whip in

verb

1. (intr) to perform the duties of a whipper-in to a pack of hounds

2. (tr) to keep (members of a political party, etc) together

Example Sentences

It is understood Siddiq is not subject to investigation or party disciplinary proceedings and retains her Labour Party membership and the Labour whip in the House of Commons.

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Now, the government's chief whip in the Lords has announced 10 extra Fridays will be given for debate in the Lords, spread over a number of weeks in the New Year between 9 January and 24 April.

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Hinchliff said he welcomed the whip back and added he had "constructive discussions" with the new chief whip in recent months.

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She was promoted twice during the September reshuffle prompted by Angela Rayner's resignation - first as treasury whip for nine days, then to hold both a junior minister position in the Wales Office and as an assistant whip in the Commons.

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Maskell, who lost the Labour whip in a rebellion over welfare reforms, said she "didn't come into Parliament to discuss princes and princesses" but that such a change could be quickly passed allowing the monarch to remove titles and honours.

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