Re:Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak Resign from UK Government
by dane-pgp on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @06:37PM
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> But that, by convention, means a general election.
Actually there are two types of VoNC that are relevant here. Parliament could express their lack of confidence in Boris Johnson himself, rather than the entire government. The constitutional expectation, if such a motion passed, would be that the Conservatives put forward a leader to take his place.
Expressing no confidence in the entire government is the more extreme (but more common) course of action. The recent precedent is Jeremy Corbyn requesting (but being denied) the opportunity for the HoC to carry out a VoNC targeting Theresa May in 2018, although it required time in the Commons which the government refused to grant him.
The BBC said[0] at the time:
> Unlike a vote targeting the PM, a motion of no confidence in the government could bring about an early general election if it is supported by a majority of MPs.
and it was later, in 2019, that such a VoNC in the government itself went ahead.[1] Theresa May won that motion by 325 votes to 306.
Actually there are two types of VoNC that are relevant here. Parliament could express their lack of confidence in Boris Johnson himself, rather than the entire government. The constitutional expectation, if such a motion passed, would be that the Conservatives put forward a leader to take his place.
Expressing no confidence in the entire government is the more extreme (but more common) course of action. The recent precedent is Jeremy Corbyn requesting (but being denied) the opportunity for the HoC to carry out a VoNC targeting Theresa May in 2018, although it required time in the Commons which the government refused to grant him.
The BBC said[0] at the time:
> Unlike a vote targeting the PM, a motion of no confidence in the government could bring about an early general election if it is supported by a majority of MPs.
and it was later, in 2019, that such a VoNC in the government itself went ahead.[1] Theresa May won that motion by 325 votes to 306.
[0] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-46599895
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_vote_of_confidence_in_the...