Talk:Confidence motions in the United Kingdom

Article's name

Shouldn't this article's name be something like "Motions of no-confidence in United Kingdom governments" rather than the current "Motions of no confidence in the United Kingdom", as the confidence being tested is in the country's government rather than in the country itself..? 213.246.122.153 (talk) 22:57, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

I agree, there can be a motion of no confidence in other bodies in the UK and this article does not deal with bodies other than govt at all. How do we get a move? crandles (talk) 11:04, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Disagree. The title just means that it is happening in the UK, or that the context is the UK. It doesn't refer to confidence in the country.CountMacula (talk) 23:14, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

New entry

I propose to add '1886 vote of no confidence against the government of the Marquess of Salisbury' - see the Hansard report of this vote, which took place on 26th January 1886, and the Hansard report of the resignation of the Ministry which took place on 28th January. Alekksandr (talk) 20:56, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

New entry

I propose to add '1859 vote of no confidence against the government of the Earl of Derby' - see the Hansard report of this vote, which took place on 10th June 1859, and the Hansard report of the resignation of the Ministry which took place on 11th June. Alekksandr (talk) 21:33, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

New entry

This article needs updating to reflect the provisions of the Fixed Terms Parliaments Act. --Marlarkey (talk) 19:30, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

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Overview of the process of voting

In trying to understand the move now to oust the current PM, I'm trying to understand the process. I read of a group of Tories trying to collect letters, enough of which would trigger a vote somehow. I read that the 1922 Committee needs 48 letters of no confidence before they can bring the vote to the whole House. So I wonder whether this depends on party rules or House rules or Law. The article could use an overview of the process. Thanks.CountMacula (talk) 23:21, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

This Current Prime Minister is assured another year

As this article is titled Motions of no confidence in the United Kingdom, I think other no confidence motion details should be included. it's a lot of work for me to do it alone, so why don't we all work as a team.68.47.64.121 (talk) 22:07, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

I agree, but I would most like to see a list of 'failed' motions too, the records are quite difficult to find on them in my experience, the best documented I've found thus far is the John Major 1993 one (which was tabled by the government). Melias C (talk) 20:49, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Unbelievable...

No one bothered to actually put up info on how many votes are needed for a motion of no confidence to pass until I did... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.18.35.79 (talk) 19:13, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

Calling a General Election

The PM must resign or call a general election??? Is that really so? Isn't the BBC a better source than the Mirror? The BBC doesn't seem to agree with that claim. Can the PM call a general election without 2/3 of Parliament voting for it? https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-46890481 (PeacePeace (talk) 15:15, 28 September 2019 (UTC))

Brexit

Brexit has already been responsible for at least one No Confidence vote. Its been suggested that due to the Lords voting against and thereby defeating a Bill permitting Britain to defy international law, a No Confidence motion is again imminent. Most likely asked for by Starmer (Labour) but could be in response to the incident cited to allay fears of a No Deal at the end of November. This motion could be laid before the House as soon as Friday 13th, possibly sooner.

Party leadership Vs House of Commons VONCs

Should this article include information about party leadership votes of no confidence, or focus solely on House of Commons votes of no confidence? the two are confused quite a lot, for example the partygate article links here when saying that a vote of no confidence in Johnson is being discussed - but no one is talking about a HoC VONC in that case, they're talking about an internal conservative party vonc Jedi Master Bra'tac (talk) 12:20, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Anti-fracking vote

The anti-fracking motion last year during Truss's tenure was reported as to have been declared a "confidence motion" (see Guardian and BBC report), but was later denied by Climate Minister and Transport Secretary. Without official clarification, shall the motion be included in the list? ~~ J. Dann 09:52, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

Confidence vote over Rwanda plan

Hi, just a heads up that the vote on Tuesday (12/12/23) may be a confidence issue, if the Government is defeated it may result in Rishi Sunak losing the confidence of his Party. 91.190.161.160 (talk) 17:18, 10 December 2023 (UTC)