Frontbench Team is a political term used in the
Westminster system of government.
It is used to describe the senior leadership of opposition parliamentarians in the
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 memb ...
and the
Dáil Éireann
Dáil Éireann ( ; , ) is the lower house and principal chamber of the Oireachtas, which also includes the president of Ireland and a senate called Seanad Éireann.Article 15.1.2° of the Constitution of Ireland reads: "The Oireachtas shall co ...
.
United Kingdom
Ireland
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Frontbench team of Pat Rabbitte
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Frontbench team of Eamon Gilmore
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Frontbench team of Enda Kenny
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Frontbench team of Gerry Adams
References
See also
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British Government frontbench
The Government frontbench in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, also known as the Treasury Bench, consists of the Cabinet and all other ministers.
Parliamentary opposition to the Government frontbench is provided by the Official Opposition ...
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Official Opposition frontbench
The frontbench of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition in the Parliament of the United Kingdom consists of the Shadow Cabinet and other official shadow ministers of the political party currently serving as the Official Opposition. The Opposition fr ...
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Opposition Shadow Cabinets of the Scottish Parliament
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Shadow cabinet
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Westminster system
British political phrases