Frontbench in a sentence

Michael Daley, the only MP from Labor’s frontbench with experience in government, was the consensus pick to replace him and become opposition leader unchallenged.

Having held a series of frontbench posts under Charles Kennedy and Sir Menzies Campbell, he was given the foreign affairs brief by Sir Nick when he became leader in 2007.

If Littleproud disciplined Joyce – for example by removing him from the frontbench – he potentially could make trouble for himself.

If Mr Corbyn were to remain on Labour’s frontbench, he would become the first leader since Ramsay McDonald to do so.

In her first appearance back on the Labour frontbench for the best part of five years, Rachel Reeves was both constructive and measured in her reply.

Last week, however, Premier 's frontbench was compelled to make public documents they had lodged as part of the Ministerial Code of Conduct rules.

The film focused on the leadership challenge against Jeremy Corbyn in 2016 and mass frontbench resignations when Ms Long-Bailey stepped up to become a shadow cabinet member.

After the sentencing, Mr Iemma welcomed the sentence given to his former frontbench colleague, saying: "This man is now in jail where he belongs".

Disappointed remain campaigners pointed out that Labour in Wales and Scotland has already adopted an anti-Brexit stance – and key members of the frontbench are on their side.

Former Labor senator Sam Dastyari, who resigned from the frontbench and then from parliament after scandals involving Chinese businessmen, said Ms Liu had questions to answer.

His initial frontbench role was the more junior legal job of solicitor general.

It was thus a measure of his success that he was as much an irritant to his own party in government as he was to the Conservative frontbench, and that this was indubitably countered by the personal affection he generated among his Newport electorate.

He said he was pleased Lisa Nandy, Wigan’s Labour MP, who resigned from Corbyn’s frontbench in 2016 and helped run Owen Smith’s failed leadership campaign, had not yet spoken on the issue.

His imprimatur is stamped on every card vote and each frontbench speech; it is as disciplined as in the old New Labour pager-control days.

Pidcock was one of six new-intake MPs handed junior frontbench roles.

Shorten must also defend the seat of frontbench MP Tim Hammond’s resignation, which will come into effect on Friday along with the other MPs.

Ujjal Dosanjh was the New Democratic Party Premier of British Columbia from July 2004 to February 2005, and was later a Liberal frontbench MP in Ottawa.

When a party achieves enough seats in an election to form a majority, the party's frontbench becomes the Cabinet of government ministers.