Gareth Bacon MP: votes, interests and costs
Gareth Bacon (Conservative) is the MP for Orpington, in the seat since 12 December 2019. Current post: Shadow Minister (Housing and Planning), held since 22 July 2025.
Offices and committees
Gareth Bacon holds this post, according to the Parliament Members API.
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Housing and Planning) | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 22 July 2025 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) | Ministry of Justice | 13 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Transport | Department for Transport | 5 November 2024 | 22 July 2025 |
| Shadow Minister (Justice) | Ministry of Justice | 19 July 2024 | 6 November 2024 |
| Shadow Minister (London) | Department for Business and Trade | 19 July 2024 | 31 August 2026 |
| Shadow Minister (Business and Trade) | Department for Business and Trade | 19 July 2024 | 5 November 2024 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill | 14 May 2024 | 15 May 2024 |
| Firearms Bill | 8 March 2023 | 15 March 2023 |
| Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees Bill | 8 March 2023 | 15 March 2023 |
| Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill | 1 March 2023 | 8 March 2023 |
| Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Bill | 1 February 2023 | 8 February 2023 |
| Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform Bill) | 2 November 2022 | 29 November 2022 |
| Financial Services and Markets Bill | 12 October 2022 | 3 November 2022 |
| British Sign Language Bill | 9 February 2022 | 23 February 2022 |
| Glue Traps (Offences) Bill | 12 January 2022 | 19 January 2022 |
| Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill | 7 September 2021 | 22 September 2021 |
| National Insurance Contributions Bill | 16 June 2021 | 22 June 2021 |
| Backbench Business Committee | 20 July 2020 | 2 November 2021 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 87475d29a440.
Register of interests
Gareth Bacon has 2 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 15 January 2026 and the latest on 30 September 2026. By category: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1), Visits outside the UK (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
DEBRA - £940.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Tickets to a charity gala for my wife and me
- Value of the benefit: £940.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-09-28
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-09-28
- Name of the donor: DEBRA
- Status of the donor: Other
- Description of donor status, where this could not be covered by defined options: Charity
International visit to Israel between 04 January 2026 and 09 January 2026
- Purpose of the visit: Fact finding political delegation
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-01-04
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-01-09
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 23 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Gareth Bacon's 2024-25 staffing spend as £243,135 (budget £268,550). The figure for 2023-24 was £227,910. IPSA lists office spending of £25,564 in the same year. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £243,134.68 | £227,910.43 | £204,579.60 |
| Office costs: spent | £25,563.60 | £20,756.01 | £22,037.76 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £257.16 | £15.20 | £476.90 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £36,550, staffing £268,550, accommodation £0 (Standard London area budget).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Orpington BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent part time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Gareth Bacon is recorded voting in 478 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 43 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. On 20 October 2026 Gareth Bacon voted No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 23 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 111 written questions from Gareth Bacon since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Education, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and 1 other departments.
Teachers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time equivalent schoolteachers there were in (a) 2025 and (b) 2024.
Buildings: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of proposals to cap ground rents on the ability of professional freeholders to fund or oversee building safety rem …
Buildings: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the proposals in the draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill on the delivery and funding of building safety …
Freehold: Insolvency
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has assessed the potential risks to leaseholders arising from freeholder insolvencies that may result from ground rent reform.
Freehold: Insolvency
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential risk that proposals to cap ground rents could contribute to freeholder insolvencies.
Freehold: Insolvency
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the risks to leaseholders in circumstances where a freeholder becomes insolvent and building safety remediation costs remain outstandin …
Hamas
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the adequacy of progress made in the disarming of Hamas under the terms of the Com …
Gambling: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of not holding a public consultation specifically on the presumption of refusal for new gambling premises licences on local residents.
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, on Rents: Appeals, whether (a) suitable arrangements for monitoring data relating to rent increase challenges in the …
Gaza: Armed Conflict
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.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 57d107e1526e. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Gareth Bacon.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Orpington returned Gareth Bacon with a majority of 5,118: 17,504 votes, 38.0% of those cast, against 12,386 for Ju Owens. Result as published: Con hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Orpington figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.