0 an occasion when most of the members of a parliament or other organization say that they do not support the people in authority and that they disagree with their actions --
1 an official vote that shows that the members of a parliament or an organization do not support a leader or a suggestion: --
The union took a vote of no confidence against him.
2 a sign that you do not like or trust someone or something: --
Some industry experts interpreted the low price as a vote of no confidence in the new product.
It is quite difficult to write in statutory form provision for a dissolution following a vote of no confidence.
And this is a trust whose consultants have just passed a vote of no confidence in the chief executive, and, by extension, in the board.
Those of us who pressed for the amendment did not intend, as it were, to pass a vote of no confidence in local authorities.
The clause is no more than a vote of no confidence in the maintained system.
I will not associate myself with any implied vote of no confidence in subcontractors but as a principle it is important.
That represents a vote of no confidence in what for them has been the last straw—the level and valuation level of the uniform business rate.
Under those conditions, a vote of no confidence in the mayor would be entirely appropriate.
Since the members of the board are responsible for the management of the company, that would surely be a vote of no confidence in themselves.
