• Conservative MP for South Norfolk
• Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
• Majority: 8,782 votes. — 374th out of 635 MPs.
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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
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• Register of Members' Interests
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• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edm.ais.co.uk)

How Richard Bacon voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on 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

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• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

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, Education Spending, Blindness

(based on written questions asked by Richard Bacon and answered by departments)

Private Business: Broads Authority Bill (By Order) (7 May 2008)

“Will the Minister clarify his view on paragraph 9 of the Select Committee report, in which the Committee members state that in their view the legal agreements would not be binding?”

Private Business: Broads Authority Bill (By Order) (7 May 2008)

“The hon. Member for North Norfolk (Norman Lamb) has covered these matters in exhaustive, not to say exhausting, detail, so I shall try to be brief. I placed a blocking motion on the Order Paper because, like him, I thought that these issues should be aired. Matters that are important to our constituents should not simply go through the House on the nod. I feel at best lukewarm about the Bill,...”

Private Business: Broads Authority Bill (By Order) (7 May 2008)

“The navigation committee has an extremely important role to play, and I fear that Broads Authority has not exactly covered itself in glory by the way in which it has proposed changes to the committee's membership. In fact, it is fair to say that the Broads Authority was a little careless, to put it kindly, to have acted in such a way that it now finds that many navigators do not trust it. I...”

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• Has spoken in 25 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 4 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 69% of votes in parliament — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 0 comments on this MP's speeches — well below average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches are understandable to an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 67 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Richard Bacon speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 159 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

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Register last updated: 23 Apr 2008. More about the Register

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Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

^* Car £4,703 (170th). Rail £2,605 (285th).