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In Westminster and other parliamentary systems, a backbencher is a member of parliament (MP) or a legislator who occupies no governmental office and is...

to the backbenches Peter Kyle was replaced as Secretary of State for Business and Trade by Jonathan Reynolds, he returned to the backbenches The Department...

Backbench Student is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language romance film written and directed by Madhura Sreedhar Reddy. The film stars Mahat Raghavendra, Piaa...

Look up backbench or backbencher in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A backbench, in the Westminster parliamentary system, is any bench behind the frontbenches...

Exchequer) returned to the backbenches and was succeeded by Mel Stride. James Cleverly (Shadow Home Secretary) returned to the backbenches and was succeeded by...

Backbench was a panel cartoon appearing in The Globe and Mail. The strip was written and drawn by Graham Harrop. It consisted of multiple- and single-panel...

all Conservative backbench Members of Parliament (MPs), meets weekly while Parliament is in session and provides a way for backbenchers to co-ordinate and...

began on 17 January 1991. She applauded the coalition victory on the backbenches, while warning that "the victories of peace will take longer than the...

Nasional Backbenchers Club (Malay: Kelab Ahli Penyokong Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BNBBC) is composed of the BN backbencher MPs. The term "backbencher" originates...

Shadow Minister for International Climate Change until returning to the backbenches in April 2020. Barry Gardiner, the son of Olympic footballer John Gardiner...

less and the concept is more commonly known as a backbench rebellion. The 1937 Social Credit backbenchers' revolt against the premiership of William Aberhart...

After spending the whole duration of the premiership of Liz Truss on the backbenches, Sunak was elected unopposed in the leadership election to succeed Truss...

Following Theresa May's appointment as Prime Minister, Raab returned to the backbenches but was appointed to the second May government as Minister of State for...

demotion to Minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade. The backbencher Esther McVey was appointed Minister without Portfolio in the Cabinet...

immediately resigned and was succeeded by Michael Howard. Returning to the backbenches, Duncan Smith founded the Centre for Social Justice, a centre-right think-tank...

in the 2015 deputy Labour leadership contest. Flint returned to the backbenches in 2015 and was defeated in her seat at the 2019 general election. Caroline...

Following this, Hancock resigned as health secretary and returned to the backbenches. He was succeeded by Sajid Javid. In November 2022, Hancock had the party...

Rosindell joined Philip Davies and Christopher Chope in repeatedly blocking a backbench bill banning the use of wild animals in circuses from progressing through...

Miliband. He stood down from the role in October 2011 and returned to the backbenches, and returned to the shadow cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for...

became a KG, and Gordon Brown remained in the House of Commons as a backbencher until 2015. Churchill was offered a dukedom but declined. Andersson,...

with a demanding job in London as his reason for quitting. While on the backbenches he continued to be a strong supporter of Tony Blair's policies, especially...

The Backbench Business Committee of the British House of Commons was created on 15 June 2010 through the adoption of a new standing order. It was created...

as a part of the 2025 British cabinet reshuffle and returned to the backbenches. Following the resignation of Angela Rayner, Powell put her name forward...

same year, she left the shadow cabinet and returned to the backbenches. On the backbenches, she served as chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial...

government the following month, and returned to the backbenches. In 2022, after serving on the backbenches for 10 years, Mitchell made a return to government...

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following a leadership election by Jeremy Corbyn, and returned to the backbenches. In 2020, Keir Starmer appointed Miliband Shadow Secretary of State for...

the Conservatives made a net gain of just one seat. He returned to the backbenches, pursuing a career as an author, writing biographies of William Pitt...

Kevin Paul Hollinrake (born 28 September 1963) is a British Conservative Party politician and businessman who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP)...

Louise Margaret Haigh (born 22 July 1987) is a British politician who has served as First Secretary of State, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and...

Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. He returned to the backbenches in September 2015. Stephen Timms was born on 29 July 1955 in Oldham,...

reshuffle. After leaving the Johnson Cabinet, McVey returned to the backbenches. She subsequently, with her MP husband, jointly hosted weekly programmes...

had not resigned beforehand.[citation needed] Gilmour remained on the backbenches until 1992, and opposed many Thatcherite policies, including the abolition...

appointed a junior shadow minister in October of that year. Returning to the backbenches in 2016, she served on the House of Commons' Health Committee, later...

from 2016 to 2021. As a backbencher, she repeatedly sought to extend Article 50 to delay Brexit. After six years on the backbenches, Cooper returned as shadow...

from Hague of a Shadow Cabinet role, opting instead to return to the backbenches. Clarke contested the party leadership for a second time in 2001. Despite...

election to the shadow cabinet and then subsequently returned to the backbenches. McFadden rejoined the frontbench as shadow europe minister under Ed...

chancellor, consulted the British Cabinet, Churchill, and the chairman of the backbench 1922 Committee, resulting in Elizabeth appointing their recommended candidate:...

her poorly received tenure as Health Secretary. She returned to the backbenches, where she served on the justice and health committees. In 2021, Robison...

Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. He returned to the backbenches the following month after being dismissed by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...

Backbencher is a monthly youth magazine published in India. The magazine is published by Nagpur-based publisher Crazy Minds. Every month the magazine...

Nicholas Le Quesne Herbert, Baron Herbert of South Downs, CBE, PC (born 7 April 1963) is a British Conservative Party politician and was the Member of...

politics. First as Chairman of the Conservative Party (though he remained a backbencher in the Commons) from 1992 to 1994, during which time he oversaw the parliamentary...

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Cabinet by new Labour leader Keir Starmer in 2020 and returned to the backbenches. Butler was born Dawn Petula Butler in Forest Gate in east London, to...

Cabinet reshuffle, and was replaced by Liz Truss. After returning to the backbenches, Paterson became a leading supporter of Brexit as a member of the European...

before resigning in protest at Corbyn's leadership in 2016. On the backbenches, he served as the chair of several select committees, and stood in the...

Sue-Ellen Cassiana "Suella" Braverman (/suˈɛlə ˈbrævərmən/ soo-EL-ə BRAV-ər-mən; née Fernandes; born 3 April 1980) is a British politician and barrister...

being elected Member of Parliament for Ilford North. Whilst he remained a backbench councillor following his election to Parliament, he chose not to claim...

Backbencher is a Canadian radio drama created by Wendy Lill, and primarily written by Lill, Ed Thomason and Dave Carley. It ran for two seasons (20 episodes)...

Douglas McClelland AC (born 5 August 1926) is an Australian former politician who served as a Senator for New South Wales from 1962 to 1987, representing...

Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, KG, PC, FRS (5 December 1661 – 21 May 1724) was a British statesman of the late Stuart and early Georgian...

and advocating for a united Ireland and Palestinian statehood. As a backbencher, Corbyn routinely voted against the Labour whip, including New Labour...

position by Brown, Blair's successor; after she had spent a period on the backbenches, Brown appointed her to his cabinet as Minister of State for Housing...

Omar Alghabra PC (Arabic: عمر الغبرا, romanized: ʿUmar al-Ḡabrā; born October 24, 1969) is a Saudi-born Syrian-Canadian politician who served as Canada's...

government by Andy Burnham in 2026 and subsequently returned to the backbenches. Kyle was born on 9 September 1970 and grew up in West Sussex, where...

politician who has served as chairman of the 1922 Committee and chair of the Backbench Business Committee since 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he...

Chor S. C. Fong C. C. Ho K. C. Lee Rahim Ramaswamy Sia Wee Ya'acob PAP backbench Ang Ariff C. Se. Chan C. Si. Chan Chew Chow Dhanam K. H. Fong Gonzales...

Truss, his foreign secretary. He remained in the House of Commons as a backbencher until June 2023, when he received the draft of the Commons Privileges...

in June 2022 after two by-election defeats. Following a stint on the backbenches, he was re-appointed to the Cabinet in October 2022 by Rishi Sunak as...

Troubles; he was acquitted of criminal charges. After a period on the backbenches, he returned to the cabinet in 1977 as Minister for Health and Social...

