[
UK
/fɹˈʌntbɛntʃɐ/
]
NOUN
- a member of the House of Commons who is a minister in the government or who holds an official position in an opposition party
How To Use frontbencher In A Sentence
- And he went on to agree with another frontbencher calling for a more liberal prison regime. The Sun
- He and other frontbenchers introduced private members bills to stop the so-called party of the people from selling off the people's land around Sydney.
- In July last year he became the first senior frontbencher from any party to enter a civil partnership. Times, Sunday Times
- The Labor frontbencher says it's the PM who's the "wacko" after he sledged the former Labor government in the Washington Post.
- Certainly, Labour frontbenchers say that once the scale of the budgetary bloodletting is made explicit, they will have their best chance yet to win back disgruntled supporters. George Osborne's talk of percentages and billions will wash over most of us
- Last week there was also an incident when a Tory frontbencher, Keith Simpson, was clumsily told off by the Squeaker for 'chuntering'. Home | Mail Online
- A senior frontbencher said: 'There were a series of phone calls. Times, Sunday Times
- On top of this, she is one of only a small handful of MPs to be both a frontbencher and a select committee member.
- One Labour frontbencher said: "Charlie Kennedy is in a very angry frame of mind.
- It is being run by advertising agents, frontbenchers and lobby correspondents.
