Gareth Bacon was elected in December 2019 as the Member of Parliament for Orpington. In Parliament he sits on the Public Accounts Committee and the Backbench Business Committee. He was recently appointed to be the Conservative Party Small Business Ambassador for Greater London.
Prior to his election to Parliament, Gareth served on the London Assembly for 12 years, the final four years of which were as the representative for Bexley and Bromley. He served as Leader of the GLA Conservative Group and Chairman of the Assembly’s Budget and Performance Committee from 2015 to 2020, resigning from both roles upon his election to Parliament.
In the final 18 months of Boris Johnson’s mayoralty Gareth served as Chairman of the London Fire & Emergency Planning Authority, the body which oversaw the London Fire Brigade, and as Chairman of the London Local Resilience Forum which co-ordinates the emergency planning work of London’s blue light services, armed forces, local government and key utility providers.