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backbencher
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thumb|300px|Opposition backbenches in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom|British House of Commons chamber
In Westminster and other parliamentary systems, a backbencher is a member of parliament (MP) or a legislator who occupies no governmental office and is not a frontbench spokesperson in the Opposition, being instead simply a member of the "rank and file".
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