43.Vote of no confidence ◆ This refers to a statement put forward by an MP-usually a member of an opposition party-for the House of Commons to vote on saying that "This house no longer has confidence in the Government."If the government loses a "vote of no confidence"in the House of Commons,that is,if a majority of MPs agree,then it has effectively lost its ability to govern and is forced to resign and call a general election.An example of this happened in 1979 with the Labour government. 43. Vote of no confidence ◆ This refers to a statement put forward by an MP - usually a member of an opposition party - for the House of Commons to vote on saying that "This house no longer has confidence in the Government." If the government loses a "vote of no confidence" in the House of Commons, that is, if a majority of MPs agree, then it has effectively lost its ability to govern and is forced to resign and call a general election. An example of this happened in 1979 with the Labour government