Labour leader by Ed Miliband. After leaving office, Brown returned to the backbenches, continuing to serve as MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath until he gave...

Dhomhnaill/Bhean Uí Dhomhnaill" or "an Teachta Ó Domhnaill". The basic salary of a backbench TD is €113,679. Cabinet ministers and junior ministers receive additional...

since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election. Gilruth sat on the SNP's backbenches and served successively in the parliament's education, health, justice...

Minister. Castlereagh and Canning, meanwhile, spent several years on the backbenches, absent from any government responsibility. Both Castlereagh and Canning...

minister. Swinney spent the duration of Humza Yousaf's premiership on the backbenches and served as a member of the Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee...

would be to clear a hurdle to building a third runway. Zac Goldsmith, a backbench London Conservative MP, went even further in attacking Cameron for the...

crisis, which culminated in Johnson's own resignation. He returned to the backbenches and was succeeded by Steve Barclay. Javid stood to replace Johnson in...

Reynolds became a shadow transport minister before returning to the backbenches in January 2016. He returned to the frontbench in October of the same...

Surrey Heath from 2005 to 2024, during which he twice returned to the backbenches. He was a prominent figure in the 2016 referendum on the United Kingdom's...

Secretary effective from 6 September. She subsequently returned to the backbenches. Patel endorsed Boris Johnson in the October 2022 Conservative Party...

in Ed Miliband's Shadow Cabinet. He then spent the next decade on the backbenches, and was a candidate in the 2015 London Labour Party mayoral selection...

proposal. At the end of the speech, Austen Chamberlain walked down from the backbenches and shook his brother's hand. The Import Duties Act 1932 passed Parliament...

proposals were rejected and he resigned from the cabinet and returned to the backbenches in July 1855. Following his resignation Russell wrote to his father-in-law...

surviving the ballot against Treasurer Paul Keating, who then went to the backbench. Bob Hawke had been leader of the Labor Party since 3 February 1983, and...

from the Labour Party. During the Second World War, he was a leading backbencher critic of the Coalition Government. Shinwell is perhaps best remembered...

Justine Greening (born 30 April 1969) is an English former politician who was the secretary of state for education from 2016 to 2018. Prior to that, she...

over disagreements with May's Brexit strategy. After his return to the backbenches, Baker became Deputy Chair of the ERG in 2018. He was reelected in the...

Rahayu Sim Sun Syed Harun A. Tan Des. Tan K. H. Tan Zaqy Zhulkarnain PAP backbench Ang Cai C. Chen E. Chen Chia P. L. Choo David de Souza Foo Gho Hamid Hazlina...

once in 1979. However, the threat of rebellions by their own party's backbench MPs often forces governments to make concessions (e.g. under the Cameron–Clegg...

not bear to be in the same room with Fraser. Fraser remained on the backbenches until he was reinstated to Cabinet in his old position of Minister for...

of the Council from May to July 2019. From 2019 to 2022 he sat as a backbencher, serving as Chair of the Treasury Select Committee. From October 2022...

needed] Cunningham retired from the Cabinet in 1999, and returned to the backbenches. He stood down from Parliament at the 2005 general election. Having represented...

1976. He fought one last election in 1979 in which he was returned as a backbench MP for Huyton. Following his departure from the House of Commons before...

Keith Sinjohn Joseph, Baron Joseph, Bt, CH, PC (17 January 1918 – 10 December 1994), known as Sir Keith Joseph, 2nd Baronet, for most of his political...

Candice Marie Bergen Harris PC (née Bergen, previously Hoeppner; born September 28, 1964) is a Canadian politician who served as the member of Parliament...

Bridget Maeve Phillipson (born 19 December 1983) is a British politician who has served as Minister for Women and Equalities since 2024 and Chair of the...

Menzies Campbell succeeded him as leader, Kennedy remained in office as a backbench MP, where he voted against the formation of the Cameron–Clegg coalition...

retained the seat in 2005 with a slightly reduced majority of 9,575. As a backbencher he served on the Public Accounts Committee, Treasury Select Committee...

George Lansbury (22 February 1859 – 7 May 1940) was a British politician and social reformer who led the Labour Party from 1932 to 1935. Apart from a brief...

produced by Jio Studios in association with Hardik Gajjar Films and Backbencher Pictures. The film stars Neena Gupta, Kabir Bedi, and Vatsal Sheth, and...

organising government business and providing time for non-government (backbench) business to be put before the House of Commons. The position of leader...

secretary to Michael Portillo for twelve years. He was more prominent as a backbencher, serving on many select committees and sponsoring several pieces of legislation...

Gavin Laurence Barwell, Baron Barwell PC (born 23 January 1972) is a British politician and former Downing Street Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Theresa...

cent in the final ballot. She subsequently left government to sit as a backbencher. Following Yousaf's resignation in April 2024, Forbes was touted as a...

replace Corbyn at the 2016 leadership election. After serving on the backbenches between 2015 and 2021, Mahmood returned to the shadow cabinet in the...

in last place, behind Jeremy Corbyn. She subsequently returned to the backbenches and supported Owen Smith in a failed attempt to replace Corbyn in 2016...

contest in the final round of MP voting. He spent eight months on the backbenches after the election of Kemi Badenoch as leader, receiving a knighthood...

Smith to challenge Corbyn for the leadership. She then served on the backbenches for eight years between 2016 and 2024. Following Labour's victory in...

Athena, Buck storms off after learning that Bobby is responsible for his backbenching. With Athena's encouragement, Hen and Karen decide to expand their family...

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the leadership rather than contest the second round, returning to the backbenches, where he would remain until 2001. In 1975, he played a major role in...

protest at Johnson's leadership amid a Government crisis. She sat on the backbenches during Liz Truss's tenure as Prime Minister, before returning to her...

of Tourism, Culture, and Heritage. During her first four years as a backbencher in the first NDP government in Nova Scotia, Zann was appointed ministerial...

argument with John Heddle, who at that time was chairman of the Tory backbench housing committee, was a perfect example of what could happen. Heddle's...

the third round of voting among Conservative MPs. He returned to the backbenches upon the election of Kemi Badenoch as leader. Thomas Georg John Tugendhat...

as opposed to disgust with Justin Trudeau". Morale among the party's backbenchers and grassroots was also affected by Poilievre's management of the campaign...

Henry Paul Guinness Channon, Baron Kelvedon, PC (9 October 1935 – 27 January 2007) was Conservative MP for Southend West for 38 years, from 1959 until...

Rahayu Sim Sun Syed Harun A. Tan Des. Tan K. H. Tan Zaqy Zhulkarnain PAP backbench Ang Cai C. Chen E. Chen Chia P. L. Choo David de Souza Foo Gho Hamid Hazlina...

boyfriend. Since their school days, Arjun has been a topper and they were backbenchers. While peeing at the office washroom, Gaurav shouts about his frustrated...

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a Scottish Labour Party politician. From 1979 to 2001, Maxton was a backbencher Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons. Maxton was born on...

Mark (2002). Keith Joseph. Acumen. p. 265. ISBN 978-1-902683-706. "Tory backbench hesitation makes inconclusive first ballot likely in party leadership...

The 1937 Social Credit backbenchers' revolt took place from March to June 1937 in the Canadian province of Alberta. It was a rebellion against Premier...

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Rahayu Sim Sun Syed Harun A. Tan Des. Tan K. H. Tan Zaqy Zhulkarnain PAP backbench Ang Cai C. Chen E. Chen Chia P. L. Choo David de Souza Foo Gho Hamid Hazlina...

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himself on the right of the Conservative Party. Though he never left the backbenches, he was a comparatively high-profile political figure, owing in large...

Secretary to the Treasury Tony Lloyd Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Backbench MP John Battle Minister of State for Trade and Industry Minister of State...

of Commons for his old seat in 1931. Macmillan spent the 1930s on the backbenches. In March 1932 he published "The State and Industry" (not to be confused...

office is widely viewed as the prime minister's "eyes and ears" on the backbenches, serving as a liaison to the prime minister's parliamentary party. The...

