[usuallypl.] (in Britain) any of the seats in the House of Commons for Members of Parliament who do not have senior positions in the government or the other parties:
He resigned as Home Secretary and returned to the back benches. * back-bench MPs
compareTHEFRONTBENCH
back-bencher noun-compare FRONTBENCHER
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