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Gareth Bacon · Conservative and Unionist Party · sitting since 12 Dec 2019 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
2326days
from 12 Dec 2019
Divisions
383
of 504 possible
Attendance
76%
121 absent / paired
Whip alignment
100%
vs party majority
Speeches
73
44 debates
Written Qs
96
94 answered
Committees
0
memberships
Expenses
£269k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 114 claims
Interests
3
2 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 92 | |
| Economy | 81 | |
| Employment | 49 | |
| Crime & Policing | 41 | |
| Education | 34 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 22 | |
| Pensions | 21 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 19 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Immigration | 1 | — |
| Local Government | 23 | 19,251 |
| Housing | 22 | 14,021 |
| Economy Jobs | 21 | 11,718 |
| Environment | 10 | 6,953 |
| Transport | 8 | 6,256 |
| Culture Community | 2 | 2,738 |
| Cost Of Living | 6 | 2,378 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
No notable votes recorded for this MP yet.
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2026 | Draft Provision of Information (Contractual Control) (Registered Land) Regulations 2026I think it is the first time, Ms Vaz, that I have had the pleasure of serving with you in the Chair; I very much look forward to it. I welcome the opportunity to sit opposite the M… HousingEconomy JobsLocal Government | 1,013 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Topical QuestionsI refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Point 13 of the first phase of the Gaza peace plan negotiated by the United States is very clear that… DefenceEconomy JobsImmigration | 106 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Housing Needs: Young PeopleThis is the first time I have served with you in the Chair, Ms Butler. It is a pleasure to do so, and to take part in this debate about the housing needs of young people. I thank t… HousingEconomy JobsSocial Care | 1,218 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Draft Building Safety (Responsible Actors Scheme and Prohibitions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026It is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I welcome the opportunity to sit opposite the Minister again, and appreciate the remarks Committee members hav… Housing | 727 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Protecting the Green BeltIs the Minister confident that the Government’s invention of the term “grey belt” is providing protection to the green belt? HousingEnvironment | 20 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Protecting the Green BeltThe Government have previously claimed that so-called grey-belt land is comprised of old petrol stations and disused car parks, but by December 2025, of the 13 developments of 10 o… HousingEnvironment | 94 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Women’s Safety in Rural AreasIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd, and to take part in this debate about the impact of planning on women’s safety in rural areas. Any concern about the saf… HousingCrimeLocal Government | 1,070 |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Grenfell Tower Memorial (Expenditure) BillThis will be one of those rare occasions when there is a broad consensus across the House. The Opposition support the Government in wishing to continue the work begun since that tr… HousingCulture CommunityLocal Government | 894 |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Grenfell Tower Memorial (Expenditure) BillI thank the Secretary of State and the Minister for their work today to shepherd this important Bill through Second Reading. I also want to thank all hon. Members, who contributed … HousingCulture CommunityLocal Government | 551 |
| 05 Mar 2026 | Civil Service Pension Scheme2. What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the delivery of the civil service pension scheme. Economy JobsLabour Market | 18 |
| 05 Mar 2026 | Civil Service Pension SchemeI thank the Minister for her answer because, like many hon. Members on both sides of the House, I have been getting correspondence from former civil servants whose payments have be… Economy JobsLabour Market | 98 |
| 04 Mar 2026 | EngagementsQ9. The United States of America is our most important international strategic ally. Does the Prime Minister believe that his dithering and equivocal response to events in the midd… DefenceCost Of LivingEconomy Jobs | 39 |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Spring ForecastIf lifting the two-child benefit cap is such a moral imperative for this Labour Government, could the Chancellor advise the House why only 20 months ago, a commitment to do so was … Economy JobsCost Of LivingDefence | 65 |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Nursery Provision: Greater LondonI thank the Minister for her response. Late last year, with relatively little notice, the trustees of a pre-school in my constituency, Crofton Early Learners, decided to close the … EducationLocal GovernmentCost Of Living | 130 |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Nursery Provision: Greater London9. What steps she has taken to help improve nursery provision in Greater London. EducationLocal GovernmentCost Of Living | 14 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Transport | 31 | 32.3% |
| Department for Business and Trade | 17 | 17.7% |
| Treasury | 10 | 10.4% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 10 | 10.4% |
| Home Office | 8 | 8.3% |
| Department for Education | 7 | 7.3% |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 4 | 4.2% |
| Ministry of Justice | 4 | 4.2% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Apr 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she is taking to help ensure that Hamas is disarmed in Gaza. | Pending |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2025 to Question 92754, on Rents: Appeals, whether (a) suitable arrangements for monitoring data relating to rent increase ch… | Pending |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Ministry of Justice | To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2026 to Question 106177, on Rents: Appeals, whether any programmes of works detailed in that Answer are estimated not to be completed before the implementation… | Answered |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she make an assessment of the feasibility of repurposing disused prisons or other redundant public-sector sites as dedicated asylum reception and processing centres. | Answered |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with NHS England on the provision of on-site primary healthcare services within asylum reception facilities. | Answered |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment has been made of the potential merits of co-locating asylum casework, legal services, healthcare provision and integration support within centralised reception hu… | Answered |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with Local Government organisations on the administration of Selective Licensing schemes and how learnings from those schemes are infor… | Answered |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the cumulative costs associated with the RRA on the new PRS supply. | Answered |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his department has made of the need for the PRS database to allow block-registrations to accommodate large-scale landlords. | Answered |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made in undertaking a viability assessment for the use of (a) an alternative body and (b) a mechanism to make initial rent determi… | Answered |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has had discussions with his Scottish counterpart on the experience of Rent Services Scotland to inform the development of (a) an alternative body and (… | Answered |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of preserving the Turkish European Communities Association Agreement pathway from proposed changes to Indefinite Leave to Rem… | Answered |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will maintain the five-year settlement period for legacy Turkish European Communities Association Agreement holders. | Answered |
| 30 Jan 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of people who will settle their disguised remuneration liabilities as a result of the McCann Review into Loan Charge settlement terms. | Answered |
| 30 Jan 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the the value for money of the Loan Charge. | Answered |
E · Committees
No committee memberships recorded for this MP.