Rahayu Sim Sun Syed Harun A. Tan Des. Tan K. H. Tan Zaqy Zhulkarnain PAP backbench Ang Cai C. Chen E. Chen Chia P. L. Choo David de Souza Foo Gho Hamid Hazlina...

Since 2018, Davis has remained active in the House of Commons as a backbencher, using parliamentary privilege to criticise various issues, including...

from 2016 to 2017. After the 2017 general election, he returned to the backbenches and served as a member of the House of Commons International Development...

William Pitt (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) was a British statesman who served as the last prime minister of Great Britain from 1783 until the Acts of...

innocent-looking doors all over London." Maxwell Fyfe told the Conservative backbencher Sir Robert Boothby, who was known in parliamentary circles to be bisexual...

Geetham in 2010. Reddy also directed films such as It's My Love Story and Backbench Student Reddy was born and raised in Warangal. He is a B.Tech graduate...

Rahayu Sim Sun Syed Harun A. Tan Des. Tan K. H. Tan Zaqy Zhulkarnain PAP backbench Ang Cai C. Chen E. Chen Chia P. L. Choo David de Souza Foo Gho Hamid Hazlina...

Union on the alleged overshadowing of the EU debate by "UKIP and Tory backbenchers", he said: I took the view that having fought [Europeans in the Second...

Gascoyne-Cecil, of Essendon in the County of Rutland, remained active on the backbenches until the House of Lords adopted new rules for declaration of financial...

Rahayu Sim Sun Syed Harun A. Tan Des. Tan K. H. Tan Zaqy Zhulkarnain PAP backbench Ang Cai C. Chen E. Chen Chia P. L. Choo David de Souza Foo Gho Hamid Hazlina...

Dufferin "Duff" Roblin PC CC OM (June 17, 1917 – May 30, 2010) was a Canadian businessman and politician. He served as the 14th premier of Manitoba from...

the formation of the Burnham ministry and subsequently returned to the backbenches. Reed is gay and married his partner in July 2022. He is a Christian...

Mah E. H. Ng T. Tan C. H. Teo Tharman Wong Yaacob C. T. Yeo G. Yeo PAP backbench Ahmad Ang Balaji Chan Chay Chen Chew Chin C. Chong W. C. Chong Fong Foo...

after investigation into husband STV News "Labour suspends outspoken backbench MP Karl Turner". BBC News. 31 March 2026. Retrieved 31 March 2026. "Manor...

dismissed by Cameron's successor, Theresa May. Osborne served on the backbenches for a year before leaving public office at the 2017 general election...

Mary Helen Creagh CBE FCIL (born 2 December 1967) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry East since 2024, having...

to 2019. Hammond sat as a Conservative before becoming an Independent backbencher for the last two months of his final term. Runnymede and Weybridge is...

September 2022, Hands left that position and briefly returned to the backbenches before being appointed to his former role as Minister of State for Trade...

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Stephen Crabb (born 20 January 1973) is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Preseli Pembrokeshire from 2005 to 2024 and...

Rahayu Sim Sun Syed Harun A. Tan Des. Tan K. H. Tan Zaqy Zhulkarnain PAP backbench Ang Cai C. Chen E. Chen Chia P. L. Choo David de Souza Foo Gho Hamid Hazlina...

announced his resignation from the Shadow Cabinet and returned to the backbenches, citing differences over the Brexit referendum and issues of collective...

K. L. Ho Y. Se. Lee Seet Sidek Sung Tang Tay A. Wong Yap Yatiman PAP backbench Abbas Abdullah Beng Chay B. Chen J. Chen Chew Chin Chng Chong Choo Chua...

Timothy Paul Loughton, FSA (/ˈlɔːtən/ LAW-tən; born 30 May 1962) is a British politician and former banker who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for...

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to Nazi Germany's annexation of the Sudetenland. Churchill was then a backbencher member of parliament representing the Epping constituency. In a radio...

or lower-profile members of opposition caucuses, are known as backbenchers. Backbenchers can, however, exert their influence by sitting in parliamentary...

Jeremy Corbyn in 2016, and now remains in the House of Commons as a backbencher. Grahame Morris was born on 13 March 1961, and was educated at Howletch...

Robert Hardie Bruce Crawford (born 16 February 1955) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business...

illegal immigration, and spent the remainder of Sunak's premiership on the backbenches. Following the Labour Party's victory in the 2024 general election, Jenrick...

on the frontbench of the Conservative Party followed by the claims of backbench Conservative MPs whom the newspaper dubbed 'the grandees' of the party...

Sinai is the plural of Sinus" to an Egyptian newspaper. He stayed on the backbenches throughout Thatcher's premiership, as well as participating in the re-launch...

support the constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians. Only backbenchers have been allowed a conscience vote on the issue, while members of the...

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would have been easy for Dunglass to have languished indefinitely in backbench obscurity." However, Skelton, appointed as Under-secretary at the Scottish...

1998 Vanity Fair George Osborne TV mini-series 1999 Plunkett & Macleane Backbench Heckler 1999 Warriors Capt. Richard Gurney TV serial 2000 Anna Karenina...

Under-Secretary of State at the Department for the Environment. On the backbenches from 1986 to 1990, Young was among the leaders of the rebellion within...

UK, and Plaid Cymru in Wales. In reaction to these elections, several backbench Labour MPs were vocal in their disappointment. Debbie Abrahams believed...

was "not focusing on important matters". Williamson returned to the backbenches after his dismissal as Education Secretary. Williamson helped Rishi Sunak...

same school, where she studied with her friends Vinu and Sandhya. A backbencher who often gets in trouble and stays in the school hostel, Monisha once...

but despite the resignation of one minister, growing unease from his backbenchers, a dramatic early warning from the polls, and a deep national disquiet...

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Mah E. H. Ng T. Tan C. H. Teo Tharman Wong Yaacob C. T. Yeo G. Yeo PAP backbench Ahmad Ang Balaji Chan Chay Chen Chew Chin C. Chong W. C. Chong Fong Foo...

the federal Conservatives and the Albertan PCs, as some Conservative backbench MPs endorsed Wildrose. For the 2012 Alberta election, Prime Minister Harper...

2016 after he expressed no confidence in Corbyn's leadership. On the backbenches, he was Chair of the Committee on the Future Relationship with the European...

Thatcher's policies of privatisation of several key industries. Lawson was a backbencher from 1989 until he retired in 1992 and sat in the House of Lords from...

Mah E. H. Ng T. Tan C. H. Teo Tharman Wong Yaacob C. T. Yeo G. Yeo PAP backbench Ahmad Ang Balaji Chan Chay Chen Chew Chin C. Chong W. C. Chong Fong Foo...

Committee Room off Westminster Hall as an additional debating chamber, where backbench Members of Parliament can raise matters of interest to them and receive...

Press. 14 March 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2025. "Tories pick leader from backbenches". Eastern Daily Press. 31 March 2007. Retrieved 5 June 2025. "Norfolk...

of his family history, he never achieved high office and remained a backbencher. His cousin, Nicholas Soames, was first elected a Conservative MP in...

Koh Low Puthucheary Rahayu Sim Sun A. Tan Des. Tan K. H. Tan Zaqy PAP backbench W. N. Ang C. Chan L. H. Cheng Chia Chong Choo David de Souza Fahmi Foo...

Chor S. C. Fong C. C. Ho K. C. Lee Rahim Ramaswamy Sia Wee Ya'acob PAP backbench Ang Ariff C. Se. Chan C. Si. Chan Chew Chow Dhanam K. H. Fong Gonzales...

from the Cabinet in 1986 over the Westland affair and returned to the backbenches, becoming a vocal critic of Thatcher, mostly because of her Eurosceptic...

to a government minister or a shadow minister. They are selected from backbench MPs as the "eyes and ears" of the minister in the House of Commons. PPSs...

