Sentences with phrase «back benchers went»

Not exact matches

Suozzi will have big shoes to fill, as Israel's retirement means the 3rd district will go from having as a member a close confidant of Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California to having a freshman, back - bencher representative.

And the revolt goes beyond the front bench with a BBC poll showing 63 per cent of Labour back benchers are against the plan.

After his political career, Braithwaite went back to practising law, and in 1999, he successfully overcame another hurdle by becoming the first black bencher elected to the governing council of the Law Society of Upper Canada.