Last Updated:2025/11/20

(UK politics, of a member of a parliament) To vote against one’s own political party in parliament.

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cross the floor

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cross the floor

Verb
UK of a member of a parliament informal
Japanese Meaning
国会議員が所属政党に反して投票する、または議会内で党を離れる行為(政党を裏切る行動)
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数名のバックスベンチャー(院外議員)は、問題の多い法案が採決にかけられれば党に反して議会で反対票を投じると警告し、党指導部は方針を再考せざるを得なかった。

present singular third-person

participle present

participle past

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