Opposition Whips Office

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The Opposition Whips Office is the parliamentary team responsible for organizing and enforcing party discipline and managing legislative business for the main opposition party.

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Opposition Whips Office canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary office
party organization unit
whips office
aimsTo maintain unity of the opposition parliamentary party
maximize opposition influence on legislation
appliesTo members of the main opposition party in the legislature
associatedWith main opposition party
coordinatesWith Government Whips Office
surface form: government whips office

opposition frontbench team
opposition party leadership
domain legislative process
parliamentary procedure
hasPart assistant opposition whips
deputy opposition whips
opposition chief whip
hasRole briefing opposition members on upcoming divisions
communicating party line on parliamentary votes
coordinating opposition voting strategy
coordinating tactics for parliamentary obstruction or support
counting and predicting votes in the legislature
enforcing party discipline among opposition members
ensuring attendance of opposition members for key votes
liaising between opposition leadership and backbenchers
maintaining records of opposition members’ voting behaviour
managing legislative business for the opposition
managing pairing arrangements for opposition members
monitoring adherence to opposition party policy in votes
negotiating parliamentary time with the government whips
organizing internal opposition whipping system
organizing parliamentary business for the main opposition party
scheduling opposition participation in debates
supporting the opposition chief whip
involves ensuring quorum for key opposition votes
monitoring parliamentary timetable
planning opposition responses to government business
operatesIn legislature
parliament
partOf parliamentary party structure of the main opposition party
responsibleFor allocating opposition speaking slots
coordinating opposition participation in committees
day-to-day management of opposition business in the chamber
party discipline in the opposition parliamentary party
relaying concerns of backbench opposition members to leadership
usesMethod informal persuasion of members
sanctions within the parliamentary party
voting instructions
whip notices

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Government Whips Office opposedBy Opposition Whips Office