Government Chief Whip

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parliamentary office party official role

The Government Chief Whip is the senior party official in a parliamentary system responsible for enforcing party discipline, organizing votes, and ensuring members support the government’s legislative agenda.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons 2
Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords 2
Government Whip 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary office ⓘ
party official role ⓘ
aimsTo maintain party unity in parliament ⓘ
minimize government defeats in votes ⓘ
secure passage of government bills ⓘ
associatedWith government party ⓘ
legislative agenda ⓘ
party discipline ⓘ
countryContext Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
hasRoleIn parliamentary system ⓘ
locatedIn lower house of parliament ⓘ
mayHoldRank cabinet minister ⓘ
minister of state ⓘ
oversees assistant whips ⓘ
deputy whips ⓘ
partOf government parliamentary party organization ⓘ
relatedConcept Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons ⓘ
surface form: Opposition Chief Whip

party whip ⓘ
reportsTo Prime Minister ⓘ
government party leader ⓘ
responsibleFor communicating government voting instructions to members ⓘ
disciplining members who defy the party whip ⓘ
enforcing party discipline ⓘ
ensuring members support government legislation ⓘ
ensuring quorum for key votes ⓘ
liaison between party leadership and backbenchers ⓘ
managing parliamentary timetable for the government party ⓘ
mobilizing members for confidence votes ⓘ
organizing votes ⓘ
pairing arrangements ⓘ
vote counting ⓘ
selectionMethod appointed by Prime Minister ⓘ
appointed by government party leader ⓘ
typicalChamber Dáil Éireann ⓘ
House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
usesInstrument one-line whip ⓘ
three-line whip ⓘ
two-line whip ⓘ
whip notice ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chief Whip → hasAlternativeLabel → Government Chief Whip ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords
Parliament of Singapore → hasLeaderTitle → Government Chief Whip ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government Whip
New Zealand National Party → hasWhipRole → Government Chief Whip ⓘ
this entity surface form: Party Whip
Leader of the House of Commons → isDifferentFrom → Government Chief Whip ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons
this entity surface form: Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons
this entity surface form: Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords