How to Use vote of no confidence in a Sentence

vote of no confidence

noun phrase
  • That’s the equivalent of a vote of no confidence, yet no one made a motion to fire Williams, either.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2026
  • These elections can be enacted if enough members of a party lodge votes of no confidence in the leader.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 22 June 2026
  • His pick for the new fire chief brought a vote of no confidence by the firefighters' union, which complained House's pick wasn't qualified.
    — Jermont Terry, CBS News, 9 May 2026
  • That’s why the FAB (fan advisory board) wrote a letter to the club’s board issuing a vote of no confidence.
    — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The Colorado State Senate had planned to take a vote of no confidence on Bimestefer on Monday.
    — Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Haverhill’s police chief has resigned following a police union vote of no confidence in the management of the department after two tragedies.
    — Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Allegations that his son had given luxury gifts to his girlfriend – which triggered the street protests – led to a vote of no confidence in Parliament.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 3 June 2025
  • However, the budget-cutting plan hasn’t gone down well with other parties in the French Parliament, and Bayrou faces a vote of no confidence there.
    — Simon Constable, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Irvine Company took a huge economic loss to register a vote of no confidence in the future of downtown San Diego commercial office space.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Several board members noted that a near-unanimous vote of no confidence in McManus in 2016 had no effect on his job status.
    — Nancy M. Preyor-Johnson, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Summers stepped down as president of Harvard University in 2006 following a vote of no confidence by the faculty.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 18 Nov. 2025
  • He’d already been booted out of an earlier job at the University of Utah, and since getting the DEI nod at Brown has endured two votes of no confidence from his force.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Curley's removal legislation includes numerous chapter resolutions calling for Nygren to be put on administrative leave or seeking a vote of no confidence in him.
    — Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 26 Nov. 2025
  • France’s government has collapsed after a vote of no confidence on Monday, forcing Prime Minister Francois Bayrou out of office after just nine months on the job.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The Dispatch additionally reported more than a dozen staffers signed an end-of-summer letter to Bellamkonda expressing a vote of no confidence in Verna’s leadership.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Van Gorder also brought the organization from the point of receiving votes of no confidence from its medical staffs to now having a genuine partnership in place between executive leaders and physicians, according to the news release.
    — News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026
  • His exit also comes two months after the union representing KCK’s local fire department cast a vote of no confidence in both Johnston and Police Chief Dennis Rubin.
    — Sofi Zeman july 2, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
  • The Fort Worth Professional Firefighters Association has taken a vote of no confidence in former Fire Chief Jim Davis.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In March, the Pima County Deputy's Organization, which represents about 300 deputies in the department, called for Nanos to resign after passing a unanimous vote of no confidence.
    — Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2026
  • LogoPowered byScale logo France’s government has collapsed after a vote of no confidence on Monday, forcing Prime Minister Francois Bayrou out of office after just nine months on the job.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
  • In January, the city’s police officers and firefighters cast a vote of no confidence in City Manager Jacquie Halburnt, claiming there’d been a breakdown in communication over requests for staffing and equipment upgrades for their departments.
    — John Aguilar, Denver Post, 4 May 2026
  • Martin could be removed as DNC chairman through a vote of no confidence, which would take two-thirds of the DNC membership base to pass, or by senior Democrats, such as House and Senate leadership, imploring him to step down.
    — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 31 May 2026
  • Two unions representing North Andover Police officers passed a vote of no confidence in Chief Charles Gray, citing the outcome of Kelsey Fitzsimmons’ assault trial in a statement issued Wednesday.
    — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Advertisement Advertisement Lecornu’s appointment follows the collapse of France’s government after a vote of no confidence on Monday that ousted 74-year-old Francois Bayrou from the post.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
  • His resignation also comes two months after the union representing the local fire department cast a vote of no confidence in both Johnston and Kansas City, Kansas Fire Department Chief Dennis Rubin.
    — Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 29 June 2026
  • Because parliament was riven among pro-democracy parties, the communists, and the Nazis, Papen was able to govern by emergency decree But parliament could still topple his government with a vote of no confidence, and thus Papen needed the parliamentary parties not to actively oppose him.
    — Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The protest effort took place on new prime minister Sébastien Lecornu’s first day in office; he had been appointed to the role only a day earlier by President Emmanuel Macron after Bayrou received a vote of no confidence on September 8 and the government collapsed.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Kalar resigned in February 1993, about a year after the West Sacramento Police Officers’ Association passed a vote of no confidence against him, according to previous Bee reporting.
    — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026
  • Off the pitch, discontent towards the board remains high, with a fan advisory board issuing a vote of no confidence and supporters calling for majority shareholder David Sullivan and vice-chairman Karren Brady to resign during protests at the matches against Crystal Palace and Burnley.
    — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
  • In May 2024, UT’s council passed a resolution asking leadership to extend amnesty to pro-Palestinian protesters and another condemning UT’s termination of former DEI employees, signaling their discontent, but falling short of a formal vote of no confidence.
    — Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 8 Sep. 2025

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