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It's when MPs are told how they must vote by the leadership. It's enforced by the Whips - who are like prefects - hence whip. It's a three line whip because it's so important they do as they are told that in the written notice it's underlined three times.
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The UK Parliament website actually has good pages on all this kind of archaic stuff http://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/principal/whips/
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What exactly is a three line whip?