidence, Lead paragraph
    In a deliberative assembly, a motion of no confidence is a motion declaring that a government or an officer, typically a government executive, is not fit to hold office.
  • Has Member: Vote of Confidence, Lead paragraph
    In a deliberative assembly, a motion of no confidence is a motion declaring that a government or an officer, typically a government executive, is not fit to hold office.
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Confidence and supply (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Confidence and Supply, Lead paragraph
Quote, Has Member: Confidence and Supply, Lead paragraph
In parliamentary democracies, especially those based on the Westminster system, confidence and supply is an arrangement under which a minority government (one which does not control a majority in the legislature) receives the support of one or more parties and/ or independent MPs on confidence votes and the state budget ("supply").
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