Noun
free vote (plural free votes)
(politics) In a Westminster parliamentary system and other democratic systems, a vote by members of a legislative body in which the members are permitted by their respective political parties to vote as they individually see fit, without direction from their political leaders.
Almost no one expects a free vote on 18 October, when President Doctor Alhaji (Colonel, Retired) is up for re-election (AC Vol 42 No 6). Source: Internet
He told Northern Ireland newspaper the News Letter: "If she allowed the Tory party to have a free vote on this then she would have to accept the consequences. Source: Internet
“Everyone they recruit to vote for them gets one free vote. Source: Internet
We have decided, on balance, to go for a free vote, so he is going to look a bit foolish resigning for nothing. Source: Internet