frontbench
Government's top seats
In the British Parliament, the frontbench is the row of seats occupied by senior government ministers and opposition leaders, as opposed to backbenchers who hold no ministerial or shadow cabinet positions.
Frontbench can also refer collectively to these senior figures: The frontbench was united on the issue.
As an adjective: a frontbench spokesman.
cabinet
Enclosed storage furniture
- ministerReligious leader or serve
- shadowLight blocked by object
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
spokesperson · portfolio · dispatch · commons · lords · whip · scrutiny · coalition · majority · government
dugout
Carved-log canoe
- coachingGuiding others to improve
- substitutesReplacements for originals
- reservesResources held back
manager · tactics · lineup · starter · squad · selection · rotation · sideline · matchday
- UK PoliticsHouse of Commons, House of Lords, MP, Tory, Downing Street
- British GovernmentHouse of Commons, House of Lords, Westminster, Whitehall, Downing Street
- Canadian ParliamentHouse of Commons, Senate, Parliament Hill, MP, senator
- parliamentparliament, bills, votes, vote, debate
- Scottish PoliticsScottish Parliament, devolution, First Minister, MSPs, independence referendum
- legislaturesparliament, legislature, senate, House of Commons, Senate
parliamentary seating/status
frontbenchbackbench
Ordinary legislators' seats
backbenches · back bench · back benches · backbencher · rank and file