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   Backbencher
   A rank and file council member, as opposed to a member of a council's decision-making executive. Backbenchers vote on their local authority's policy framework and sit on scrutiny committees, as well as representing their constituents.
   Found op http://society.guardian.co.uk/glossary/page/0,,646470,00.html
   
   
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   backbencher
   [n] - a member of the House of Commons of Great Britain who is not a party leader
   Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=backbencher
   
   
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   backbencher
   noun a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader
   Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=backbencher
   
   
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   Backbencher
   In Westminster parliamentary systems, a backbencher is a Member of Parliament (MP) or a legislator who does not hold governmental office and is not a Front Bench spokesperson in the Opposition. A backbencher may be a new parliamentary member yet to receive high office, a senior figure dropped from ...
   Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backbencher
   
   
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   backbencher
   Members of Parliament on the government side who sit on the backbenches and are not in cabinet, or those similarly distant from shadow cabinet posts in opposition parties.
   Found op http://polisci.nelson.com/glossary.html
   
   
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   Backbencher
   [radio drama] Backbencher is a Canadian radio drama on CBC Radio One. The series was created by Wendy Lill, and is primarily written by Lill, Ed Thomason and Dave Carley. ==Premise== The series features the trials of Nellie Gordon, a single mother paramedic who was elected against popular ex...
   Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backbencher_(radio_drama)
   
   
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   backbencher
   1) Legislator
   Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/backbencher/1
   
   

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