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
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 Aye 233–254
11 Jun 2025 Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 deferred division No 350–176
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Third Reading No 306–174
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 114 No vote 78–309
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 85 Aye 107–314
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 No vote 73–312
10 Jun 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu No 304–189
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 Aye 180–307
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 15 No vote 73–323
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 Aye 167–334
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 Aye 113–335
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]: Third Reading No 264–99
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 24 Aye 164–273
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 16 Aye 100–339
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 4 Aye 171–274
3 Jun 2025 Motion to Disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 49F (Data Use and Access Bill) No 317–185
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3 No 329–101
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No 315–184
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No 319–180
22 May 2025 Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D No vote 195–124
21 May 2025 Opposition Day: Immigration Aye 83–267
21 May 2025 Opposition Day: Business and the economy Aye 88–253
16 May 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 Aye 243–279
16 May 2025 Closure motion No 288–239
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to insist Commons Amendment 52 No vote 366–98

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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