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Last 12 months

How Gareth Bacon votes

Gareth Bacon voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 220 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteAgainstFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateAgainstFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Gareth Bacon has 1 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Israel between 04 January 2026 and 09 January 202615 Jan 2026

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Gareth Bacon asked 37 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government18
Home Office5
Ministry of Justice4
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office3
Treasury3

Latest questions

8 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Education
Answered 15 Sep 2026
16 Jun 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 23 Jun 2026
16 Jun 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 23 Jun 2026
16 Jun 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 23 Jun 2026
16 Jun 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 23 Jun 2026

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£20,783
Office costs · claims for running an office£17,688
Staffing · claims relating to staff£3,095

55 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Gareth Bacon represents Orpington. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Gareth Bacon

Conservative

MAJORITY
5,118

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
65%

of people who could vote did

Gareth Bacon won with 38% of the votes, and Ju Owens (Labour) came second with 27%.

Votes for each party

Conservative38% · 17,504
Labour27% · 12,386
Reform UK19% · 8,896
Liberal Democrat10% · 4,728
Green Party5% · 2,319
Social Democratic Party1% · 240
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Gareth BaconConservative17,50438.0%
Ju OwensLabour12,38626.9%
Mark JamesReform UK8,89619.3%
Graeme CaseyLiberal Democrat4,72810.3%
Seamus McCauleyGreen Party2,3195.0%
John BrightSocial Democratic Party2400.5%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£923 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
3.4%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
This MPParty average
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Source: Commons Votes API

This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this