Blake Stephenson, MP for Mid Bedfordshire
Blake Stephenson has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Home Office); Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons); Immigration and Asylum Bill; Public Accounts Committee; Environmental Audit Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Home Office) (Home Office) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2026 to now | Now |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Immigration and Asylum Bill | 2026 to now | Now |
| Finance (No. 2) Bill | 2026 | |
| Public Accounts Committee | 2025 to now | Now |
| Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [HL] | 2025 | |
| Finance Bill | 2025 | |
| Environmental Audit Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
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.
Blake Stephenson has 6 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Indonesia between 26 March 2026 and 04 April 2026 | 22 Apr 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | British Association for Shooting and Conservation - £440.00 | 15 Jan 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Brazil between 11 November 2025 and 18 November 2025 | 28 Nov 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Central Bedfordshire Councillor, (unpaid since 31 July 2024 and previously registered under Category 1) | 31 Jul 2024 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Property in London | 31 Jul 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Unpaid Director of Swallow Place Management Company Limited. | 31 Jul 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.
Blake Stephenson asked 601 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
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.
81 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Blake Stephenson represents Mid Bedfordshire. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Blake Stephenson won with 34% of the votes, and Maahwish Mirza (Labour) came second with 31%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Stephenson | Conservative | 16,912 | 34.1% |
| Maahwish Mirza | Labour | 15,591 | 31.4% |
| Dave Holland | Reform UK | 8,594 | 17.3% |
| Stuart Roberts | Liberal Democrat | 4,068 | 8.2% |
| Cade Sibley | Green Party | 2,584 | 5.2% |
| Gareth Mackey | Independent | 1,700 | 3.4% |
| Richard Brunning | Social Democratic Party | 172 | 0.3% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Blake Stephenson took part in 198 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Blake Stephenson voted the same way as their party in 197 of the 197 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
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 4 Sep | Motion to sit in private | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
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