cross the floor English

Meaning cross the floor meaning

What does cross the floor mean?

cross the floor verb

— (UK politics, of a member of a parliament) To vote against one’s own political party in parliament.

— (UK politics, informal, of a member of a parliament) To resign from one’s political party and join another party, resulting in moving from one’s currently assigned desk or seat in the legislative chamber to a new desk or seat physically located with the other members of one’s new party.