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Richard Bacon
Conservative MP for South Norfolk
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
- Majority: 8,782 votes. — 379th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Richard Bacon voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, Public Accounts Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Treasury, Health, Education and Skills, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Work and Pensions
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Treasury Building PFI Deal, Departmental Accountancy Practice, Departmental Accounting Practice, NHS: Ict, Education Spending
(based on written questions asked by Richard Bacon and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Autism Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (15 out of n/a)
- Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Aviation (Offences) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- National Lottery (Funding of Endowments) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Railways and Transport Safety Bill Committee (15 out of n/a)
- Home Energy Conservation Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Divorce (Religious Marriages) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Industrial and Provident Societies Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Animal Health Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Health: NHS: Information and Communications Technology (29 Oct 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what his latest estimate is of the number of users of the Lorenzo software system at (a) Five Boroughs Partnership NHS Trust, (b) Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, (c) University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust, (d) Hereford Hospitals Trust and (e) South Birmingham Primary Care Trust; (2) what his latest estimate is of...”
- Economic Recovery: Public Accounts (22 Oct 2009) has video
“On the point about shared services, will the Exchequer Secretary always bear in the back of her mind, if not the front, the Committee's report on shared services in the Department for Transport? That was the project that cost about double the amount it was supposed to save and the computer spoke to people in German.”
- Economic Recovery: Public Accounts (22 Oct 2009) has video
“I was interested to hear what my hon. Friend said about renegotiation of contracts because one argument that is sometimes adduced—wholly falsely, in my view—is that there would be such huge penalties that it would not be possible for contracts to be renegotiated. Does he agree that since disputes with IT contractors never end up in court and since IT contractors want to work for...”
More of Richard Bacon's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 22 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 9 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 63% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 193 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 28 Oct 2009. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.
| Type | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £20,888 (350th) | £22,110 (joint 1st) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st) | £20,333 (joint 3rd) | £18,001 (433rd) | £18,009 (joint 2nd) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £21,477 (128th) | £20,455 (287th) | £20,278 | £19,325 (joint 11th) | £18,799 (joint 13th) | £18,184 (287th) | £20,612 (146th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £90,163 (224th) | £87,260 (172nd) | £83,774 | £72,269 (246th) | £64,273 (joint 458th) | £61,530 (469th) | £51,881 (127th) |
| Communications Allowance | £3,038 (525th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £6,349 (378th)* | £7,308 (334th)** | £6,644 | £10,766 (312th) | £10,834 (293rd) | £7,436 (430th) | £8,370 (302nd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £751 (139th) | £1,114 (109th) | £399 | £374 (306th) | £1,037 (joint 158th) | £948 (177th) | £1,021 (131st) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £636 (184th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £641 (401st) | £1,095 (251st) | £1,056 | £1,400 (187th) | £759 (375th) | £810 (431st) | £2,814 (25th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,500 (295th) | £3,146 (272nd) | £3,089 | £4,101 (185th) | £1,910 (428th) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,055 (534th) | £930 (joint 523rd) | £930 | £1,880 (joint 343rd) | £1,880 (joint 336th) | £1,880 (joint 329th) | £1,880 (joint 309th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £5,567 (23rd) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £147,498 (314th) | £148,985 (98th) | £137,804 | £131,017 (171st) | £119,825 (322nd) | £108,789 (418th) | £104,587 (46th) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,843 (129th). Rail £1,506 (384th).