https://powerbase.info/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Gareth_BaconGareth Bacon - Revision history2026-11-15T09:00:37ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.14https://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Gareth_Bacon&diff=307996&oldid=prevPowerbase research: Create Gareth Bacon: Conservative MP for Orpington; posts; 2024 result; Commons-register Israel visit (Conservative Friends of Israel Ltd, £3,200, January 2026) and hospitality2026-11-11T14:08:57Z<p>Create <a href="/index.php/Gareth_Bacon" title="Gareth Bacon">Gareth Bacon</a>: Conservative MP for Orpington; posts; 2024 result; Commons-register Israel visit (Conservative Friends of Israel Ltd, £3,200, January 2026) and hospitality</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|'''Conservative MP for Orpington since 2019'''}}<br />
{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Gareth Bacon<br />
| occupation = Member of Parliament<br />
| known_for = Conservative MP for Orpington (since 2019)<br />
}}<br />
'''Gareth Bacon''' is a Conservative Member of Parliament for Orpington, first elected in December 2019.<ref name="MAPI-bacon-Biography">UK Parliament, [https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/4798/Biography Members API: parliamentary career record for Gareth Bacon], accessed 11 November 2026.</ref> He was a junior justice minister from November 2023 to July 2024 and holds opposition front-bench posts. In January 2026 he registered a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, funded by Conservative Friends of Israel, at a declared value of £3,200.<br />
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==Parliament==<br />
Parliament's record lists Gareth Bacon as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Orpington since the general election of 12 December 2019 (re-elected on 4 July 2024).<ref name="MAPI-bacon-Biography" /><ref name="MAPI-bacon-LatestElectionResult">UK Parliament, [https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/4798/LatestElectionResult Members API: 2024 election result for Gareth Bacon], accessed 11 November 2026.</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+ Orpington, 2024 general election: leading four candidates (46,073 votes cast; majority 5,118)<br />
! Candidate !! Party !! Votes !! Share<br />
|-<br />
| Gareth Bacon || Conservative || 17,504 || 38.0%<br />
|-<br />
| Ju Owens || Labour || 12,386 || 26.9%<br />
|-<br />
| Mark James || Reform UK || 8,896 || 19.3%<br />
|-<br />
| Graeme Casey || Liberal Democrat || 4,728 || 10.3%<br />
|}<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+ Front-bench posts recorded in Parliament's career record<br />
! Post !! From !! To (blank-ended entries are shown as current)<br />
|-<br />
| Shadow Minister (Housing and Planning) || 22 July 2025 || current<br />
|-<br />
| Shadow Secretary of State for Transport || 5 November 2024 || 22 July 2025<br />
|-<br />
| Shadow Minister (London) || 19 July 2024 || 31 August 2026<br />
|-<br />
| Shadow Minister (Justice) || 19 July 2024 || 6 November 2024<br />
|-<br />
| Shadow Minister (Business and Trade) || 19 July 2024 || 5 November 2024<br />
|-<br />
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) || 13 November 2023 || 5 July 2024<br />
|}<br />
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==Register of Members' Financial Interests==<br />
The current Commons register records the following for Gareth Bacon (values and descriptions as declared; the register is not a complete record of a Member's finances).<ref name="REG-bacon">UK Parliament, Register of Members' Financial Interests, entries for Gareth Bacon (current register, read via the Interests API, https://interests-api.parliament.uk/api/v1/Interests?MemberId=4798), accessed 11 November 2026.</ref><br />
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===Visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, January 2026===<br />
Bacon registered a visit to Israel (the destination is entered as "Israel and the Palestinian Authority") from 4 to 9 January 2026, described as a "fact finding political delegation". The funder is entered as "Conservative Friends of Israel Ltd" ([[Conservative Friends of Israel]]), with £3,200 for air travel, accommodation and hospitality; it was registered on 15 January 2026. [[Peter Fortune]], [[Sarah Bool]] and [[Paul Holmes (Hamble Valley)]] each registered a visit for the same period, also entered at £3,200 from the same funder.<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|+ Visits outside the UK registered by Gareth Bacon (values and purposes as declared)<br />
! Dates !! Destination !! Funder !! Value (£) !! Purpose as declared !! Entry<br />
|-<br />
| 4–9 January 2026 || Israel (Israel and the Palestinian Authority) || Conservative Friends of Israel Ltd (£3,200.00) || 3,200.00 || Fact finding political delegation || [https://interests-api.parliament.uk/api/v1/Interests/14339 14339]<br />
|}<br />
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===Gifts and hospitality===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|+ Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources registered by Gareth Bacon (as declared)<br />
! Donor or source !! Description as declared !! Type !! Value (£) !! Received !! Entry<br />
|-<br />
| DEBRA || Tickets to a charity gala for my wife and me || In kind || 940.00 || 28 September 2026 || [https://interests-api.parliament.uk/api/v1/Interests/17098 17098]<br />
|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Conservative Friends of Israel]]<br />
* [[Peter Fortune]]<br />
* [[Sarah Bool]]<br />
* [[Paul Holmes (Hamble Valley)]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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