cross-bench

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Definition of cross-bench in English Turkish dictionary

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English - English
A bench placed perpendicular to others, especially certain such benches in the House of Lords on which independent or neutral members traditionally sit
cross-bencher
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.

crossbench
Of or pertaining to the crossbenches in the UK houses of parliament

Mary Warnock is a philosopher and crossbench peer. ( - The Observer).

crossbench
any of the seats in the House of Commons used by members who do not vote regularly with either the Government or the Opposition
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