Definition of "assentor" [assentor]

• One who assents; specifically, one of the eight voters who indorse the nomination, by a proposer and seconder, of a candidate for election to the Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland, as required by law. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The Lib Dem's own nomination is as STEPHEN Jones, the assentor for the BNP is recorded as being STEVEN Jones."
• "Whereas the assentor for the BNP candidate is Steven Jones."