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Richard Bacon
Conservative MP for South Norfolk
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Richard Bacon voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Treasury, Work and Pensions, Education and Skills, Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Treasury Building PFI Deal, Departmental Accountancy Practice, Departmental Accounting Practice, NHS: Ict, Children: Maintenance
(based on written questions asked by Richard Bacon and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Autism Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
- Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Finance Bill Committee (15 out of 21)
- Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill Committee (8 out of 13)
- Aviation (Offences) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- National Lottery (Funding of Endowments) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Railways and Transport Safety Bill Committee (15 out of 18)
- Home Energy Conservation Bill Committee (3 out of 5)
- Divorce (Religious Marriages) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Industrial and Provident Societies Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Animal Health Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Children: Maintenance (22 Apr 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what steps his Department takes to collect older child maintenance debt; and what resources his Department allocates to this task; (2) with reference to his Department's recently published Child Maintenance Arrears and Compliance Strategy, what steps he is taking to inform all affected parents with care who are legally owed child...”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Children: Maintenance (22 Apr 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will take steps to ensure that, following Child Support Agency (CSA) case closure, arrears of CSA maintenance which are currently being collected via a deduction from earnings order, a deduction order or following a liability order, a charging order or order for sale will continue to be collected, without interruption or new charges...”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Children: Maintenance (22 Apr 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to his Department's recently published Child Maintenance Arrears and Compliance Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all parents with care who are owed child maintenance arrears are informed of decisions which have been taken regarding collection and enforcement of arrears, including of decisions made...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 16 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 5 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 83.63% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 4 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 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") 250 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £24,006 (joint 1st with 48 others) | £20,888 (350th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £18,001 (433rd) | £18,009 (joint 2nd with 55 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £26,813 (30th) | £21,477 (128th) | £20,455 (287th) | £20,278 | £19,325 (joint 11th with 77 others) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,184 (287th) | £20,612 (146th) |
| Staffing costs | £94,747 (341st) | £90,163 (224th) | £87,260 (172nd) | £83,774 | £72,269 (246th) | £64,273 (joint 458th with 31 others) | £61,530 (469th) | £51,881 (127th) |
| Communications Allowance | £7,145 (396th) | £3,038 (525th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £6,391 (364th)1 | £6,349 (378th)2 | £7,308 (334th)3 | £6,644 | £10,766 (312th) | £10,834 (293rd) | £7,436 (430th) | £8,370 (302nd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,018 (79th) | £751 (139th) | £1,114 (109th) | £399 | £374 (306th) | £1,037 (joint 158th with 1 other) | £948 (177th) | £1,021 (131st) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £758 (151st) | £636 (184th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £5,240 (166th) | £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 with 22 others) | £930 | £1,880 (joint 343rd with 1 other) | £1,880 (joint 336th with 2 others) | £1,880 (joint 329th with 1 other) | £1,880 (joint 309th with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £5,567 (23rd) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £166,116 (113th) | £147,498 (314th) | £148,985 (98th) | £137,804 | £131,017 (171st) | £119,825 (322nd) | £108,789 (418th) | £104,587 (46th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,484 (131st). Rail £1,907 (362nd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,843 (129th). Rail £1,506 (384th).