Definition of Backbench

1. Noun. Any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons.

Generic synonyms: Seat
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Derivative terms: Backbencher

Definition of Backbench

1. Noun. (politics UK NZ often attributive) In a house of legislature following the model of the Westminster system (such as the UK House of Commons), any bench behind either of the front benches and occupied by rank-and-file members. ¹

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Definition of Backbench

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Backbench

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backbench (current term)
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Literary usage of Backbench

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sixty Years of Protection in Canada, 1846-1907: Where Industry Leans on the by Edward Porritt (1908)
"It was left to backbench members—Messrs. Dymond and Charl- ton of Ontario, Gillmor of New Brunswick, and Jones and Kirk of Nova Scotia—to defend the ..."

2. Politics Without Frontiers: Role of Political Parties in Europe's Future by Mark ( Leonard (1997)
"... but the real cause has been backbench MPS' ignorance of European procedures and their unwillingness to dig any deeper. The recent influx of younger, ..."

3. Democracy in the Digital Age by Roger Freeman (1997)
"... cards' at remote terminals for those who are in the Palace of Westminster but who do not wish to leave an important committee or backbench meeting. ..."

4. Time and Fateby Lance Price by Lance Price (2005)
"She had just been talking to two senior backbench MPs who ought to have known what the stakes were and they had refused to guarantee their support until ..."

5. How Are Charities Accountable?: A Study of the Approaches to Governance and by John Plummer (1996)
"... by a backbench Conservative MP who complained that some campaign literature was misleading. Mounting a defence to the Charity Commissioners has been ..."

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