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Questions related to that of a legislative, elected body of Government known as Parliament. Use this with a country tag if asking about a specific country's Parliament

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Why are UK MPs allowed to abstain (but it counts as a no)?

As @Moo correctly answers, the Fixed Term Parliament Act requires a specific threshold to pass. Closure Motions also have a threshold of 100 (thanks @steve-melnikoff). …
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