Member of Parliament

Gareth Bacon

Conservative MP for Orpington

Shadow Minister (Housing and Planning)·Shadow Minister (London)

At a glanceGareth Bacon is a Conservative MP for Orpington, and has represented the seat for 6 years, 7 months. They currently serve as Shadow Minister (Housing and Planning). They have cast 442 votes in Commons divisions (77% attendance), tabled 218 written questions and registered 3 financial interests.

Votes cast442

Attendance77%

Voted Aye194

Voted No248

Voted with party100%

Rebellions0

Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Gareth Bacon did not vote in 133. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.

Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.

Biographyfrom Parliament

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).

Current roles4 held

Shadow Minister (Housing and Planning) Opposition post · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government since 22 Jul 2025
Shadow Minister (London) Opposition post · Department for Business and Trade since 19 Jul 2024
Orpington Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Conservative Party since 12 Dec 2019

Voting recordlatest 15 shown

15 Jul 2026	Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots	No
15 Jul 2026	Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026	No
14 Jul 2026	Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19	Aye
14 Jul 2026	Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199	Aye
13 Jul 2026	Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading	Aye
8 Jul 2026	Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026	No
8 Jul 2026	Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026	No
8 Jul 2026	Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026	No
7 Jul 2026	Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners	Aye
6 Jul 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1	No
1 Jul 2026	Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5	Aye
1 Jul 2026	Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4	Aye
1 Jul 2026	Draft Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026	No
1 Jul 2026	Draft Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026	No
24 Jun 2026	Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026	No

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Voting alignmentmost and least similar MPs

Votes most like

Bradley Thomas Conservative 100.0% · 431 of 431 shared votes
Rebecca Harris Conservative 100.0% · 421 of 421 shared votes
Greg Smith Conservative 100.0% · 418 of 418 shared votes
Sir Julian Lewis Conservative 100.0% · 414 of 414 shared votes
Edward Argar Conservative 100.0% · 414 of 414 shared votes

Votes least like

Michael Payne Labour 0.6% · 2 of 349 shared votes
Ms Julie Minns Labour 0.8% · 3 of 392 shared votes
Kerry McCarthy Labour 0.8% · 3 of 379 shared votes
Emily Thornberry Labour 0.8% · 2 of 237 shared votes
Bambos Charalambous Labour 0.9% · 3 of 351 shared votes

Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.

From the official Register; shown as registered.

Employment and earnings1

Speaking engagement at the FrontierTechX 2025 Conference - Abiflo Ltd (registered 16 Aug 2025)

Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments1

Payment received on 25 July 2025 - £500.00 (registered 16 Aug 2025)

Visits outside the UK1

International visit to Israel between 04 January 2026 and 09 January 2026 (registered 15 Jan 2026)

Source: Register of Interests on parliament.uk.

Written questions218 tabled

Buildings: Safety 16 Jun 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 proposals to cap ground rents on the ability of professional freeholders to fund or oversee building safety rem

Answer · 23 Jun 2026

I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 27 January 2026 (HCWS1278) and to Annex 5 of the Impact Assessment for the draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill which can be found here.The government is investing £5.2 billion to ...

Buildings: Safety 16 Jun 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 proposals in the draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill on the delivery and funding of building safety

Answer · 23 Jun 2026

Freehold: Insolvency 16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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.

Answer · 23 Jun 2026

Freehold: Insolvency 16 Jun 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 risks to leaseholders in circumstances where a freeholder becomes insolvent and building safety remediation costs remain outstandin

Answer · 23 Jun 2026

The Department recognises the difficulties freeholder insolvency can cause for leaseholders, especially where building safety risks are present. In 11m+ residential buildings, developers can still be held responsible via the developer remediation contract...

Freehold: Insolvency 16 Jun 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 risk that proposals to cap ground rents could contribute to freeholder insolvencies.

Answer · 23 Jun 2026

Hamas 10 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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

Answer · 16 Jun 2026

The UK is committed to supporting the implementation of the 20-point Gaza Peace Plan in full.Alongside our international partners, we have been clear that Hamas must decommission its weaponry and must no longer be allowed to pose a threat to Israel’s secu...

Gambling: Licensing 2 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

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.

Answer · 9 Jun 2026

Gambling Impact Assessments (GIAs) have now been introduced in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act, delivering on a commitment made in the 2023 gambling white paper. The gambling white paper followed a public call for evidence which recei...

