backbench

Following the 1959 general election he returned to the backbenches.

He retired to the backbenches and then left politics in 1896.

This did not mean that he went quietly to the backbenches.

So that's what they'll be whispering about on the backbenches.

Well, maybe I can get to know him better now that he is retiring to the backbenches.

Having been moved to the backbenches, she did not seek a third term in 1996.

The Government faces opposition from its backbenches on the question of quality.

Gallagher did not remain on the backbenches for very long.

A few days later, he formally left the government backbenches and became in independent member once more.

He was not appointed to cabinet, and remained in the backbenches.

As a result of this Dempsey remained on the backbenches.

He was an opposition whip from 1983 to 1995, and retired to the backbenches.

From 2000 to 2009, Young remained on the backbenches.

Gordon Brown has yet to resurface, even on the backbenches.

He remained on the backbenches after the 2005 General Election.

But that principle has long extended far beyond the backbenches of Westminster.

He was not re-appointed to the ministry and returned to the government backbenches.

He then spoke out against the legislation, from the backbenches, when it was introduced in the Commons.

On the backbenches the party was strongest in terms of bank balances rather than political expertise.

Can she stay on the backbenches much longer?

He left office in 1983, and returned to the backbenches in the Lords.

He returned to the backbenches in October 2008 following a cabinet reshuffle.

He served on the backbenches throughout his time in parliament, and was never appointed to a cabinet position.

His antiwar backbenches will pursue him with special fury if and when he is proved right.

When the election was won, most handsomely, Pym found himself on the backbenches.