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Gareth Bacon

Conservative MP for Orpington, since 12 December 2019

Shadow Minister (Housing and Planning)

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).

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Scorecard

76.9% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
442 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
133 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
3 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
196 Debates spoken in 218 written questions tabled

Ranked 239 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 No 277–158
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 No vote 278–73
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 No vote 281–70
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 No 356–90
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 No 301–157
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 No 300–101
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 No 291–174
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 No 299–169
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No 307–176
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 No 290–163
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 No 292–162
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 No 300–149
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No 286–163
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No 295–162
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No 291–158
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Defence Aye 98–306
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Oil and gas Aye 108–297
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 No 278–164
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 No 281–167
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No 280–164
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No 279–167
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No 280–161
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Student loans Aye 88–266
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Fuel duty Aye 103–259
18 Mar 2026 Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 277–99

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

1. 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)

On the register since 2 Sep 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)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

4. Visits outside the UK

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)

On the register since 20 Jan 2026

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Debates

196 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £3,200 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
4 Jan 2026 Gareth Bacon sitting MP Conservative Friends of Israel Ltd Other Visit £3,200

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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