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Richard Bacon
Conservative MP for South Norfolk
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
- Majority: 8,782 votes. — 381st 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 very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
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, NHS: Information and Communications Technology
(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)
- Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (15 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)
- Aviation (Offences) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Animal Health Bill Committee (6 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)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Transport: Railways: Tickets (3 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what recent steps his Department has taken to direct train operating companies to offer passengers the option of purchasing multiple tickets for their journeys.”
- Written Answers — Transport: Railways: Tickets (3 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what recent steps his Department has taken to direct train operating companies to offer passengers the cheapest possible fare for their journeys, irrespective of the number of tickets required to obtain such a fare.”
- Written Answers — Transport: Railways: Tickets (3 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what recent steps his Department has taken to raise awareness among rail passengers of the financial benefits of purchasing multiple tickets for the same journey.”
More of Richard Bacon's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 16 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 10 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.
- 69 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Richard Bacon speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 194 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 – 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)3 | £6,349 (378th)2 | £7,308 (334th)1 | £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 (112th) | £147,498 (314th) | £148,985 (98th) | £137,804 | £131,017 (171st) | £119,825 (322nd) | £108,789 (418th) | £104,587 (46th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,843 (129th). Rail £1,506 (384th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,484 (131st). Rail £1,907 (362nd).