Chor S. C. Fong C. C. Ho K. C. Lee Rahim Ramaswamy Sia Wee Ya'acob PAP backbench Ang Ariff C. Se. Chan C. Si. Chan Chew Chow Dhanam K. H. Fong Gonzales...

debates: "Currently, only two speeches of seven and a half minutes each by backbenchers or opposition MPs with replies from government of equal time are permitted...

Central nomination. The media considered Moore one of the most able backbenchers in the Labour Party, however Moore decided to stand in the marginal Eden...

Walter Elliot Elliot (19 September 1888 – 8 January 1958) was a politician of Scotland's Unionist Party prominent in the interwar period. He was elected...

"big job" in the Burnham government and instead chose to return to the backbenches. Rachel Reeves was appointed Shadow Chancellor in May 2021, following...

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Fuhr Gainey Long S. McLean Provost Sahota Sarai Van Koeverden Zerucelli Backbench Acan Al Soud Auguste Bains Baker Bardeesy Battiste Beech Begum Bendayan...

Rahayu Sim Sun Syed Harun A. Tan Des. Tan K. H. Tan Zaqy Zhulkarnain PAP backbench Ang Cai C. Chen E. Chen Chia P. L. Choo David de Souza Foo Gho Hamid Hazlina...

"Portillistas". When Duncan Smith was elected leader, Portillo returned to the backbenches. In March 2003, he voted in favour of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. In November...

1964 to 1966 with a much-reduced majority. He became a chairman of the backbench committee on social services, being quickly recognised for promotion to...

K. Ong Shanmugam C. J. Tan C. H. Teo J. Teo Tharman Wong Yaacob PAP backbench Amrin H. K. Ang W. N. Ang Baey C. Chan Chee Cheng S. L. Chia C. Chong...

by the prime minister – either because they are unpopular with their backbenchers, or because they believe that the cabinet should collectively decide...

2026 for "family reasons" but retained his MP seat, returning to the backbenches. Koh attended MacRitchie Primary School, Maris Stella High School and...

Office. In terms of internal appointments to the Conservative Party, backbench MPs Jonathan Gullis and Angela Richardson were made deputy party chairs...

much. Declining Peacock's offer of Shadow Education, Howard went to the backbench and a new period of party disunity ensued which was highlighted by a Four...

committee. Raghavendra played his first lead role in the Telugu film, Backbench Student (2013), where he appeared alongside Piaa Bajpai and Archana Kavi...

Gillian Anne Martin is a Scottish politician who has served as Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Rural Affairs since 2025. She previously served...

quit his role as Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and move to the backbenches, citing the need for a 'fresh start' for the Labour Party under a new...

harboured ambitions to lead the party should a vacancy arise. While some backbench rebel Fianna Fáil TDs and senators called for Cowen to go, no cabinet...

with 71 votes to Rudd's 31. Following the result Rudd returned to the backbenches, reiterating that he would not mount any further leadership challenges...

of Bellarine. [citation needed] After spending her first term on the backbench, she was promoted to the positions of Minister for Mental Health, Minister...

incoming prime minister Boris Johnson in July 2019 and returning to the backbenches. Jeremy Wright was born on 24 October 1972 in Taunton, Somerset. His...

Economics and Governance (Penguin, 2005). India's Politics: A view from the backbench (Penguin-Viking, 2007). "Rajya Sabha members". Retrieved 31 December 2009...

Shapps was dismissed by the government by Truss and he returned to the backbenches. The following month, Shapps was appointed Home Secretary by Truss amid...

International Development. On August 31, 2018, Caesar-Chavannes returned to the backbenches after the Prime Minister decided to shuffle his parliamentary secretaries...

Rahayu Sim Sun Syed Harun A. Tan Des. Tan K. H. Tan Zaqy Zhulkarnain PAP backbench Ang Cai C. Chen E. Chen Chia P. L. Choo David de Souza Foo Gho Hamid Hazlina...

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Rahayu Sim Sun Syed Harun A. Tan Des. Tan K. H. Tan Zaqy Zhulkarnain PAP backbench Ang Cai C. Chen E. Chen Chia P. L. Choo David de Souza Foo Gho Hamid Hazlina...

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Sabah from 2018 to 2025, and the Deputy Chairman of the Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club (BNBBC) from 2008 to 2018. Bung Moktar was born in Sukau, Kinabatangan...

to the backbench. On resignation, Joyce lost his Deputy Prime Minister's and ministerial salaries of $416,000 a year, to receive a backbencher's salary...

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(24 July 2024). "Derry MP Colum Eastwood sits on British Government backbenches and is referred to as 'friend' by Labour MP". Derry Journal. Campbell...

ballots. It endorsed the preselection of Hawke, minister Sussan Ley and backbencher Trent Zimmerman in their seats on 6 March, and endorsed candidates on...

25 October. After spending the duration of Sunak's premiership on the backbenches, Truss lost her seat at the 2024 general election. Mary Elizabeth Truss...

Nasional. Since the 2022 election, the party has been part of the government backbench. Through its holding of companies such as Huaren Holdings, MCA controls...

of Ways and Means). She established and was the inaugural chair of the Backbench Business Committee (2010–2015) for which she was awarded Parliamentarian...

independence enjoyed bipartisan support in Australia, although Senate backbencher Magnus Cormack was skeptical that Nauru would succeed as an independent...

Nationalisation Electoral history MP for Islington North CND AAM StWC Backbencher Socialist Campaign Group Islington 2024 election Leader of the Opposition...

H. Lim S. C. Ong Ow Phua Rahim K. H. Sia Sidek E. L. Tan Ya'acob PAP backbench Ahmad K. P. Ang N. P. Ang Baptist Ch'ng Cheong Chiang  Conceicao C. T...

Eden grown fat?" as wags had it), was a source of frustration to some backbench Labour MPs, who early in the 1945 Parliament formed a "Keep Left" group...

and European elections. She left office on 5 June and returned to the backbenches. She was replaced by Alan Johnson. In a subsequent interview with Total...

from government-supporting parties (backbenchers), by members of opposition parties (frontbencher or backbencher), or by independents or crossbenchers...

connections, which all proclaimed Whiggish political views, or by independent backbenchers unattached to any particular group. The North administration left power...

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party who numerically dominated the coalition. In 1922, the Conservative backbenchers rebelled against the continuation of the coalition, citing, in particular...

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Sir Jeremy Mark Quin (born 24 September 1968) is a British Conservative politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Horsham from 2015 to...

parties acted as a bloc during PMQs, the Liberal Democrat and Conservative backbenchers sat apart and each had their own whips, and the two parties competed...

Minister of State for School Standards Left government Dan Tomlinson Backbench MP Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Michael Shanks Parliamentary Under-Secretary...

Sunak's appointment as Prime Minister. He subsequently returned to the backbenches. After leaving the role of Welsh Secretary, Buckland accepted an appointment...

landslide victory for the party and, as a new TD, he remained on the backbenches. Two years later he became a member of Monaghan County Council, serving...

financial analyst before standing for election to the House of Commons. As a backbencher, Kwarteng co-authored a number of papers and books, including After the...

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the House of Lords. He had spent 22 years in the Commons, largely as a backbencher, and was not politically well known. Following the 1830 general election...

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Labour MPs in 1945 were newly elected, but it did not take place. As a backbencher he spoke in debates in support of Dalton's nationalisation of the Bank...

Gething. Drakeford spent the duration of Gething's premiership on the backbenches before making a return to government as Cabinet Secretary for Health...

Malta's controversial citizenship-by-investment programme. Abela, a backbencher with no ministerial experience, presented himself as a candidate of continuity...

On 6 September 2022, Barclay left the government and returned to the backbenches. He was reappointed by Rishi Sunak when Sunak became prime minister on...

Rayner has taken a more active role in the unfolding scandal by leading a backbench push for greater transparency. During a House of Commons debate, she questioned...

"The Passage of the 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act, a Case-Study of Backbench Power". Observatoire de la société britannique (6): 89–108. doi:10.4000/osb...

of Energy Transition and Water Transformation (December 2023 – December 2025) Chairman of the Government Backbenchers Club (March 2024 – January 2025)...

