Parliament of Recommendations

[S019]

S019's Parliament

November 2021 Elections (All 150 seats up in the House of Commons)

Democrats (Leader: Utah Neoliberal (UT)): 69 seats, 46%
Independents (Leader: Abdullah (FL)): 46 seats, 30.7%
Republicans (Leader: Christian (MA)): 12 seats, 8%
Socialists (Leader: swf541 (MD): 11 seats, 7.3%
Other (Leader: Beesley (UK) ): 4 seats, 2.7%
Libertarian (Leader: lfromnj (NJ) ): 2 seats, 1.3%
Constitution (Leader: AMB (MA)): 2 seats, 1.3%
Green (Leader: Donerail (CA)): 1 seat, 0.7%
Crossbench: 3 seats, 2%
Gracile
Spectator
Four-Eyed Rick

Democratic Leader Utah Neoliberal opted against a coalition with the left-wing socialists, and opted for a more dominant coalition with the centrist Independent party. While several MPs in the party oppose the move, the center-left faction has grown dominant in the party and is widely expected to approve the deal, paving the way for Independence leader Abdullah to become Deputy Prime Minister. As the leader of the Republicans, the largest opposition party, Christian Man will sit as Leader of the Most Loyal Opposition, despite a weak opposition bloc.

Without further ado, the confidence vote:

AYE: 112

Democrats: 69
Independents: 40
Crossbench (Gracile and Spectator): 2
Greens: 1

NAY: 23

Republicans: 12
Independents: 6
Libertarian: 2
Constitution: 3

ABSTAIN: 16

Socialists: 11
Other: 4
Crossbench (Four Eyed Rick): 1

The confidence vote passed by a large margin, with both the Socialists and the Other Party choosing to exercise a two-line whip to abstain on the confidence vote. Despite the three-line whip exercised by the independent party, 6 of the party's conservative MPs chose to go against the whip, raising speculation that they could be de-selected at the next election. The Constitution and Libertarian parties also exercised three line-whips on the confidence vote as did the Democrats and the Republicans.

The new government is popular among voters, however the Independents have begun to bleed some of their more conservative voters, while the Socialists have begun to gain among more left-wing Democrats, who had hoped that now-Prime Minister Utah Neolib would have more aggressively reached out to the left. Meanwhile voters on the right are in utter dismay as the Republicans nearly placed behind the Socialists, showing that the country is headed on a massive swing leftward, meaning that next time the Democrats may not have the choice to join with the Independents....