Backbencher - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Backbencher :  (noun)

1: a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader

Example Usage of Backbencher

jcfarris: @JaseLP WRT to Lunsford: Sleeping in his own bed every nite? No wonder he is a Backbencher.
notoole_news: Irish Times: Gogarty apologises for Dáil expletive: A Green Party Backbencher apologised in the Dáil this afterno... http://bit.ly/70kGRY
colettebrowne: Does Ned O'Keeffe have his own slot on the lunchtime show? Is he the only Backbencher who will raise is head over the parapet? #budget10
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