Sentence examples for Two backbenchers from inspiring English sources

Two backbenchers – one an old codger on the way down, the other a newcomer on the way up – are called upon to propose the 'Humble Address' when the Commons reconvenes.

Back in the Commons chamber two backbenchers, by tradition, made funny speeches.

Wood, whose constituency voted 71% to leave, said he had met May with two backbenchers who also expressed concerns about the backstop.

"All this stuff about whether one or two backbenchers have signed a letter calling for David Cameron to resign, I think most of the public would agree is a bit of a diversion," he said.

One of my Westminster lobby colleagues told me recently about a chat he'd had with two backbenchers, one Conservative, the other Labour.

The two backbenchers were taking part in a debate at the Conservative conference on the future of forestry in England in the wake of the government's U-turn on the sell-off of commercial plantations last year.

The cross-party committee of at least six backbenchers will be established on Tuesday.

The LNP antagonised all three backbenchers during the election campaign, with KAP taking the party to the supreme court over flyers it claimed were misleading voters.

Forty-four backbenchave have signed a letter calling on the prime minister to take a more hardline approach on sole citizens who are accused of terrorism offences.

The government secured party room sign off for its Neg legislation this week, but a group of up to ten backbenchers are threatening to cross the floor if concessions are not made.

At least six backbenchers have backed the small business minister, Bruce Billson, in his stalled bid to change competition law to protect small business, after the issue divided cabinet and was apparently indefinitely delayed.