backbencher in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for backbencher in the English»Spanish Dictionary

backbencher [Am ˈbækˌbɛn(t)ʃər, Brit bakˈbɛntʃə]

backbencher N Brit:

backbencher

diputado m / diputada f (sin cargo específico en el gobierno o la oposición)

backbencher Info

backbencher

Es un diputado → MP - Member of Parliament del Parlamento británico que no tiene un puesto de responsabilidad en el gobierno o en la oposición. Los backbenchers ocupan los escaños posteriores de la Cámara de los Comunes, detrás de los de los ministros o miembros del gabinete a la sombra → Shadow Cabinet. Se espera que voten como se lo ordena el → Whip del partido.

See also Whip, Shadow Cabinet, MP - Member of Parliament

Whip Info

Whip

En la Cámara de los Comunes House of Commons británica, los Whips son parlamentarios MP - Member of Parliament que tienen la responsabilidad de mantener la disciplina entre sus colegas de partido, y de asegurarse de que asistan a las sesiones y de que emitan su voto. En el Congreso Congress de EEUU los whips tienen las mismas responsabilidades, también existen Whips de cada partido.

Shadow Cabinet Info

Shadow Cabinet

→ Cabinet.

MP - Member of Parliament Info

MP - Member of Parliament

Un diputado, miembro de la Cámara de los Comunes House of Commons que representa a una de las 659 circunscripciones electorales de Inglaterra, Escocia, Gales e Irlanda del Norte.

backbencher in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for backbencher in the English»Spanish Dictionary

back-bencher [ˌbækˈbentʃəʳ, Am -tʃɚ] N Brit POL

back-bencher

diputado sin cargo específico ni en el gobierno ni en la oposición

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

She continued as a backbencher for the remainder of her term, and retired when the parliament was dissolved before the 2013 federal election.

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He was again returned without opposition, and sat as a government backbencher.

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He again served as a government backbencher, and died in office the following year.

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He served as a government backbencher for his entire career in the legislature.

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The backbencher tried to make a citizen's arrest but the alleged culprit fled after kicking him in the side and chest.

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He served as a government backbencher for another four years, and did not seek re-election in 1949.

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However, he remained politically rather a backbencher, and always remained a thorn in the side of the governmental bureaucracy.

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At the time he was deputy education critic and was left a backbencher as a result.

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The only difference from regular public bills is that they are brought forward by a private member (a backbencher) rather than by the government.

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Maybe some backbencher could be assigned as attack dog.

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