| 21. | The vote split the ruling Liberal Party between backbenchers and Cabinet ministers.
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| 22. | Peters remained as a National backbencher, continuing to criticise the party.
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| 23. | He was often mentioned as a candidate for backbencher of the year.
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| 24. | It had support from Conservative backbenchers but not the leadership.
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| 25. | Rungay served as a government backbencher during his time in the legislature.
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| 26. | Later, several backbenchers demanded that Shahrir's resignation be rescinded.
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| 27. | During his first five years, Grubb was a stanch Quaker backbencher.
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| 28. | He sat in parliament as a backbencher until his retirement in 2002.
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| 29. | He served as a backbencher until his defeat in 2002.
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| 30. | As a backbencher, he had campaigned on these issues.
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