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How Blake Stephenson votes

Blake Stephenson voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 197 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteAgainstFree vote
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
7 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
4 SepMotion to sit in privateAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

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.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Indonesia between 26 March 2026 and 04 April 202622 Apr 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesBritish Association for Shooting and Conservation - £440.0015 Jan 2026
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Brazil between 11 November 2025 and 18 November 202528 Nov 2025
MiscellaneousCentral 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 London31 Jul 2024
MiscellaneousUnpaid 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

Home Office167
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government108
Department of Health and Social Care75
Department for Transport45
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs33

Latest questions

9 Sep 2026 · to the Home Office
Answered 17 Sep 2026
9 Sep 2026 · to the Home Office
Answered 17 Sep 2026
9 Sep 2026 · to the Home Office
Answered 17 Sep 2026
9 Sep 2026 · to the Home Office
Answered 17 Sep 2026
9 Sep 2026 · to the Home Office
Answered 17 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
£18,430
Office costs · claims for running an office£12,598
Staffing · claims relating to staff£2,065
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£3,767

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.

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

Blake Stephenson represents Mid Bedfordshire. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

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.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
This MPParty average
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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