backbencher

noun [C] (MP)

/ˌbækˈben.tʃər/

/-tʃɚ/

Definition

› a member of the UK parliament who does not have any official position in the government or in one of the opposing parties: The advantage of being a backbencher is that you can speak your mind. → Compare frontbencherGovernment ministers and civil servants

(Definition of backbencher noun (MP) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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