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Blake Stephenson

Conservative Mid Bedfordshire

Voting record

0
Voted for
6
Voted against
3
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

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Whip meter Estimate 94%

How often Blake Stephenson voted the same way as most of the Conservative party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes
Representation of the People Bill — voted No at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted No at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted No at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted No at 2nd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Blake Stephenson currently holds 2 government or shadow front-bench posts. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds
Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Home Office) — Home Office — since 2026-08-31 Shadow
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) — Whips Office (Commons) — since 2026-08-31 Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Blake Stephenson →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

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)

Education
4. Visits outside the UK

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)

Environment & climate

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)

Health & social care
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)

8. Miscellaneous

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

Unpaid Director of Swallow Place Management Company Limited.
Date interest ended: 14 February 2026
(Registered 31 July 2024; updated 20 August 2026)

Employment & business

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Blake Stephenson yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Blake Stephenson has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£221,424.15 paid out to or for Blake Stephenson across 295 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Blake Stephenson’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £169,526.13 (13 claims)
Office Costs — £41,209.94 (221 claims)
Accommodation — £5,905.52 (49 claims)
Staff Travel — £2,592.26 (7 claims)
MP Travel — £2,190.30 (5 claims)
Most recent claims
Bought-in services — £1,415.00, 2026-04-16 — Professional & consultancy
Utilities — £102.79, 2026-03-19 — Dual Fuel
Service charge & ground Rent — £125.00, 2026-03-01 — Management Fee
Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection — £73.00, 2026-02-26 — Shred it - Feb
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £104.00, 2026-02-22
Utilities — £50.00, 2026-02-19 — Dual Fuel
Service charge & ground Rent — £125.00, 2026-02-02 — Management Service Charge
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £207.90, 2026-01-30

Every claim on file for Blake Stephenson →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Blake Stephenson — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Blake Stephenson’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Blake Stephenson is a listed officer of 3 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Polar Regions — Officer
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pensions and Growth — Officer
Declared funding: Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (£12,001-13,500).
East of England All-Party Parliamentary Group — Vice Chair
Declared funding: Inflect (£55,501-57,000).
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Inflect — about £56,250.50 across 1 group (East of England All-Party Parliamentary Group).

Inflect — about £56,250.50, 1 group
Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association — about £12,750.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Blake Stephenson personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Blake Stephenson is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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