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"the longest suicide note in history". In 1992, Kaufman went to the backbenches and became chair of the National Heritage Select Committee and chaired...

the Shadow Cabinets of William Hague and Michael Howard; he remained a backbencher from then on. Redwood was knighted in the 2019 New Year Honours List...

across the country, prompting Doi to resign as leader and return to the backbenches. Following the LDP's defeat in the 1993 House of Representatives election...

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Both appointments were considered sinecures to avoid their return as 'backbenchers'. The following were appointed to the Executive Council as ministers...

party is in opposition, and is an important link between cabinet and the backbench when the party is in government. In such contexts, a party caucus can...

resigned on 28 May 2002, and was replaced by Alistair Darling. On the backbenches, Byers kept up pressure for the Labour Party to keep to the centre ground...

one of her royal audiences. On 9 November 2022, during PMQs, a Labour backbench MP shouted "bring the lettuce back!" On 15 March 2023, Starmer said "The...

implement greenhouse gas regulations for the oil and gas industry. As a backbench MP, Kent called on the government to fund HPV vaccinations for boys, in...

influence from the party. Hopper claimed to have spoken to eight other LNP backbenchers who were considering defection. On 29 November Hopper was elected as...

Mah E. H. Ng Shanmugam C. H. Teo Tharman K. S. Wong Yaacob G. Yeo PAP backbench Abdullah Ang Baey Balaji Chan Chong de Souza Faishal Fatimah Fong Foo...

Penang's International School Ecosystem" (PDF). Penang Institute. "Penang Backbencher Proposes English as State's Second Official Language". The Star. 8 November...

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political situation on the peninsula. On 24 November 2021, the alliance's backbenchers club chairperson Salleh Said Keruak floated the idea of registering Gabungan...

on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022. "Liz Truss meeting Tory backbench chair as more MPS call for her to quit – BBC News". BBC News. 19 October...

documents, including Murray's telegrams, was made by Jeremy Corbyn, then a backbench Labour MP, in whose constituency Arsenal is based. In late October 2007...

George Canning (11 April 1770 – 8 August 1827) was a British statesman and Tory politician. He became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 12 April...

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Liz Truss to Minister of State for Development. She returned to the backbenches on 25 October 2022, resigning shortly after Liz Truss resigned as prime...

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it the first installment in the Fukrey franchise. Delhi-based school backbenchers Vikas "Hunny" Gulati and Dilip "Choocha" Singh are perpetually dreaming...

day. On 28 August 2014, Douglas Carswell, a Eurosceptic Conservative backbencher, announced his defection to UKIP and said that he was resigning his seat...

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as president. She was replaced by Naledi Pandor and retreated to the backbenches of the National Assembly, where she spent several months as an ordinary...

leaked to the media. He subsequently remained in parliament as a Labor backbencher outside caucus, but announced his resignation from parliament in November...

Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs from 2016 to 2018. On the backbenches, she has sometimes been critical of the government, especially since...

Stormont Estate than the citizens of Belfast during the Belfast Blitz. A backbench revolt in 1943 resulted in his resignation and replacement by Sir Basil...

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Coelho not to run since it was "not his time". From then on, he became a backbencher, only taking slightly relevant positions in the leadership of the Parliamentary...

cabinet after the election and served the rest of his career on the backbenches. He chaired the Alberta Water Resources Commission (AWRC) from its inception...

Pamela Tshwete (born 3 October 1951) is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape. She is currently serving as Deputy Minister of Human Settlements...

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incumbent Margaret Thatcher was opposed by the little-known 69-year-old backbencher MP Sir Anthony Meyer. It was the Conservative Party's first leadership...

Mah E. H. Ng Shanmugam C. H. Teo Tharman K. S. Wong Yaacob G. Yeo PAP backbench Abdullah Ang Baey Balaji Chan Chong de Souza Faishal Fatimah Fong Foo...

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(who backed Macmillan), Edward Heath (who, as Chief Whip, was aware of backbench opinion), and Salisbury, who interviewed the Cabinet one by one and with...

Chor S. C. Fong C. C. Ho K. C. Lee Rahim Ramaswamy Sia Wee Ya'acob PAP backbench Ang Ariff C. Se. Chan C. Si. Chan Chew Chow Dhanam K. H. Fong Gonzales...

re-elected. “I would prefer her in the parliament to a clone on the backbenches," Sillars said. "I don’t think there is any doubt she is an asset to...

Rahayu Sim Sun Syed Harun A. Tan Des. Tan K. H. Tan Zaqy Zhulkarnain PAP backbench Ang Cai C. Chen E. Chen Chia P. L. Choo David de Souza Foo Gho Hamid Hazlina...

Peter Frederick Morris OAM (29 July 1932 – 26 April 2026) was an Australian politician. He held senior ministerial office in the Hawke government, serving...

opposition has six questions, which they sometimes split into two sets. Backbench opposition MPs and frontbench opposition MPs that are not in the Shadow...

Eliminated: 9 October 2024 Robert Jenrick MP for Newark (2014–present) Backbencher Minister of State for Immigration (2022–2023) Secretary of State for...

social ranking as the new teacher saw it, I was asked to go and sit on the backbench. I felt very sad, and so did my parents about the incident. Lakshmana...

policy of renationalising the steel industry due to the opposition of backbenchers Woodrow Wyatt and Desmond Donnelly. 89 female candidates stood in the...

in which the Conservative Party gained a majority, but retired to the backbenches after the referendum that rejected his government's recommendation to...

Parliament and later become prime minister. After four years on the backbenches, Chamberlain saw rapid promotion, briefly becoming Chancellor of the...

Chukkalanti Ammayi Chakkanaina Abbayi (2013) Anthaka Mundu Aa Tarvatha (2013) Backbench Student (2013) Ramayya Vasthavayya (2013) Dalam (2013) Iddarammayilatho...

Craig: Could the Government Advise the Queen to Refuse Royal Assent to a Backbench Bill?". 22 January 2019. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019...

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Shigeru Ishiba (born 4 February 1957) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)...

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William Ewart Gladstone (/ˈjuːərt ˈɡlædstən/ YOO-ərt GLAD-stən; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman who served four times as Prime...

for Europe and was appointed to the Privy Council. He returned to the backbenches following the 2005 general election. In November 2012, Labour suspended...

documents out of Goering's office, and giving them to Winston Churchill (a backbencher at the time) to try to alert the world to Hitler's plans for war. Although...

Party's Chief Whip until the 2001 general election when he returned to the backbenches. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1998.[citation needed] Arbuthnot...

non-interventionist stance and disavow the speech. Later in the year, there was a backbench revolt against Grey, which was unsuccessful. One consequence of the crisis...

diminished following the departure of the senior Chamberlain to the backbenches. Facing a resurgent Liberal opposition and the threat of an internal...

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the next day". Controversies erupted about incidents in Jeremy Corbyn's backbench record. American artist Mear One painted a street mural entitled Freedom...

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ministers. Following his departure from government, Zahawi became a backbencher. In April 2023, he was reselected for the next general election. In November...

Amber-Jade Sanderson (born 25 October 1976) is an Australian Labor Party politician who is the member for Morley in the Western Australian Legislative...

Development Backbencher Chawama Tasila Lungu 10 May 1983 Patriotic Front Backbencher Chembe Cliff Mpundu 11 August 1974 Patriotic Front Backbencher Chiengi...

Michael Colle (/koʊl/ "Cole"; born February 1, 1945) is a Canadian politician who has served as deputy mayor of Toronto since 2023, representing North...

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Chief Minister, citing "health reasons". Scrymgour remained on the Labor backbench until June 2009, when she resigned from the Labor Party over its stance...

in the 2009 provincial election. After serving nearly 2 years on the backbenches he was appointed Minister of Agriculture on March 14, 2011, in Premier...

