English Dictionary

free vote

名詞

(politics) In a Westminster parliamentary system and other democratic systems, a vote by members of a legislative body in which the members are permitted by their respective political parties to vote as they individually see fit, without direction from their political leaders.

日本語の意味

政治システムにおいて、党の指示に従わず、個々の議員が自らの判断に基づいて投票する制度。特にウエストミンスター制度などで見られる形態。

The party leader announced a free vote on the ethics bill, allowing members to vote as they individually saw fit without direction from party leaders.

党首は倫理法案について自由投票を発表し、議員が党の指示を受けず各自の判断で投票できるようにした。

意味（1）

(politics) In a Westminster parliamentary system and other democratic systems, a vote by members of a legislative body in which the members are permitted by their respective political parties to vote as they individually see fit, without direction from their political leaders.

free votes （ plural ）