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A bencher or Master of the Bench is a senior member of an Inn of Court in England and Wales or the Inns of Court in Northern Ireland, or the Honorable.

A crossbencher is an independent or minor party member of some legislatures, such as the British House of Lords and the Parliament of Australia.

In Westminster parliamentary systems, a backbencher is a member of parliament (MP) or a legislator who occupies no governmental office and is not a frontbench.

Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, and sat as a cross-bencher until his retirement in 2014.

after the passing of the House of Lords Act of 1999, and sat as a cross-bencher.

the passing of the House of Lords Act of 1999, where he sat as a cross-bencher.

after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, and sits as a cross-bencher.

Wyn Roberts, Baron Roberts of Conwy who was a notable Conservative front-bencher for many years.

Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, and sat as a cross-bencher.

Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, and sat as a cross-bencher until retiring under the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 in May 2018.

Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, and sat as a cross-bencher until his retirement in 2018.

Lord Hylton sits as a cross-bencher.

explanation, and replaced with a relatively unknown parliamentary back-bencher from the ruling ANC's caucus, David 'Des' van Rooyen for a record-total.