Orpington.

Orpington's Conservative MP is a loyal party-line voter with no rebel votes on record, but he has been active on the opposition front -- voting to refer Prime Minister Starmer to the Privileges Committee over the Mandelson appointment, supporting opposition amendments to the King's Speech, and backing a procedural move to block the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill. In recent months he has also been vocal in local media, opposing a proposed new town of up to 25,000 homes on Orpington's green belt and calling for stamp duty abolition -- framing himself as a voice against policies he argues are making life harder for constituents.

At 76% participation (below the Commons average), Bacon is a consistent but not especially active voter. His stance profile marks him out as strongly pro-business (91%), pro-parliamentary scrutiny (89%), and tough on crime (85%), while sitting well to the right on taxation and workers' rights. His 108 contributions across 69 debates skew toward economy and jobs, local government, housing, and transport -- topics that map closely onto the concerns he raises in local media. He deviates slightly from his party's average on civil liberties, voting in that direction eight percentage points less often than the typical Conservative MP.

Bacon holds no current select committee seat, which limits his formal influence over legislation. Recent local news coverage -- heavy on crime, housing, and planning -- carries a near-neutral sentiment score overall, though his housing advocacy rates more positively. The available data covers his voting record and speech activity in Parliament, along with local press from the past 90 days; longer-term news sentiment is based on a smaller sample of higher-impact articles.