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The Whip
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If I was an MP, why would I feel obliged to vote the way the whip tells me? Would they actually be able to do anything to me? ie reduce my pay or something?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Ignoring a three-line whip can result in the offending MP being expelled from the party and being forced to sit as an independent until / unless the whip is restored. Of course, that would mean that they would be consigned to the wilderness and play no further part in their party's business - effectively, political suicide in terms of their future career...