Examples of 'backbencher' in a sentence
Meaning of "backbencher"
backbench (adjective): Relating to members of a legislative body who are not part of the government or opposition front bench. Backbenchers typically have less prominent roles within the political party and may not hold ministerial positions
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- A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the backbenches or in one of the back rows of the legislature.
- A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom.
- A member of a team who does not usually play, but who is held in reserve.
- Someone who does not play an active role in a process.
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Conservative backbencher and departure from politics.
I will plant a question for a backbencher to ask.
He was a backbencher and an opponent of capital punishment.
This is not from some backbencher.
The backbencher there has almost no power of initiative compared to a back bencher here.
She declined the offer and remained a backbencher.
Despite this he was a very active backbencher asking numerous questions of ministers.
That is the task allotted me as a backbencher.
Backbencher is a monthly youth magazine published in India.
In parliament she has been a backbencher.
After becoming a backbencher Strang was sometimes critical of government policy.
I am only a backbencher.
He briefly left the country and returned a year later as a Parliamentary backbencher.
Howell is a backbencher.
Lifelong backbencher and a fat lot of use of I am now.
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This was the first instance of a government backbencher voting against their party.
He spent his first few years as a Member of the Legislative Assembly as a backbencher.
It is totally impossible for me as a backbencher to know what I have just voted for.
The Minister meant a hypothetical backbencher.
You are not a House backbencher trying to get on CNN.
The Ministermeant a hypothetical backbencher.
Harriet Jones was an unassuming career backbencher serving the constituency of Flydale North.
And a hypothetical question A hypothetical backbencher.
He had an undistinguished time as a backbencher in the Joseph Lyons government.
Conservative backbencher Nigel Evans suggested that possibly the Conservatives should not stand in Clacton.
Throughout his career in the Legislature he served as a backbencher in the provincial Liberal government.
The government has told us that the member for LaSalle-Émard is a mere backbencher.
Liberal backbencher backs Lambie 's call to ban burka.
I am not a babe, just a faithful backbencher.
In school, she is a backbencher and is constantly bullied by the popular queen-bee Shamira.
But they don't know what every backbencher can do.
The latter, who was a backbencher in the Sant government, rose against his own government.
Motion and now look where we are to government ministers gone a backbencher gone that's me.
Supposing a backbencher were to put down a question forthe Prime Minister, asking whetherthe Europass.
I am hardly one of the Babes, just a faithful backbencher.
He had spent 25 years in Commons as a backbencher and politically was not well known.
I do not often walk these corridors . I am not a babe, just a faithful backbencher.
I became a mere humble backbencher then, like I am today.
Yet according to the Prime Minister, the new leader is nothing more than a government backbencher.
Mrs Jackson, my backbencher colleague, wonders how I dare challenge her estimates on the costs.
The difference is that I am a single member of Parliament, a backbencher.
McMahon remained in the parliament as a backbencher for 10 years after losing office as Prime Minister.
The Liberals won a majority government under Jean Chrétien, and Iftody entered parliament as a government backbencher.
He was a backbencher throughout the six-year Labour Government of Clement Attlee.
Mr President, your request touches the modest backbencher that I am.
The Backbencher - hate crime.
Having reputedly turned down the offer of Defence Secretary by Tony Blair, Clarke became a backbencher.
Oops, I was more of a backbencher kinds.
For his first 15 years as TD, while Haughey remained leader, McCreevy remained a backbencher.
Liberal backbencher Robert-Falcon Ouellette, an indigenous MP, has made similar arguments.
