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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
backbencher/bakˈbentʃə(r)/

▶noun (in the UK) an MP who does not hold office in the government or opposition and who sits behind the front benches in the House of Commons.

– derivatives
backbench adjective.

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