Sentence examples for backing for a motion from inspiring English sources

Mr Clegg is due to address activists in Glasgow on Monday as he seeks their backing for a motion praising the government's economic record and attacking "Labour's mismanagement".

Several speakers called for a motion backing the Scottish Government's current moratorium on fracking to be sent back and strengthened into an outright ban.

He was speaking at his party's annual conference, backing a motion calling for banks to be more transparent.

On Friday MPs will be asked to vote for a motion backing strikes against IS militants in Iraq - but not in Syria.

A day after the governing Movement for Multiparty Democracy expelled 23 senior members who oppose a third term for President Frederick Chiluba, legislators struck back, filing a motion in Parliament calling for the president's impeachment.

The Knickerbockers had voted among themselves to back seven-inning games, but at the convention the other teams backed a motion for nine-inning contests, which passed; in March, the Knickerbockers changed their rules to match those passed at the convention.

Less than a week after MPs voted with a higher-than-expected majority to extend air strikes from Iraq into Syria, the YouGov survey showed public backing for the motion had dropped by 31 points.

Conference delegates backed a motion calling for the abolition of tuition fees for all part-time and full-time higher education courses.

Delegates backed a motion calling for national pay scales to be restored, for an end to performance-related pay and for more affordable housing.

The move comes one month after the TUC's annual conference backed a motion calling for consideration of a general strike, in a vote that was backed by Britian's three largest unions: Unite, Unison and the GMB.

The Lib Dems have backed a motion calling for councils to be given more control over second homes, not just in rural areas but in London too.