Sentences with phrase «parliament as a backbencher»

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Mr Varoufakis said that he will remain as a backbencher in the Greek parliament, where he has «a lot more room to manoeuvre and speak the truth».

Boris Johnson could be in a position to return to parliament as early as next year in preparation for a leadership bid, Tory backbencher Nadine Dorries has said.

Straw's memoir ends with his role as an active backbencher and his thoughts on making government more accountable and Parliament more relevant.

This is a slight decline since the last parliament, as many longstanding backbenchers, who employed relatives, stood down at the election.

If the voting age is to be lowered, it should come about as a result of general acceptance in society, a campaign from backbenchers in Parliament, and / or being prominently placed in the manifesto of a winning party - all of which would follow a period of serious consideration of the issue.

The Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, who has only spoken in the Commons on four occasions since May 2010, notched up # 1.37 million in earnings outside his day job as a Labour backbencher during the last session of parliament.

Having spent more time with his family, Fowler then returned twice to front line politics, first as Chairman of the Conservative Party (as a backbencher in Parliament) from 1992 - 4, during which time he oversaw the Boundary Changes in the early 1990s; then on the Conservative front bench as Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions, 1997 - 8 and finally, as Shadow Home Secretary, 1998 - 9.