A Member of the Legislative Assembly who is not a cabinet minister Also known as a private member
A backbencher is a Member of Parliament who is not a minister and who does not hold an official position in their political party. a senior Conservative backbencher. an ordinary British Member of Parliament who does not have an important official position
Members of Parliament on the government side who sit on the backbenches and are not in cabinet, or those similarly distant from shadow cabinet posts in opposition parties
A Member of Parliament or of the Legislative Assembly who does not hold a Cabinet position
a British Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank and therefore sits on the backbenches