The Labour Party is the majority party in the House of Commons, but it does not have Labour MPs abstaining from the vote. It is impossible to lose such a vote. Of course, the Speaker still has one vote, but the Labour Party is two votes behind the Opposition. Even if the Speaker votes, it is impossible for the Labour Party to restore the situation. .

For this result, Speaker George Thomas did not choose to cast his own speaker vote to maintain the original number of votes for the resolution. After the Callahan government was announced, Conservative MPs began to celebrate the victory, while Labour MPs

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