He sat on the cross benches for the rest of his term and contested the 1951 federal election as an independent.

For a short time he sat on the cross benches, but soon moved to the Conservative side of the House.

The Commons on cross benches in front, a line of approach to the dais between them.

The announcement of the ministry was delayed owing to negotiations for minority government support from the cross benches.

Spanning this space width-wise were three cross benches, including the one smashed by the zebra.

Olexander served out the remainder of his term in the Upper House sitting on the cross benches.

The 6 bench horse trams were motorised and later most were lengthened to accommodate 10 cross benches.

On 2 May 2012 Crook announced that from Tuesday 8 May, he would move from the cross benches to sit with his National Party colleagues.

He takes an active and regular part in the business of the House of Lords, speaking from the cross benches on home affairs, criminal justice, and rural affairs.

As a liberal outsider with courage, he was sitting on the cross benches, so that in neither the established society of Prussia nor in the empire was there much support for his positions.

The pendulum works by lining up all of the seats held in Parliament for the government, the opposition and the cross benches according to the percentage point margin they are held by on a two party preferred basis.

Lord Renwick, the former ambassador to Washington - who was one of New Labour's first and most symbolic catches - has, I gather, recently resigned the government whip and now sits on the independent cross benches.

'Cross benches' were fitted right across the body for the passengers to sit upon, and a footboard was fitted along each side which the conductor walked on while the car was moving so that he could sell tickets.

The nave would be for the congregation, then slightly elevated by a step or two the chancel for the priests and deacons (deacons sitting in cross benches at the entrance and priests along the sides).

I doubt she had to spend the whole of the day in cabinet meetings, devising and costing policies on the spot, debating department heads, cajoling cross benches and dealing with the oppositions attempts to thwart her in the press.

The Associate Parliamentary Design and Innovation Group is made up of over 30 parliamentarians from across both Houses of Parliament and all three main political parties, as well as the House of Lords' cross benches.

The New South Wales Labor Party, led by Jack Lang, rebelled and brought down the Scullin government in November, but Hogan survived since the Country Party continued to support him from the cross benches.

Robinson remained involved in discussions with other independents and LCL members to achieve this end but took his place on the cross benches following the Richard Layton Butler led LCL's success in gaining the support of sufficient independents to form government.

In parliament Blackburn, who shared the cross benches with fellow former Labor member Jack Lang, championed similar issues to her late husband, gaining nationwide notoriety in 1947 as the only MP to vote against the Atomic Energy Bill, and served as the national President of the Council for Civil Liberties.