I can't recall another backbench initiative like this in recent times.    From Wordnik.com.  [SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator] Reference

My own view is that 'backbench' councillors are well paid, but Board Members earn every penny.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jockeying for Position.] Reference

I was a backbench member of Parliament at the time.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 20, 2008] Reference

The best of the backbench questions came from Ben Wallace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Etonians and Bolsheviks] Reference

There are several backbench Tories in the frame apparently.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three down today, more to come tomorrow] Reference

It really does seem to a case of backbench lions led by cabinet donkeys.    From Wordnik.com.  [Miliband retreats] Reference

All I wanted was to be a backbench MP doing a good job for my constituents.    From Wordnik.com.  [Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography]

It's all Alito all the time, relegating the "Plamegate" story to the backbench.    From Wordnik.com.  [Josh Silver: Wag the Alito: Rove is Back on His Game] Reference

I was reminded of that during the Queen's reception for backbench MPs on 10 July.    From Wordnik.com.  [Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography]

But talking to backbench MPs, one is struck by the lack of love for either of them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cameron and Osborne must listen to their backbenchers — or face revolt] Reference

The best backbench contribution came from Gerald Howarth, the member for Aldershot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Parallel universe] Reference

Mr David Tredinnick has been selected as a member of the backbench committee on health.    From Wordnik.com.  [Simon Burns gets too hot to handle] Reference

As Cameron once said, 'I'm not the one whose backbench are telling me to get on my bike.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference

Mr. LaHood was also among those who most resisted backbench GOP efforts to curb earmarks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama's Secretary of Earmarks] Reference

After the pay rise a backbench TD with less than seven year's experience will earn a basic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Irish Blogs] Reference

Why is the abolition of the 10p rate of tax unlike any other rebellion of backbench Labour MPs?.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Rentoul today puts Trevor Kavanagh and myself in the...] Reference

Almost every backbench question has been answered with reference to that good ol 'dividing line.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

This means that Carter is paid as much as the PM and his secretary is paid more than a backbench MP.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

Prior to that he worked on the Daily Mirror backbench for seven years and was the paper's night editor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sunday Mirror's Mike Small joins News of the World] Reference

As a backbench MP, Field was highly critical of Gordon Brown and regularly called for him to step down.    From Wordnik.com.  [Will Hutton to lead public sector pay review for coalition] Reference

Sure, Cameron pushing for the full publication of expenses may be unpopular with a cosy enclave of backbench MPs.    From Wordnik.com.  [A gentlemen's agreement?] Reference

No wonder there's talk of a 70 strong backbench rebellion - Brown sees no use in them and it appears to be mutual.    From Wordnik.com.  [The rebellion grows] Reference

He was nominated unopposed by the Tory backbench 1922 committee and should be elected to the chairmanship next week.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diary] Reference

Gove is also facing further protests from backbench Tory MPs angry that their local school programme has been frozen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Gove faces new pressure in school buildings row] Reference

The bill was dropped because Brown faced a backbench rebellion and that Brown's weakness has promoted Union militancy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

Ted Koppel! — but whom, given the shallow backbench of name-brand personalities, the network could not afford to lose.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Russert Chair] Reference

The Labour backbench is less restive, saving its energy for the next general election, expected in the first half of 2005.    From Wordnik.com.  [TONY'S SECOND CHANCE] Reference

Whether or not it does oust Brown, it's hard not to be impressed by just how well-managed the Labour backbench rebellion is.    From Wordnik.com.  [The plotters insist that a leadership contest could help Brown] Reference

Andrew Tyrie, a backbench Tory MP who has been campaigning for an inquiry for several years, welcomed "a huge step forward".    From Wordnik.com.  [Government to compensate torture victims as official inquiry launched] Reference

The Tories are now slipping in the polls just as Labour are, and that's even before voters had heard about backbench extravagance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cameron should act to prevent expenses from recontaminating the brand] Reference

He set up a series of policy groups that included backbench MPs like John Redwood — and it worked, engaging them in the project.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cameron and Osborne must listen to their backbenchers — or face revolt] Reference

It was either that or a demeaning, dragged-out row with a group of backbench hotheads — and I had no intention of indulging them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography]

As the Labour Party descends further into student union gesture politics, it is perhaps appropriate that the last backbench rebellion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...] Reference

Purnell takes an apparent swipe at Brown on child poverty and says Labour's backbench rebels are "entitled to do anything they want to".    From Wordnik.com.  [Purnell takes an apparent swipe at Brown on child poverty and says Labour's backbench rebels are "entitled to do anything they want to"] Reference