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Kevin Bonavia, MP for Stevenage

Kevin Bonavia has been an MP since 2024.

Roles and committees

Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.

Committees

PostWhen
Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill2025
Football Governance Bill [HL]2025
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [HL]2024
Petitions Committee2024 to 2025

Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Kevin Bonavia has 3 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPFrancesca Perrin - £10,000.0018 Jun 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesCeftus Ltd - £900.0016 Mar 2026
MiscellaneousDirector and Trustee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). This is an unpaid role.5 Nov 2024

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Kevin Bonavia asked 32 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs6
Department for Transport5
Department of Health and Social Care4
Department for Work and Pensions3
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government2

Latest questions

14 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Not answered yet
3 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Answered 10 Sep 2026
3 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Answered 10 Sep 2026
1 Sep 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 8 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department for Education
Answered 8 Sep 2026

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£13,223
Office costs · claims for running an office£12,083
Staffing · claims relating to staff£1,141

45 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Kevin Bonavia represents Stevenage. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Kevin Bonavia

Labour

MAJORITY
6,618

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
60%

of people who could vote did

Kevin Bonavia won with 41% of the votes, and Alex Clarkson (Conservative) came second with 26%.

Votes for each party

Labour41% · 17,698
Conservative26% · 11,080
Reform UK18% · 7,667
Liberal Democrat8% · 3,467
Green Party6% · 2,655
Christian Peoples Alliance0% · 148
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kevin BonaviaLabour17,69841.4%
Alex ClarksonConservative11,08025.9%
Peter HopperReform UK7,66717.9%
Lisa NashLiberal Democrat3,4678.1%
Paul DawsonGreen Party2,6556.2%
Joshua SmithChristian Peoples Alliance1480.3%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£901 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
3.5%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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How they vote

In the last 12 months Kevin Bonavia took part in 215 Commons votes.

More detail on how they vote

Kevin Bonavia voted the same way as their party in 213 of the 213 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteForFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateForFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Has this changed over time?

90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
This MPParty average
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MonthThis MPParty average
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Jan 26100%100%
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May 26100%100%
Jun 26100%100%
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Source: Commons Votes API

This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this