Rahayu Sim Sun Syed Harun A. Tan Des. Tan K. H. Tan Zaqy Zhulkarnain PAP backbench Ang Cai C. Chen E. Chen Chia P. L. Choo David de Souza Foo Gho Hamid Hazlina...

Lee Ow Phua Rahim K. H. Sia Sidek Tay Teo Wan Wan Hussin Wong Yap PAP backbench Abbas Ang Chau Cheong Chiang Conceicao Das C. W. Goh S. B. Ho Hwang Jabbar...

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sacked Mashatile from his second-term cabinet. Mashatile retreated to the backbenches of the National Assembly, where he served as chair of the appropriations...

Although Long believed he had the most MPs, his support was largely amongst backbenchers, and most of the whips and frontbenchers preferred Chamberlain. With...

1945 until 1973 and was chairman of the 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchers. His death in 1973 led to a by-election won by the Liberal Clement Freud...

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After eight years as a backbench member of the Coalition Government, he was promoted to Cabinet. In 1971, while still a backbencher, he was part of a plot...

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Field's ideas for welfare reform. Harriet Harman also returned to the backbenches. In his autobiography, Blair wrote about Field: The problem was not so...

Matthew (14 September 2012). "The 24 Conservative MPs who are still on the backbenches and have never rebelled". Conservative Home. Retrieved 19 March 2015...

69–120. Walsha, Robert (2000). "The One Nation Group: A Tory approach to backbench politics or organization, 1950–55". Twentieth Century British History...

Lui E. H. Ng Shanmugam C. J. Tan C. H. Teo Tharman L. Wong Yaacob PAP backbench H. K. Ang W. N. Ang Baey Chia Chong de Souza Faishal Fatimah Fong C. Foo...

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the 1976 by-election. He spent most of his parliamentary career on the backbenches, apart from serving as a Parliamentary Private Secretary at the Foreign...

Street. Government whips report to the prime minister on any possible backbench revolts and the general opinion of MPs within the party, and upon the...

K. Lim S. S. Lim Mah T. Tan C. H. Teo K. S. Wong C. T. Yeo G. Yeo PAP backbench Ang Chan Chay B. Chen J. Chen K. Chen P. Chen Chew Chin Chng Chong Choo...

Rudd Ministry, with the exception of Rudd himself who returned to the backbenches, subsequently became the members of the First Gillard Ministry. It was...

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regarded the Malaysian Parliament as a "safe outlet for the grievances of backbenchers or opposition members," and meant largely to "endorse government or ruling...

defeating Conservative Thomas Smellie, 1483 votes to 1121. Cameron sat as a backbench supporter of Premier George Ross for the next three years. The Liberals...

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general election for the Conservative safe seat of Mid Bedfordshire. As a backbencher, Dorries introduced several unsuccessful private member's bills, including...

Security and Net Zero in Keir Starmer's Cabinet, following a stint as a backbencher in the aftermath of the 2015 General Election and during the leadership...

of the Conservative Party.[citation needed] On 13 March 2024, Labour backbencher Diane Abbott, sitting as an Independent MP at the time, criticised Hoyle...

Dan Crummell is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, who represented the district of St. John's West in Newfoundland and Labrador House...

Harper resigned as leader of the Conservative Party and returned to the backbench. Former Cabinet minister Rona Ambrose was elected interim leader by the...

Labour government, a position he held until October 1946. He then sat as a backbench Labour peer until his death fourteen years later. From 1947 to 1957, Viscount...

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C. Ong T. C. Ong Phua Rahim Sha'ari K. H. Sia E. L. Tan Ya'acob PAP backbench N. P. Ang Ariff Aziz Baptist Ch'ng Cheong Chiang Chin Conceicao Govindasamy...

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2010 and 2011. He continued to serve as a Member of Parliament on the backbenches until 2015. As a Member of Parliament, Wong represented the constituency...

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from the original on 27 April 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2011. "Labour Backbench Rebellions since 1997" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 12 June 2008....

though he announced his intention to remain in the new parliament as a backbencher after being elected in the riding of Calgary Heritage. The Conservative...

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in her postcard. After the 1997 general election, she returned to the backbenches, and became a headhunter at Odgers, where she headed and now chairs the...

who wish to stand must notify the 1922 Committee, a body representing backbench Conservative Party MPs, which has broad powers to set the rules of the...

He served in the role for just over a year, before returning to the backbenches in December 2018. Following his re-election to the Senedd in 2021, Irranca-Davies...

register office in Caerphilly on 5 August 2002. After two years as a backbench MP, Davies was appointed an Opposition Whip in 1985, where his subject...

George lasted until 1922 when, at the Carlton Club meeting, Conservative backbenchers declared that the party would fight the forthcoming election with its...

The Suez Group was a predominantly right-wing backbench group of Conservative Members of the British Parliament that coalesced in 1953–54 around opposition...

"the doctrines I have sworn by, long and long since". Francis Basset, a backbench Whig MP, wrote to Burke that "though for reasons which I will not now...

Mah E. H. Ng Shanmugam C. H. Teo Tharman K. S. Wong Yaacob G. Yeo PAP backbench Abdullah Ang Baey Balaji Chan Chong de Souza Faishal Fatimah Fong Foo...

Senate, the importance of party discipline increases, as it is only backbenchers that may prevent the passage of government bills. While strong party...

backbench motion for expanding broadband and mobile coverage, securing what was then the largest number of cross-party endorsements for a backbench motion...

turnout. After winning the by-election, Davis returned to Parliament as a backbencher, vowing to continue the campaign. Davis's resignation followed a parliamentary...

in the election, which he easily won. After only a short spell on the backbenches, Wilson chose Shore to be Parliamentary Private Secretary, responsible...

East with 50.8% of the vote and a majority of 6,019. Webbe sat on the Backbench Business Committee in the House of Commons between March 2020 and April...

member who is not a minister or spokesperson is referred to as a "backbencher". A backbencher may still be subject to party discipline (called "whipping")...

"There is more to come. And the capacity needs to be there for those backbenchers to do the job of holding to account that you rightly said, cannot be...

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five-year parliamentary term in the 10th Parliament. During his tenure as a backbencher, he was a member of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs...

was successful in securing a seat in Dáil Éireann. He remained on the backbenches until 1970 when the Arms Crisis resulted in a major reshuffle at cabinet...

Beaenau Gwent in 1992 after retiring from politics following a 9-year backbench period after resigning Labour leadership. This diagram show the composition...

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independence of Members of the Scottish Parliament tends to be low, and backbench rebellions by members who are discontent with their party's policies are...

Matthew Thomas Pennycook (born 29 October 1982) is a British politician who has served as Minister of State for Housing and Planning since 2024. A member...

Nationalisation Electoral history MP for Islington North CND AAM StWC Backbencher Socialist Campaign Group Islington 2024 election Leader of the Opposition...

solution is always there." Julian Critchley, one of her biggest Tory backbench critics, once said, "Margaret Thatcher and her handbag is the same as...

Stephen Smith, who stated he had been approached by both frontbenchers and backbenchers to lead the party to the upcoming 2017 election. Smith argued that Labor...

against the republicans. Despite supporting the government from the backbenches, Seán MacBride, the leader of Clann na Poblachta, tabled a motion of...

road to tyranny is paved by executives ignoring parliaments." A veteran backbencher, Leigh was encouraged to run for the speakership of the House of Commons...

a rehearsed or planted question asked of a government Minister by a backbencher of their own political party during Parliamentary Question Time. While...

the original on June 9, 2022. Retrieved June 9, 2022. Clark, Lindsay. "Backbench Tory campaigner promises judicial review of data grab of English GP patients...

Kenneth George Wyatt (born 4 August 1952) is an Australian former politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 2010 to 2022, representing...

as Speaker of the House of Representatives and returned to the Labor backbench. Later, that day, Deputy Speaker Peter Slipper was elected Speaker and...

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Koh Low Puthucheary Rahayu Sim Sun A. Tan Des. Tan K. H. Tan Zaqy PAP backbench W. N. Ang C. Chan L. H. Cheng Chia Chong Choo David de Souza Fahmi Foo...

