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Working majority
noun
A majority big enough for the party or faction in power to carry through most of its legislative programme without the risk of parliamentary defeat.
Exact(60)
Cameron's working majority is just 16.
Suddenly May's working majority had disappeared.
The government's working majority is 16.
The coalition has a working majority of 83.
"It would be enough for a working majority.
He hoped for a reasonable, if not large, working majority.
To give herself a working majority, she has entered into peculiar agreements with two smaller parties.
But the AK Party came to power, in 2002, with a strong working majority.
Ukip may damage Cameron's slim chance of winning a working majority too.
For even a modest working majority, they must double their number of seats.
Despite sound evidence that Labour practically bankrupted the country, Cameron failed to secure a working majority.
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