Gambling: Licensing 28 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consideration he gave to holding a public consultation specifically on the presumption of refusal for new gambling premises licences introduced by Amendment 80 to the Englis

Awaiting an answer from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

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Speeches in the chamber340 on record

16 Jul 2026 National Planning Policy Framework

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond, and to take part in this debate about the impact of changes to the national planning policy framework. At the outset, I thank the hon. Member for Wells and Mendip Hills (Tessa…

15 Jul 2026 Estate Regeneration

I am not going to comment on that particular scheme, because I am not across the detail of it, but of course I support building more houses, and we need more houses of all tenure. That is something that we have said repeatedly, here and in…

15 Jul 2026 Estate Regeneration

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison, and to take part in this debate about estate regeneration. I find myself in agreement with much of what I have heard so far. I thank the hon. Member for Basingstoke (Luke Murp…

2 Jul 2026 Commonhold and Leasehold Reform: Managing Agents

I thank the hon. Member for Vauxhall and Camberwell Green (Florence Eshalomi) for securing and leading this important debate. I pay tribute to the work of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee under her leadership, which …

30 Jun 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026

The Minister is being very generous in giving way. I understand his point that the 4% of applications contain a significant number of units, but does he have a figure for that? How many extra units will be granted planning permission as a …

30 Jun 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026

The hon. Gentleman is being very generous with his time. Does he not agree that that is the reason for the existence of the Planning Inspectorate? If planning applications are refused for reasons that are not in accordance with planning po…

30 Jun 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026

There is a strong corelation between the hon. Gentleman’s argument and our position. I agree with much of what he has said, but I cannot get away from the ratio that both the Minister and I have outlined in our speeches: 96% of planning ap…

30 Jun 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for, I think, the first time, Sir Desmond. I welcome the opportunity to address the statutory instrument on behalf of His Majesty’s Opposition and I thank the Minister for his detailed open…

17 Jun 2026 Draft Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026

It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Jardine, for the first time. I welcome the opportunity to sit opposite the Minister—I appreciate the remarks that he has made—and to address this draft statutory instrument on behalf of H…

16 Jun 2026 Topical Questions

I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. The Government have previously stated that Hamas must voluntarily disarm in accordance with the 20-point peace plan, but that is clearly not happening. What is …

8 Jun 2026 Topical Questions

T7. In the last three years, the number of Metropolitan police officers has fallen by 3,000, and it is now at a lower level than it was in May 2016, when Sadiq Khan became Mayor of London. Overall crime in London has increased by 26% a…

29 Apr 2026 Community Infrastructure Levy: Homeowners

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner, and to take part in this debate about the impact of the community infrastructure levy on private homeowners. I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Godalming and Ash (Sir J…

22 Apr 2026 Draft Provision of Information (Contractual Control) (Registered Land) Regulations 2026

I 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 Minister again, and I appreciate the remarks he just made. …

21 Apr 2026 Topical Questions

I 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 Hamas must disarm, dismantle their terrorist infrastructur…

16 Apr 2026 Housing Needs: Young People

This 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 the hon. Members for Mid Dunbartonshire (Susan Murray) and f…

13 Apr 2026 Protecting the Green Belt

The 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 or more homes on so-called grey-belt land that had been appr…

13 Apr 2026 Protecting the Green Belt

Is the Minister confident that the Government’s invention of the term “grey belt” is providing protection to the green belt?

13 Apr 2026 Draft Building Safety (Responsible Actors Scheme and Prohibitions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

It 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 have made already. Ensuring the safety of people’s homes is, o…

24 Mar 2026 Women’s Safety in Rural Areas

It 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 safety of women and girls in their local communities is, of c…

16 Mar 2026 Grenfell Tower Memorial (Expenditure) Bill

I 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 thoughtful comments and points, as we strive to work across…

Source: contributions on parliament.uk.

Full parliamentary career18 past posts

Government posts

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) · Ministry of Justice 13 Nov 2023 – 5 Jul 2024

Opposition posts

Shadow Secretary of State for Transport · Department for Transport 5 Nov 2024 – 22 Jul 2025
Shadow Minister (Justice) · Ministry of Justice 19 Jul 2024 – 6 Nov 2024
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade) · Department for Business and Trade 19 Jul 2024 – 5 Nov 2024