cross-bencher

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Definition von cross-bencher im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: A member of the British House of Lords or the Senate of Canada who sits on a cross-bench, or who proclaims independence or political neutrality
Putting the hereditary nobility to one side, the life peers, and especially the cross-benchers, carry on an older, less narrowly professional tradition of distinguished service: rule by the ‘great and the good’, if not necessarily the best and brightest.
cross-bench: A bench placed perpendicular to others, especially certain such benches in the House of Lords on which independent or neutral members traditionally sit
crossbencher: A member of the British parliament, or a similar assembly, who does not vote regularly with either the government or the main opposition party
crossbencher: a member of the House of Commons who does not vote regularly with either the Government or the Opposition