vote down
verb1
Idiomatic To defeat (some measure or candidate) by a majority vote.
- His wife voted down the project the moment he suggested it.
- However, Conservative MP Lee Rowley argued the Bill was the 'wrong vehicle' for the matter, and the amendment was voted down at committee stage.2022 November 16, “Clause on disability access voted down in Parliament”, in RAIL, number 970, page 8: