Official portrait of Blake Stephenson

Blake Stephenson

Conservative MP for Mid Bedfordshire, since 4 July 2024

Blake Stephenson is the Conservative MP for Mid Bedfordshire, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Scorecard

71.3% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
409 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 1 as teller
165 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
1 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
6 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
138 Debates spoken in 1538 written questions tabled

Ranked 344 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
2 Jul 2025 Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025 deferred division No 333–168
2 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 deferred division No vote 338–79
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading No 335–260
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading No vote 149–328
30 Jun 2025 Draft Marking of Retail Goods Regulations 2025 No vote 315–4
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading No 314–291
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 No 274–224
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 No 275–209
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 Aye 223–269
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 Aye 213–266
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 Aye 208–261
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill: Third Reading No 312–95
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 130 Aye 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 121 Aye 114–310
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 88 Aye 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 Aye 147–305
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 Aye 102–390
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 Aye 117–379
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No 379–137
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 No 89–428
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 Aye 189–328
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 175 Aye 184–336
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 174 Aye 194–335
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 Aye 259–216
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 Aye 230–256

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: British Association for Shooting and Conservation
Address of donor: Marford Mill, Rossett, Wrexham, LL12 0HL
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Educational visit in the UK to learn about deer management and conservation, value £440
Date received: 18 December 2025 to 19 December 2025
Date accepted: 18 December 2025
Donor status: company, registration IP28488R
(Registered 15 January 2026)

On the register since 8 Apr 2026

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) UK
Address of donor: 483 Green Lanes, London N13 4BS
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£2,187.65), accommodation (£360.94), meals (£148.67), ground transportation (£124.00) and pre-trip medical tests (£340.00), value £3,161.26
Destination of visit: Indonesia (Jakarta and Borneo)
Dates of visit: 26 March 2026 to 4 April 2026
Purpose of visit: Visit to meet legislators and experts and to build knowledge of the impacts of deforestation in Indonesia and the importance of conservation work to the natural world.
(Registered 22 April 2026)

On the register since 29 Apr 2026

Name of donor: Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit
Address of donor: 180 Borough High Street, London SE1 1LB
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation (£292.41), Flights (£2,271.72) and Maximum subsistence received (£835.64), value £3,339.77
Destination of visit: Brazil (Belém, Pará)
Dates of visit: 11 November 2025 to 18 November 2025
Purpose of visit: Attendance of COP30 to meet legislators and experts and to build knowledge of the international climate process.
(Registered 28 November 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property
Number of properties: 1
Location: London
Ownership details: Co-owned with partner
(Registered 31 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

8. Miscellaneous

Central Bedfordshire Councillor, (unpaid since 31 July 2024 and previously registered under Category 1)
(Registered 31 July 2024; updated 18 September 2025)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

Unpaid Director of Swallow Place Management Company Limited.
(Registered 31 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

138 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

2 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £6,501 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
26 Mar 2026 Blake Stephenson sitting MP Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) UK Other Visit £3,161
11 Nov 2025 Blake Stephenson sitting MP Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit Company Visit £3,339

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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