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A crossbencher is a minor party (or independent) member of some legislatures, such as the British House of Lords and the Parliament of Australia. They take their name from the crossbenches, between and perpendicular to the government and opposition benches, where crossbenchers sit in the chamber.
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Crossbencher (englisch für Querbänkler) sind unabhängige Mitglieder oder kleinere Gruppen in einigen Parlamenten wie dem britischen House of Lords und dem australischen Parlament.
Un crossbencher, littéralement « celui [qui occupe] les bancs de travers », est un membre indépendant ou d'une minorité politique dans certaines assemblées législatives anglo-saxonnes telles que la Chambre des lords britannique et le Parlement australien.
Front row members of the governing party are not referred to as frontbenchers, but as cabinet ministers. Some "frontbenchers" actually sit in the centre of the second row, so as to be seen directly behind the party leader during Question Period (and thus, in the television frame).
In Westminster and other parliamentary systems, a backbencher is a member of parliament (MP) or a legislator who occupies no governmental office and is not a frontbench spokesperson in the Opposition, being instead simply a member of the "rank and file". The term dates from 1855. [1]
David Philip Pannick, Baron Pannick, KC (born 7 March 1956) is a British barrister and a crossbencher in the House of Lords. He practises mainly in the areas of public law and human rights.
In by-elections to fill vacancies in the political groups, only hereditary peers of that group sitting in the House may vote. As of November 2022, there are 4 dukes, 25 earls, 15 viscounts, 45 barons and 2 Lords of Parliament among the 91 hereditary peers entitled to sit in the House of Lords.
