• The Chief Whip is a political leader whose task is to enforce the whipping system, which aims to ensure that legislators who are members of a political...
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  • A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. This means ensuring that members of the party vote...
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    Chief Whip is a member of the parliament of Bangladesh from the ruling party who is responsible for the maintenance of party discipline inside the parliament...
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  • The chief whip of the Labour Party oversees the whipping system in the Labour Party, and is responsible for ensuring that Labour members of Parliament...
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    The Chief Whip of Reform UK is responsible for administering the whipping system in the party which ensures that members attend and vote in parliament...
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    Majority Leader Dick Armey nor Majority Whip Tom DeLay contested the Speakership, which eventually went to Chief Deputy Whip Dennis Hastert. Traditionally, the...
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    The Chief Whip (Welsh: Prif Chwip) is a member of the cabinet in the Welsh Government. The current officeholder is Jane Hutt since May 2023. The main responsibility...
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  • The Chief Whip of the Majority Party is an official office bearer in the National Assembly of South Africa. As of June 2024[update], Mdumiseni Ntuli of...
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  • The Chief Whip of the Conservative Party oversees the whipping system in the party, which is responsible for ensuring that Conservative MPs or members...
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    Assembly Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad List of governors of Maharashtra List of chief ministers of Maharashtra List of speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative...
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  • The Chief Whip of the Liberal Democrats is responsible for administering the whipping system in the party which ensures that members attend and vote in...
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    as Government Chief Whip in the 1930s. His reputation was of a stern disciplinarian who was one of the harshest and most effective whips. His sense of...
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    Legislative Council Rules, which defines it as "Chief Minister or any other Minister appointed by Chief Minister". The Rules further mandate that the chairperson...
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    Government Chief Whip is Hildegarde Naughton, TD, and the Deputy Chief Whip is Cormac Devlin. The main responsibilities of the Chief Whip include: The Chief Whip...
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    Labour Party until his resignation in 2023. Brown is the longest-serving Chief Whip of the Labour Party, discontinuously holding the position several times...
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    Anelay was Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords from 12 May 2010 until 6 August 2014, having previously been Opposition Chief Whip prior to the 2010...
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    Deputy President and lieutenant commander-in-chief of the Economic Freedom Fighters, its Parliamentary Chief Whip in the South African Parliament, and served...
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    Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire from 2010 to 2024. He served as the Chief Whip of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from...
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    Party, he defected to the United Federal Party in 1953, and served as Chief Whip from 1958 onwards. He left that party in 1961 in protest over the territory's...
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    since July 2024. A member of the Democratic Alliance (DA), she was the Chief Whip of the Official Opposition between August 2022 and June 2024. She joined...
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    Labour member of the House of Lords serving as the Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords since 2024. In the 2005 Birthday Honours she was...
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    2008, Gordon Brown promoted him to the role of Labour Chief Whip, and therefore Government Chief Whip and Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms...
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    parties have Senior Whips assisted by a number of whips. The Chief Whips are formally appointed by the chairperson. The Chief Whip of the majority party...
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    Minister Tony Blair. In the 2006 cabinet reshuffle she was promoted to Chief Whip. Following the formation of the Brown ministry in 2007, Smith became the...
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    well as a senior whip. McAvoy held the position of Lords opposition chief whip from 2018 to 2021 after serving as Deputy Chief Whip from 2015 to 2018...
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    Minority Leader, Deputy Minority Leader, Chief Whip, Deputy Chief Whip, Minority Whip, and Deputy Minority Whip. In addition, there are 63 Standing Committees...
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  • Sangsad member representing the Madaripur-1 constituency and the former Chief whip of Jatiya Sangsad. Chowdhury was born on 1 June 1964 to a Bengali Muslim...
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    served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashfield since 2019. He has been Chief Whip of Reform UK since July 2024. He was elected in 2019 as a member of the...
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    the Ebonyi State legislature between 2011 and 2023. He was the Deputy Chief Whip of the 4th Ebonyi State House of Assembly (2011–2015). During that period...
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    minority leader, deputy minority leader, chief whip, deputy chief whip, minority whip and deputy minority whip. As of 7 March 2023[update]: Nigerian Senate...
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