Governance, Justice and Civil Protection Committee on Standing Orders Backbencher Committee Ministerial Consultative Committee on Defence Ministerial Consultative...

resign as Labor Leader; he was succeeded by Simon Crean, and sat on the backbench for the first time since 1983. Despite initial improvements in Labor's...

C. Ong T. C. Ong Phua Rahim Sha'ari K. H. Sia E. L. Tan Ya'acob PAP backbench N. P. Ang Ariff Aziz Baptist Ch'ng Cheong Chiang Chin Conceicao Govindasamy...

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August 2024. Al-Khouri, Chantelle; Evans, Jake (15 May 2024). "Labor backbencher breaks ranks to label Gaza invasion a 'genocide'". ABC News (Australia)...

Mah E. H. Ng T. Tan C. H. Teo Tharman Wong Yaacob C. T. Yeo G. Yeo PAP backbench Ahmad Ang Balaji Chan Chay Chen Chew Chin C. Chong W. C. Chong Fong Foo...

Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 3. "Brown to remain as backbench MP", BBC News, 13 May 2010 "Axed SNP candidate elected to Westminster"...

Minister of State for Defence Procurement and Industry. She returned to the backbenches in the 2025 cabinet reshuffle. Maria Eagle was born on 17 February 1961...

2013 Donga Police Telugu Masani Village head Tamil Brindavana Kannada Backbench Student Karthik's Father Telugu 2014 Ramanujan Diwan Bahadur R Ramachandra...

Ramsay MacDonald's short-lived first Labour government, and sat as a backbencher. He lost the seat again in October 1924 when Labour lost the general...

returned only women in British Columbia electoral history Consigned to the backbenches, she became disenchanted with Premier Bill Vander Zalm's leadership and...

K. Lim S. S. Lim Mah T. Tan C. H. Teo K. S. Wong C. T. Yeo G. Yeo PAP backbench Ang Chan Chay B. Chen J. Chen K. Chen P. Chen Chew Chin Chng Chong Choo...

by a vote of 194 to 185. The outcome was decided when roughly 40 Tory backbenchers, led by Sir Thomas Hanmer, 4th Baronet, defected to vote with the opposition...

Government was abandoning the bill due to the opposition from Conservative backbench MPs, claiming that the Conservatives had "broken the coalition contract"...

decided to contest. Keating's leadership bid failed and he moved to the backbench. During the final months of the Hawke Government, the economy weakened...

up". mothership.sg. Retrieved 20 July 2025. "PAP appoints new heads of backbench parliamentary committees". The Straits Times. 10 July 2025. ISSN 0585-3923...

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Michael Mackintosh Foot (23 July 1913 – 3 March 2010) was a British politician who was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1980...

coalition as an independent than he would have been as a government backbencher. Healy-Rae was one of four Independent TDs (the others were Harry Blaney...

They picked up a majority when two Liberals crossed the floor. As a backbencher, Harvey's speeches reflected her strong support of small business (having...

shortly after being elected an MP in 1970, he was elected to the party's backbench committee on housing policy, even though he was virtually unknown to most...

Lui E. H. Ng Shanmugam C. J. Tan C. H. Teo Tharman L. Wong Yaacob PAP backbench H. K. Ang W. N. Ang Baey Chia Chong de Souza Faishal Fatimah Fong C. Foo...

Single-issue Transnational or International Taxi Leaders and organization Backbencher Caucus Caucus chair Frontbencher Lead candidate Leader of the Opposition...

Koh Low Puthucheary Rahayu Sim Sun A. Tan Des. Tan K. H. Tan Zaqy PAP backbench W. N. Ang C. Chan L. H. Cheng Chia Chong Choo David de Souza Fahmi Foo...

tribal character named Chimby. In 2013 she also made her Telugu debut in Backbench Student. Archana stated that she played "a college girl caught in a sweet...

2007 election, when he won the Falkirk West seat. He sat on the SNP's backbenches from 2007 until 2011, when he was appointed Minister for Public Health...

positions – Florence Horsbrugh, who had previously been a Conservative backbench MP, became Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health on 15 May;...

Single-issue Transnational or International Taxi Leaders and organization Backbencher Caucus Caucus chair Frontbencher Lead candidate Leader of the Opposition...

and, in November 2018, received the Political Studies Association's 'Backbencher of the Year' award in recognition of her efforts. In September 2019,...

1969 Journals, 27 June 1985, pp. 910–9 "Standing Orders – Chapter 1". "Backbench MLAs threaten to vote out N.W.T. Premier, cabinet". Archived from the...

stronghold of South Shields, succeeding David Clark. After a year as a backbench MP he was appointed Schools Minister, a junior minister in the Department...

After resigning from the Cabinet in 1981, Toh continued as an MP on the backbenches. During this period, he became known for his candid criticism of his...

general election, when he returned to the backbenches. Allen was liberated by his move to the backbenches, which freed him to speak out publicly on the...

do something." In order to silence objections from left-wing Liberal backbenchers and Cabinet ministers, Chrétien ensured that the Program Review Committee...

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government on that occasion. He spent the rest of the decade on the backbenches; however, his party was returned to power in 1957. Two years later, the...

becoming prime minister. He subsequently left the cabinet and returned to backbench politics. Koizumi ran as a candidate in the 2024 LDP presidential election...

although questions are usually without notice. Questions from government backbenchers are either intended to allow the Minister to discuss the virtues of government...

spokesperson. In June 2010 Brake was named co-chair of the new Liberal Democrat Backbench Committee on Home Affairs, Justice and Equalities. Brake Co-Chaired the...

been in", and did not resign. According to The Independent, some Labour backbenchers were despondent and disinclined to campaign for Stogia, expecting a large...

A, Ramasamy K (September 2020). "Evolving Role of Daratumumab: From Backbencher to Frontline Agent". Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma & Leukemia. 20 (9): 572–587...

Maxime Bernier PC (French pronunciation: [maksim bɛʁnje]; born January 18, 1963) is a Canadian politician who is the founder and leader of the People's...

Koh Low Puthucheary Rahayu Sim Sun A. Tan Des. Tan K. H. Tan Zaqy PAP backbench W. N. Ang C. Chan L. H. Cheng Chia Chong Choo David de Souza Fahmi Foo...

opposition. The actual initiative for change was made by Herbert Payne, a backbench Tasmanian Nationalist Senator who on 16 July 1924 introduced a private...

and Holderness, and was reelected in the 2010 general election. On the backbenches, Stuart was the Chair of the Education Select Committee from 2010 to...

youngest member of parliament (MP) at the age of 24 and served as a backbencher for the governing party. Following changes to the admission process to...

memoirs that whilst there was a sizeable anti-Butler faction on the backbenches, there was no such anti-Macmillan faction. Butler spoke bitterly the...

are established to examine specific matters, including bills. Selected backbenchers of the PAP also serve on Government Parliamentary Committees (GPCs) to...

International Development Secretary Hilary Benn, Labour chairwoman Hazel Blears, backbencher Jon Cruddas and Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain. While Harman had...

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Chor S. C. Fong C. C. Ho K. C. Lee Rahim Ramaswamy Sia Wee Ya'acob PAP backbench Ang Ariff C. Se. Chan C. Si. Chan Chew Chow Dhanam K. H. Fong Gonzales...

fashionable view, and briefed Winston Churchill, who was then on the backbenches, that Hitler seriously wanted war. Cooper, keen to make a literary name...

cousin Mayer Rothschild was the MP. His father was not a successful backbencher, but the political influences had a profound effect on young Philip....

Rahayu Sim Sun Syed Harun A. Tan Des. Tan K. H. Tan Zaqy Zhulkarnain PAP backbench Ang Cai C. Chen E. Chen Chia P. L. Choo David de Souza Foo Gho Hamid Hazlina...

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Clare Short (born 15 February 1946) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for International Development from 1997 to 2003. Short began...

