Definitions for leader of the opposition
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1. Leader of the Oppositionnoun

   In a house of legislature following the model of the Westminster system (such as the UK House of Commons), the parliamentary leader of the largest political party not forming the government.

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1. Leader of the Opposition

   The Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition in the United Kingdom is the politician who leads the official opposition in the United Kingdom. There is also a Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords. However since the Parliament Act 1911 there has been no dispute that the leader in the House of Commons is pre-eminent and holds the main title. The Leader of the Opposition by convention leads the largest party not within the government: where one party wins outright this is the party leader of the second largest political party in the House of Commons. He or she is normally viewed as an alternative Prime Minister, and is a member of the Privy Council. In the nineteenth century party affiliations were generally less fixed and leaders in the two Houses were often of equal status. A single, clear leader of the opposition was only definitively settled if the opposition leader in Commons or Lords was the outgoing Prime Minister. The Leader of the Opposition is entitled to a salary in addition to their salary as Member of Parliament. In 2010, this additional entitlement was available up to £73,617.

How to pronounce leader of the opposition?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of leader of the opposition in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of leader of the opposition in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of leader of the opposition in a Sentence

1. John Sawers:

   We are going through a political nervous breakdown here in the UK. We have potential prime ministers being elected by the Conservative Party now, (and) in the shape of the leader of the opposition, who do not have the standing that we have become used to in our top leadership, whether people can develop that when they become prime minister, we will have to wait and see, in terms of the candidates for the Conservative leadership.

2. Peter Chen:

   If the election was held yesterday, the opposition would have won. If it was held today they would lose, malcolm Turnbull is much more of a threat to the leader of the opposition than Tony Abbott was.

3. Kwasi Kwarteng:

   He's the most unpopular leader of the opposition we've ever had and the idea that he's going to lead a unity government I think is ridiculous.

4. Kwasi Kwarteng:

   I'm strongly of the view that the government would win a vote of no confidence, I don't see Jeremy Corbyn being able to come together with the numbers, nor do I see any prospect of him leading a so called national unity government, he's the most unpopular leader of the opposition we've ever had and the idea that he's going to lead a unity government I think is ridiculous.

5. Peter Chen:

   Malcolm Turnbull is much more of a threat to the leader of the opposition than Tony Abbott was, it looks like, unless things really change, the government will get a second term in office.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=leader of the opposition