party whip

English

Noun

party whip (plural party whips)

1. (politics) Within a legislative body, a member appointed by a political party and given the authority to ensure that all members of that party participate in voting and vote strictly as directed by the party in all votes where adherence to a party line is required.

Related terms

• whipped vote

Translations

political party function

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: partipisk m

References

• “party whip”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.