Blake Stephenson MP: votes, interests and costs
Blake Stephenson (Conservative) is the MP for Mid Bedfordshire, elected on 4 July 2024. Current post: Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Home Office), held since 31 August 2026.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists 2 current posts for Blake Stephenson.
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Home Office) | Home Office | 31 August 2026 | Current |
| Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) | Whips Office (Commons) | 31 August 2026 | Current |
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Immigration and Asylum Bill | 9 September 2026 | Current |
| Public Accounts Committee | 30 June 2025 | Current |
| Environmental Audit Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Finance (No. 2) Bill | 15 January 2026 | 3 February 2026 |
| Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [HL] | 5 February 2025 | 11 February 2025 |
| Finance Bill | 22 January 2025 | 30 January 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 a97ed47bca26.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Blake Stephenson, as the MP registered them: Visits outside the UK (2), Miscellaneous (2), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1), Land and property (within or outside the UK) (1). Latest registration 22 April 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
International visit to Indonesia between 26 March 2026 and 04 April 2026
- Purpose of the 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.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-03-26
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-04-04
- Associated All Parliamentary Group (APPG), where relevant: APPG on International Conservation
British Association for Shooting and Conservation - £440.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Educational visit in the UK to learn about deer management and conservation
- Value of the benefit: £440.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-12-18
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-12-18
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2025-12-19
- Name of the donor: British Association for Shooting and Conservation
- Status of the donor: Company
International visit to Brazil between 11 November 2025 and 18 November 2025
- Purpose of the visit: Attendance of COP30 to meet legislators and experts and to build knowledge of the international climate process.
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-11-11
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-11-18
Central Bedfordshire Councillor, (unpaid since 31 July 2024 and previously registered under Category 1)
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Unpaid Director of Swallow Place Management Company Limited.
- Date on which the interest ended: 2026-02-14
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Property in London
- Location of the land or property: London
- Details about the ownership arrangements: Co-owned with partner
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Residential
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Blake Stephenson's 2024-25 staffing spend as £168,055 (budget £185,538). IPSA lists office spending of £28,612 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £168,055.13 |
| Office costs: spent | £28,612.14 |
| Accommodation: spent | £2,138.23 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £4,823.56 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Mid Bedfordshire CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (casual), Senior Communication Officer (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Intern (fixed term full time), Senior Communication Officer (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Blake Stephenson is recorded voting in 446 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 42 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. On 20 October 2026 Blake Stephenson voted No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 26 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Blake Stephenson has tabled 1,634 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Work and Pensions, Home Office.
Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of recent trends in energy prices.
Social Security Benefits: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce levels of fraud in the welfare system.
Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what operational indicators are used by her Department to determine whether the immigration system is being effectively controlled and enforced.
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many claims of asylum have been granted to Bangladeshi nationals on the basis of their membership of the Awami League since July 2024.
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department checks whether letters of support provided for multiple asylum seekers come from the same individual.
Migrant Workers: Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of visa holders whose whereabouts are easily identifiable.
Migrant Workers: Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the risk that visa holders may remain in the United Kingdom in breach of the conditions attached to their leave without being detected.
Migrant Workers: Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how immigration records are used alongside information held by other government departments to identify potential breaches of visa conditions.
Migrant Workers: Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what checks her Department undertakes to establish whether visa holders remain employed in accordance with the conditions of their leave.
Migrant Workers: Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms her Department uses to identify visa holders who may no longer be complying with the conditions attached to their leave.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 250b73245681. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Blake Stephenson.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 1,321 for Blake Stephenson in Mid Bedfordshire in July 2024, from 16,912 votes on a turnout of 65.8%. Result as published: Con hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Mid Bedfordshire figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.