The phrase "a revolt over" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a rebellion or uprising related to a specific issue or topic.
Example: "The citizens staged a revolt over the government's decision to increase taxes."
Alternatives: "an uprising against" or "a rebellion regarding".
He also faces a revolt over his decision to force Labour MPs to vote in favour of recognising Palestine.
February saw a revolt over a planned health fund to reallocate premiums among the 229 insurers in the state system, which will hit the better-off states.
Burberry faces a revolt over executive pay after a lobby group urged its members to vote against the luxury fashion house's remuneration plans.
ITV has been warned by one of its top shareholders that it will face a revolt over plans that could increase executive bonuses over next three years.
Tsipras faced a revolt over the reforms from his radical-left ruling Syriza party, which came to power in January on anti-austerity promises.
Osborne knows there is a chance he can prevent a revolt over cuts to public services if interest rates stay low.
Turnbull ruled out his government imposing an emissions intensity scheme following a backbench revolt over a review of climate change policy.
Wukan, another farming village in Guangdong province about 60 miles from Shangpu, made international headlines in 2011 when locals revolted over a similar land requisition orchestrated by a corrupt village chief.
BT yesterday faced a shareholder revolt over a six-figure bonus paid to chief executive Ian Livingston last year despite a collapse in profits and a large cut in the annual dividend.
Britain's biggest life insurer Prudential faces a shareholder revolt over a £1.62m bonus to be paid to chief executive Tidjane Thiam, the architect of a botched deal to buy rival AIA in 2010 for £21bn.
A Puritan revolt over a 1627 "Bringing in the May" festival at Mount Wollaston in present-day Massachusetts resulted in the expulsion of its organiser from the colony.