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 107 | 25,718 | 9.6% |
| Staffing | 4 | 243,135 | 90.3% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 129 | 0.0% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 129 | 0.0% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bought-in services | Office Costs | 14 | 12,948 |
| Pooled staffing services | Office Costs | 2 | 5,265 |
| Bought-in services | Staffing | 4 | 3,428 |
| Rent | Office Costs | 4 | 3,270 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 11 | 1,548 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 17 | 828 |
| Mobile telephone - contract & usage | Office Costs | 37 | 753 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 3 | 571 |
| Utilities | Office Costs | 9 | 361 |
| Website hosting and design | Office Costs | 1 | 85 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 2 | 76 |
| Newspapers, journals, magazines | Office Costs | 7 | 14 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | INTUIT LTD MAILCHIMP [200011725-10522] | 81 | Paid |
| 30 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | O2 PREPAY TOP-UP [200011725-9841] | 10 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Bought-in services | Comms & Media | 995 | Paid |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | AMAZON [***] [200011725-9017] | 106 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | AMAZON [***] [200011725-5805] | 51 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 150 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 138 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | Mobile phone bill for March | 54 | Paid |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories | 47 | Paid |
| 09 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | O2PAYG [200011725-6499] | 10 | Paid |
| 05 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | WWW.MAILSUBSCRIPTIONS. [200011725-3763] | 2 | Paid |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | CHEAP PRINT LTD [200011725-2715] | 67 | Paid |
| 02 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | O2 PREPAY TOP-UP | 10 | Paid |
| 28 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Bought-in services | Comms & Media | 995 | Paid |
| 28 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | INTUIT LTD MAILCHIMP | 84 | Paid |
| 20 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | Mobile phone bill for February 2025 | 53 | Paid |
| 09 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | O2PAYG | 10 | Paid |
| 05 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | WWW.MAILSUBSCRIPTIONS. | 2 | Paid |
| 31 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | INTUIT LTD MAILCHIMP | 85 | Paid |
| 30 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Bought-in services | Comms & Media | 995 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
1. Employment and earnings2 entries
02 Sept 2025
Payment: £500 This payment was made for opening the conference, making an introductory speech about frontier technologies and participating in a discussion panel
Received on: 25 July 2025. Hours: 2 hrs Estimated.
(Registered 16 August 2025)
02 Sept 2025
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)
4. Visits outside the UK1 entry
20 Jan 2026
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)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 9 wards, 23 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bromley Common Holwood | David Jefferys | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,114 | 05 May 2022 |
| Bromley Common Holwood | Jonathan Laidlaw | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,019 | 05 May 2022 |
| Bromley Common Holwood | Sunil Gupta | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,927 | 05 May 2022 |
| Chelsfield | Angela Page | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,765 | 05 May 2022 |
| Chelsfield | Mike Botting | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,838 | 05 May 2022 |
| Chislehurst | Alison Margaret Stammers | Chislehurst Matters | 2,827 | 05 May 2022 |
| Chislehurst | Mark Jeffrey Smith | Chislehurst Matters | 2,548 | 05 May 2022 |
| Chislehurst | Michael William Jack | Chislehurst Matters | 2,531 | 05 May 2022 |
| Darwin | Jonathan Andrews | Conservative and Unionist Party | 920 | 05 May 2022 |
| Farnborough Crofton | Bob Evans | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,941 | 05 May 2022 |
| Farnborough Crofton | Charles Joel | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,910 | 05 May 2022 |
| Farnborough Crofton | Christopher Marlow | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,773 | 05 May 2022 |
| Orpington | Kim Botting | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,630 | 05 May 2022 |
| Orpington | Pauline Tunnicliffe | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,608 | 05 May 2022 |
| Petts Wood Knoll | Keith Onslow | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,992 | 05 May 2022 |
| Petts Wood Knoll | Simon Fawthrop | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,880 | 05 May 2022 |
| Petts Wood Knoll | Tony Owen | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,905 | 05 May 2022 |
| St Mary Cray | Harry Stranger | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,847 | 05 May 2022 |
| St Mary Cray | Shaun Slator | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,900 | 05 May 2022 |
| St Mary Cray | Yvonne Bear | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,930 | 05 May 2022 |
| St Pauls Cray | Chris Price | Labour Party | 1,118 | 05 May 2022 |
| St Pauls Cray | Colin Hitchins | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,101 | 05 May 2022 |
| St Pauls Cray | Rebecca Louise Wiffen | Labour Party | 1,089 | 05 May 2022 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 94,283 | Electorate 71,284 (2024) |
| Median age | 41 | years |
| Degree-educated | 37.3% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 77.7% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 73.6% | households |
| Private-rented | 11.2% | households |
| Social-rented | 15.2% | households |
| Employment rate | 57.9% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.