Retrieved October 30, 2024. Wherry, Aaron (February 24, 2023). "A Liberal backbencher with an independent streak is eyeing a new challenge — party leadership"...

Governor-General and pledged support to his successor. Hawke briefly returned to the backbench, before resigning from Parliament on 20 February 1992, sparking a by-election...

opposition side of the table that divides the opposing frontbenches. Whereas backbenchers in both parliaments generally deliver addresses to the chamber while...

delivered a speech in Parliament on the cost-of-living crisis in May 2022. A backbencher, she was credited at the time with the largest social media audience...

"The Passage of the 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act, a Case-Study of Backbench Power". Observatoire de la Société Britannique (6): 89–108. doi:10.4000/osb...

24 January 2006, Prime Minister John Howard promoted Turnbull from the backbench to the role of parliamentary secretary, giving him special responsibility...

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Deputy Chief Minister Yvette Berry resigned from the cabinet to sit as a backbencher following the handing down of a report from the Integrity Commission...

being unable to visit her dying mother in December 2020. The Conservative backbench MP Tracey Crouch said: "My constituents have every right to be angry....

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September 2016 David Cameron Witney Con Due to concerns that remaining a backbench MP following his resignation as Prime Minister on 13 July 2016 would be...

John Martin McDonnell (born 8 September 1951) is a British Labour Party politician who served as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2015 to 2020....

Mr Rudd had used his Chief of Staff, Alister Jordan, to sound out the backbench over the past month on the level of support for him. This followed a Herald/Nielsen...

Craig: Could the Government Advise the Queen to Refuse Royal Assent to a Backbench Bill?". UK Constitutional Law Association. 22 January 2019. Archived from...

symbolic, with Abdul Razak taking over the role of chief executive. UMNO backbencher Mahathir Mohamad, who had lost his Parliamentary seat in the election...

The next day, 13 November, Howe made his resignation speech from the backbenches, addressing his dismay at Thatcher's approach and responding to her recent...

for the Environment, Transport and the Regions. She returned to the backbenches in 1999 and stepped down from the House of Commons at the 2005 general...

Noonan was not re-appointed. He remained a controversial figure on the backbenches. He lost the Fianna Fáil whip twice during the 27th Dáil. In March 1993...

K. Ong Shanmugam C. J. Tan C. H. Teo J. Teo Tharman Wong Yaacob PAP backbench Amrin H. K. Ang W. N. Ang Baey C. Chan Chee Cheng S. L. Chia C. Chong...

Mah E. H. Ng Shanmugam C. H. Teo Tharman K. S. Wong Yaacob G. Yeo PAP backbench Abdullah Ang Baey Balaji Chan Chong de Souza Faishal Fatimah Fong Foo...

elected to facilitate communications between the cabinet and Labour backbenchers – the chair of this committee also chaired meetings of the PLP as a whole...

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Secretary to the Treasury, replacing Lucy Rigby. She returned to the backbenches in July 2026, when Andy Burnham became Prime Minister; she was replaced...

Angeles Webseries Festival for his performance in the webseries The Backbenchers, and in 2017 his own webseries The Girl Whisperer saw him nominated for...

Conservatives' 'turn' to have a Speaker elected from their benches. However, many backbench MPs, particularly those from the Labour Party (who held a large majority...

Single-issue Transnational or International Taxi Leaders and organization Backbencher Caucus Caucus chair Frontbencher Lead candidate Leader of the Opposition...

Caulfield was dismissed from her role in Government and returned to the backbenches. Caulfield is a former board member of Blue Collar Conservativism. She...

Nationalisation Electoral history MP for Islington North CND AAM StWC Backbencher Socialist Campaign Group Islington 2024 election Leader of the Opposition...

KentOnline that she planned to spend the Parliament "causing trouble from the backbenchers" if she was not promoted. On 28 September 2024, Duffield announced that...

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Defence in Johnson's Cabinet but decided to turn it down. Returning to the backbenches, Hunt founded Patient Safety Watch in October 2019, with the charity...

and a decreased majority of 6,460. Since 1990, Bottomley served as a backbencher, being described as a maverick, "supporting a range of seemingly perverse...

the National Assembly between May 1994 and May 2019, first leaving the backbenches to serve as chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Housing from 2002...

for the owner of half the media outlets in Quebec to be a government backbencher. Péladeau had in 2010 refused to meet with John Gomery, president of...

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Retrieved 2 December 2020. Henriques-Gomes, Luke (2 December 2020). "Liberal backbencher lambasts Coalition's 'punitive' cashless debit card welfare program"...

and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall, and was one of the over 120 Labour backbenchers to sign a reasoned amendment aiming to bring the proposal down. Following...

K. Ong Shanmugam C. J. Tan C. H. Teo J. Teo Tharman Wong Yaacob PAP backbench Amrin H. K. Ang W. N. Ang Baey C. Chan Chee Cheng S. L. Chia C. Chong...

Mah E. H. Ng Shanmugam C. H. Teo Tharman K. S. Wong Yaacob G. Yeo PAP backbench Abdullah Ang Baey Balaji Chan Chong de Souza Faishal Fatimah Fong Foo...

By the end of the year, Allan was labelled a strong performer among backbenchers in Parliament and a potential future minister. The 52nd Parliament voted...

Lee Phua Rahim Ramaswamy Rodrigo Sha'ari K. H. Sia Tang Wee Ya'acob PAP backbench Ang Ariff Aziz Ch'ng C. Si. Chan Cheong Chiang Conceicao Govindasamy Govindaswamy...

Albayrak, Member of the House of Representatives Martijn van Dam, and backbencher Member of the House of Representatives Lutz Jacobi with 54.0% of the...

Parliamentary Secretary to the board was Hugh Oakley Arnold-Forster, who as a backbench Member of Parliament had criticised Goschen for failing to adopt submarines...

government but passed successfully during its third reading due to Liberal backbenchers voting against Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould's suggested amendments...

Callaghan governments, preferring to maintain his independence on the backbenches. During this period, Kinnock wrote two books that reflected his political...

Lee Phua Rahim Ramaswamy Rodrigo Sha'ari K. H. Sia Tang Wee Ya'acob PAP backbench Ang Ariff Aziz Ch'ng C. Si. Chan Cheong Chiang Conceicao Govindasamy Govindaswamy...

competition. In September 2022, Roach was named as the new host of The Backbench, a biweekly political interview podcast from the Canadaland network of...

speculated in 2012: "One possible reason why Mr Tyrie is still on the backbenches is that he irritated David Cameron by challenging his climate change...

foreign nationals who could not be extradited or deported. It caused a backbench rebellion and provoked strong opposition in the House of Lords; Blunkett...

Chor S. C. Fong C. C. Ho K. C. Lee Rahim Ramaswamy Sia Wee Ya'acob PAP backbench Ang Ariff C. Se. Chan C. Si. Chan Chew Chow Dhanam K. H. Fong Gonzales...

Nicholas (5 May 2011). "No to AV campaign wins David Cameron plaudits from backbench MPs". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 May 2015. Miliband, Ed (16 February 2011)...

1997. Rhodri Morgan, Member of Parliament for Cardiff West since 1987, backbencher, Chair of Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee...

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the 1906 Colonial Conference, but Balfour rescinded the agreement after backbench opposition and demanded party unity. Chamberlain ignored his demand and...

Koh Low Puthucheary Rahayu Sim Sun A. Tan Des. Tan K. H. Tan Zaqy PAP backbench W. N. Ang C. Chan L. H. Cheng Chia Chong Choo David de Souza Fahmi Foo...

of the Conservative Party, and despite this progressed well from the backbenches in Margaret Thatcher's government. He became a Parliamentary under-secretary...

Koh Low Puthucheary Rahayu Sim Sun A. Tan Des. Tan K. H. Tan Zaqy PAP backbench W. N. Ang C. Chan L. H. Cheng Chia Chong Choo David de Souza Fahmi Foo...

tabled this petition in Parliament, was subsequently relegated to the backbenches by his party leader. Shortly afterwards, the same group petitioned to...