backbencher

See also: back-bencher

English

backbencher (plural backbenchers)

(politics) A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the backbenches or in one of the back rows of the legislature.

member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 後坐議員, 后坐议员 (hòuzuò yìyuán), 普通議員, 普通议员 (pǔtōng yìyuán)
Finnish: takapenkkiläinen
French: député de l'arrière-ban m, député sans portefeuille m, députée sans portefeuille f, simple député m
Georgian: პარლამენტის რიგითი წევრი (ṗarlamenṭis rigiti c̣evri)
German: Hinterbänkler (de) m, Hinterbänklerin f
Icelandic: venjulegur þingmaður m (referring to a man), venjuleg þingkona f (referring to a woman); þingmaður sem ekki er í flokksforystunni m (referring to a man), þingkona sem ekki er í flokksforystunni f (referring to a woman)

Japanese: 平議員 (ひらぎいん, hiragiin)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Manx: cooyl-vinkeyr m
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: рядово́й член парла́мента m (rjadovój člen parlámenta), заднескаме́ечник (ru) m (zadneskaméječnik), заднескаме́ечница f (zadneskaméječnica)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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