Liberal forced vote in November, being a bit cocky (13)

I believe the answer is:

overconfident

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'cocky' is the definition.
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'liberal forced vote in november' is the wordplay.
'liberal' indicates anagramming the letters.
'november' becomes 'N' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'forced'+'vote'+'in'+'n'='forcedvoteinn'
'forcedvoteinn' anagrammed gives 'OVERCONFIDENT'.

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(Other definitions for overconfident that I've seen before include "Too bullish" , "Cock-sure" , "Too sure of oneself" , "Too bold or certain" , "Too certain of oneself" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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