Gareth Bacon

MP since 12 Dec 2019

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Gareth Bacon is the Conservative MP for Orpington, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019. He currently undertakes the roles of Shadow Minister (London), and Shadow Minister (Housing and Planning).

1454

Votes Cast

£268,955

Expenses 2024-25

5,118

Majority

38.0%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£268,955

Staffing£243,135
Office£25,564
Travel£257

Year-on-Year

2024-25£268,955
2023-24£248,682
2022-23£227,094
2021-22£183,361
2020-21£160,875
2019-20£33,496

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 46,073 voters

Conservative
17,504 votes38.0%
Labour
12,386 votes26.9%
Reform UK
8,896 votes19.3%
Liberal Democrat
4,728 votes10.3%
Green Party
2,319 votes5.0%
Social Democratic Party
240 votes0.5%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

109

Written Questions

14

Oral Questions

65

Debates Spoken In

119

Speeches

454

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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2 AYE

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee

2 votes · 8 Jun 2026

3 AYE

Armed Forces Bill Committee

3 votes · 2 Jun 2026

2 AYE2 NO

King's Speech Motion for an Address

4 votes · 20 May 2026

4 NO

English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

4 votes · 27 Apr 2026

Financial Interests(2)

Visits outside the UK

Conservative Friends of Israel Ltd

£3,200
Name of donor
Conservative Friends of Israel Ltd
Address of donor
PO Box 72288, London SW1P 9LB
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
Air travel, accommodation and hospitality, value £3,200
Destination of visit
Israel (Israel and the Palestinian Authority)
Dates of visit
4 January 2026 to 9 January 2026
Purpose of visit
Fact finding political delegation

Registered 15 January 2026

Employment and earnings

Employment and earnings

Role, work or services
Speaking engagement at the FrontierTechX 2025 Conference
From
22 July 2025. Until: 23 July 2025.
Payer
Abiflo Ltd (Consultancy), 142 Centenary Plaza, 18 Holliday Street, Birmingham B1 1TH

Registered 16 August 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Gareth in Parliament

Rents: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 26 November 2025 to Question 92754, what planned improvements he has discussed with the Secretary

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government15 Jan 2026

Rents: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 26 November 2025 to Question 92757, what steps he is taking to ensure sufficient capacity to meet the anticipated additional demand

AnsweredMinistry of Justice15 Jan 2026

Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress her Department has made on implementing the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023.

AnsweredDepartment for Education13 Jan 2026

Rents: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his department is taking to engage with HM Courts & Tribunals Service to ensure central recording of the average

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government19 Nov 2025

Rents: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that HM Courts & Tribunals Service centrally record the average time for the First-tier Tribunal Property Chamb

AnsweredMinistry of Justice19 Nov 2025

Rents: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many rent appeal cases were brought to each English regional residential property First-tier Tribunal Property Chamber by tenants each year over the past

AnsweredMinistry of Justice19 Nov 2025

Tufan Erhürman

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, the dates of each occasion that (a) ministers and (b) officials engaged with Tufan Erhurman in the previous 12 months.

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office18 Nov 2025

Local Government Finance: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the outcome of the Fair Funding Review 2.0 on local authorities in

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government29 Aug 2025

Local Government Finance: Bromley

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the outcome of the Fair Funding Review 2.0 on the London Borough of

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government29 Aug 2025

Taxis: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her Department's planned timetable is for publishing its response to the consultation entitled VAT Treatment of Private Hire Vehicles, which closed on 8 Au

AnsweredTreasury7 Jul 2025
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