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In Westminster parliamentary systems, a backbencher is a Member of Parliament (MP) or a legislator who holds no governmental office and is not a frontbench spokesperson in the Opposition, being instead simply a member of the `rank and file`. The term dates from 1855. A backbencher may be a new parliamentary member yet to receive high office, a s.....
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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.
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n] - a member of the House of Commons of Great Britain who is not a party leader
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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.
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noun a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader
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