UK Explained

Mid Bedfordshire

Represented in Parliament by Blake Stephenson (Conservative). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Blake Stephenson, Conservative. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Mid Bedfordshire compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 97 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £882£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 81 areas and lower than 567.

UK 3.9%This area 2.1%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Mid Bedfordshire£8822.1%
Hamble Valley£8772.0%
Chesham and Amersham£8902.2%
Guildford£8722.0%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Mid Bedfordshire

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people99,62159,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%1 points higher
Aged 65 and over18%19%about the same
Adults with a degree or higher37%34%3 points higher
Households that own their home77%62%14 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association12%17%6 points lower
Households renting privately12%20%8 points lower

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Blake Stephenson

Conservative

MAJORITY
1,321

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
66%

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

Conservative34% · 16,912
Labour31% · 15,591
Reform UK17% · 8,594
Liberal Democrat8% · 4,068
Green Party5% · 2,584
Independent3% · 1,700
Everyone else0% · 172
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Blake StephensonConservative16,91234.1%
Maahwish MirzaLabour15,59131.4%
Dave HollandReform UK8,59417.3%
Stuart RobertsLiberal Democrat4,0688.2%
Cade SibleyGreen Party2,5845.2%
Gareth MackeyIndependent1,7003.4%
Richard BrunningSocial Democratic Party1720.3%

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
£882 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
2.1%
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.

Updated 4 Oct 2026