Sentences with phrase «seat as a backbencher»

There may be a number of Lib Dem ministers who feel they will have a better chance of keeping their seats as backbenchers

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The government is struggling to craft a motion that satisfies Liberal Democrat MPs — who in many cases owe their seats to anti-Iraq-war defections from Labour in 2005 — as well as little England Tory backbenchers who, nudged by Ukip's anti-intervention stance yesterday, fear that Nigel Farage speaks for their voters better than Cameron does.

Boris Johnson, the London mayor, has faced calls from Tory backbenchers to give the contest a shot, but he has already ruled himself out of the race as he has already put himself forward for the greater London seat of Uxbridge.

loud cheers from tory backbenchers and approving waving of order papers as PM walks into chamber to take seat for PMQs

Labour has an absolute majority in the Commons, even if every single non-Labour MP voted against it is unlikely that even the most rebellious Labour Backbencher would bite against their party especially those in marginal seats as Turkeys do not vote for Xmas.