Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords

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parliamentary office political position

The Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords is the senior party official responsible for organizing and disciplining the main opposition’s members in the upper chamber of the UK Parliament.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Opposition Chief Whip, House of Lords	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parliamentary office ⓘ political position ⓘ
alternativeLabel	Chief Whip of the Opposition in the House of Lords ⓘ Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords ⓘ surface form: Opposition Chief Whip, House of Lords
appointedBy	Leader of the House of Lords ⓘ surface form: Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords party leadership of the Official Opposition ⓘ
associatedWith	shadow cabinet in the House of Lords ⓘ whips’ office of the main opposition party in the House of Lords ⓘ
belongsTo	Official Opposition (United Kingdom) ⓘ
chamber	upper house of the UK Parliament ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
governs	application of party whips to opposition peers ⓘ
hasCounterpart	Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons ⓘ surface form: Chief Whip of the Opposition in the House of Commons Government Chief Whip ⓘ surface form: Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords
historicalContext	role developed with the emergence of organized party politics in the UK Parliament ⓘ
holdsRank	senior opposition frontbench position in the House of Lords ⓘ
involves	enforcing party voting instructions (whips) among opposition peers ⓘ negotiating the timetable for Lords business with the government ⓘ planning opposition tactics on legislation in the Lords ⓘ
jurisdiction	House of Lords ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
locatedIn	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
partOf	House of Lords ⓘ British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
politicalAlignment	main opposition party in the UK Parliament ⓘ
primaryFunction	to coordinate and discipline the main opposition’s members in the House of Lords ⓘ
reportsTo	Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ surface form: Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom) Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ surface form: Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords
requires	membership of the House of Lords ⓘ
responsibleFor	allocating opposition frontbench responsibilities in the Lords (in coordination with party leadership) ⓘ coordinating opposition voting strategy in the House of Lords ⓘ ensuring attendance of opposition peers for key votes ⓘ liaison with the Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords ⓘ managing the opposition’s speaking lists in the House of Lords ⓘ organizing opposition business in the House of Lords ⓘ party discipline among opposition peers ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority	members of the Official Opposition in the House of Lords ⓘ
seat	Palace of Westminster ⓘ
termLength	serves at the pleasure of the opposition party leadership ⓘ
typeOfBody	party management role within the legislature ⓘ
worksWith	Government Chief Whip ⓘ surface form: Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords Leader of the House of Lords ⓘ Deputy Chief Whip ⓘ surface form: Opposition Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords opposition party whips in the House of Lords ⓘ

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Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords → alternativeLabel → Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords ⓘ

this entity surface form: Opposition Chief Whip, House of Lords

Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 → appliesTo → Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords ⓘ