Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
vote of censure
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Its only real weapon over the government is that it can propose a vote of censure.
▪ The Labour Party had put down a vote of censure and there was much rumbling on the Tory backbenches.
▪ The reprimand stops just short of a vote of censure, which would have forced Gingrich to resign as speaker.
▪ When Parliament returned, the Opposition would take the matter up and proceed to a vote of censure.