Backbencher

parliamentarian who neither holds ministerial office nor shadows a minister From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Backbencher
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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 spokesman in the Opposition. A backbencher is simply a member of parliament with no cabinet duties.[1]

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Opposition backbenches in the British House of Commons chamber

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