Influential

• Backbenchers have been increasingly willing to use the whip and vote against the government helping the government to hold HOC to account example- 2020 38 Tory backbenchers voted against government plans to allow huawei to be be used in the UK 5g mobile network
• The creation of the bbc Backbench committee has allowed backbenchers to have a greater say on discussions in the houses of commons 2020 the bbc secured a debate on awareness on teenage cancer .
• Backbenchers have more influence in hung parliament increasing their ability to call into question the action of the government for example in between 2017 and 2019 the Speaker allowed urgent questions to be asked which than lead to the backbench mod asking questions to MP