Frontbencher vs. Backbencher: What's the Difference?

(politics) A Member of Parliament who sits on the front bench, and is typically part of the cabinet.

Chiefly British The rear benches in the House of Commons where junior members of Parliament sit behind government officeholders and their counterparts in the opposition party.

A member of the House of Commons of Great Britain who is a minister or an ex-minister.

New members of Congress considered as a group.

A member of the House of Commons who is a minister or an ex-minister

(politics) A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the backbenches or in one of the back rows of the legislature.

(education) A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom.

(sports) A member of a team who does not usually play, but who is held in reserve.

(by extension) Someone who does not play an active role in a process.

A member of the House of Commons of Great Britain who is not a party leader.

A member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader