1, The advantage of being a backbencher is that you can speak your mind.

2, It is not uncommon for a government backbencher to support his select committee as opposed to a ministerial view.

3, Another backbencher was told his place on a Foreign Office organised trip would be withdrawn if he defied the Government.

4, Since then he has been an active backbencher, chairing the influential Treasury and Civil Service select committee.

5, One sympathetic backbencher says it is "paper thin" in Parliament, largely confined to Cameron and his inner circle.

6, When still a backbencher, he already distinguished himself in the Commons and was seen as a bright young man.

7, It seem that each time a Japanese backbencher MP visits a shrine, relations goes sour. Stupid.

8, Lib Dem backbencher John Pugh presents a ten minute rule bill on local authority devolution and powers.

9, When still a backbencher, he already distinguished himself in the Commons andas a bright young man.

10, When still a backbencher,[http:///backbencher.html] he already distinguished himimmolation in the Commons and was seen as a bright young man.

11, NSW backbencher Steve Hutchins is understood to have told Mr Rudd "a number of us want this resolved as soon as possible".

12, Their campaign was taken up in the Commons by backbencher Michael Stephen.

13, A motion to withdraw support from the Coalition was moved by a senior Essex backbencher.

14, Late last night Mellor did his duty as a backbencher by voting for the Government at the end of the economy debate.

15, He had a racked up a mostly forgettable record in two terms as a Republican backbencher in Reagan-era Washington.

16, The prime minister give in to pressure from the backbencher.

17, Its announcement was made in advance of an attempt next week led by the Tory backbencher Nadine Dorries to amend the health and social care bill to force such a requirement.

18, "This tax is a disaster waiting to happen," said an angry Tory backbencher.