free vote

noun

1. a parliamentary division in which members are not constrained by a party whip

Example Sentences

Given a chance to cast a free vote distancing themselves from the plan, 40 of 45 GOP senators voted yes anyway.

From The Daily Beast

The free vote, the actual figures—these are only the physical side of the question; the moral side remains to be considered.

From Project Gutenberg

We are all prisoners now, and equal, and each one has a free voice and a free vote.

From Project Gutenberg

But I wished I had a vote, a free vote that day, I tell you.

From Project Gutenberg