How do you use Crossbench in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like seat, plus the exact meaning.
Crossbench meaning
The political parties and/or members of a legislature that do not form part of the governing party or coalition, nor the official opposition (the largest party or coalition not in government).
Synonyms of Crossbench
Using Crossbench
- The main meaning on this page is: The political parties and/or members of a legislature that do not form part of the governing party or coalition, nor the official opposition (the largest party or coalition not in government).
- Useful related words include: seat.
- In the example corpus, crossbench often appears in combinations such as: the crossbench, crossbench peer, crossbench in.
Context around Crossbench
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Crossbench
- In this selection, "crossbench" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, londesborough, threatened, diverse, peer, senators and wasn stand out and add context to how "crossbench" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also a crossbench peer in and and a crossbench of five. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "crossbench" sits close to words such as aar, abdulla and abimbola, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with crossbench
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Labor has to negotiate with the opposition, Greens or crossbench to pass bills. (13 words)
Centre Alliance MP Rebekha Sharkie will second the bill and Mr Wilkie's team believes the crossbench is largely supportive. (20 words)
Crossbench senators, who could deliver the package if Labor decides to block it, are being given briefing with senior officials. (20 words)
Sir Ian will be joined as a crossbench peer by Dame Louise Casey, the former civil servant who authored The Casey Review into opprtunity and integration in 2016, and Evgeny Lebedev, the owner of the Independent and Evening Standard newspapers. (40 words)
The block could cause trouble for the Morrison government, which has a two-seat majority and a crossbench of five to contend with where the only vote it can rely on is Queensland independent MP Bob Katter. (37 words)
Also a crossbench peer in the House of Lords, Lord Ara Darzi was the first person to perform robotic surgery across the United Kingdom, pioneered keyhole operations, and has used artificial intelligence to diagnose breast cancer. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Also a crossbench peer in the House of Lords, Lord Ara Darzi was the first person to perform robotic surgery across the United Kingdom, pioneered keyhole operations, and has used artificial intelligence to diagnose breast cancer.
Bog brush-haired Lord Londesborough (Crossbench) wasn't happy about the decision to hike corporation tax which he complained scared off investors.
Lidia Thorpe will quit the Greens and move to the crossbench in a stunning development that will make the firebrand Victorian senator a crucial balance-of-power vote in the upper house.
Labor has to negotiate with the opposition, Greens or crossbench to pass bills.
Moira Deeming will remain on the crossbench after vote calling for her readmission to the room ended up a draw, with the MPs who supported her claiming the issue is far from resolved.
The ABC raises this story from Sarah Basford Canales and asks Rebekha Sharkie whether she has experienced anything like what some of her crossbench colleagues have described.
The ABC’s Australian Story program last night profiled the independent senator, who quit the to sit on the crossbench in protest at what she saw as its inadequate stance against the Israeli assault on Gaza.
The prime minister, a double dissolution election after the Coalition, Greens and crossbench on the help-to-buy housing bill, saying “wait and see” about the possibility.
They also reportedly attended a briefing by Parliament’s director of security, Alison Giles, in relation to the cyber attacks along with the SNP’s Stewart McDonald and crossbench peer Lord Alton.
Centre Alliance MP Rebekha Sharkie will second the bill and Mr Wilkie's team believes the crossbench is largely supportive.
Legislation to change Australia’s environmental laws has been rammed through the lower house by the Morrison government prompting outrage from Labor, the Greens and the crossbench.
Mr Khan said the Nationals' threat to split the Berejiklian government by moving en masse to the crossbench in protest of the policy was at odds with the "signed Coalition agreement".
Sir Ian will be joined as a crossbench peer by Dame Louise Casey, the former civil servant who authored The Casey Review into opprtunity and integration in 2016, and Evgeny Lebedev, the owner of the Independent and Evening Standard newspapers.
The block could cause trouble for the Morrison government, which has a two-seat majority and a crossbench of five to contend with where the only vote it can rely on is Queensland independent MP Bob Katter.
Crossbench senators, who could deliver the package if Labor decides to block it, are being given briefing with senior officials.
It prompted the Labor opposition, the Greens and crossbench MPs to support a bill that gives doctors the power to recommend that refugees be transferred to Australia for treatment.
It's caused division within the conservative rump of the Liberal party, with Ms Davies and another Liberal MP Kevin Conolly repeatedly threatening to move the crossbench unless amendments to the abortion bill were made.
John Setka will be hauled before a Senate committee to defend serious allegations that he threatened crossbench senators to improperly influence their votes.
Meanwhile, the final make-up of the NSW upper house is unclear but it seems likely the government will have to deal with a larger and more diverse crossbench than during the past term of Parliament.
Scott Morrison and his ministers have just been clobbered by the crossbench in a Senate tussle that is about much more than a single law.
Common combinations with crossbench
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the crossbench 13×
- crossbench peer 4×
- crossbench in 4×
- and crossbench 4×
- crossbench to 2×
- crossbench senators 2×
- crossbench mps 2×