Blake Stephenson
{{Short description|British politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Blake Stephenson
| office = Member of Parliament
for Mid Bedfordshire
| image = Blake Stephenson.jpg
| term_start = 4 July 2024
| predecessor = Alistair Strathern
| honorific_prefix =
| honorific_suffix = MP
| primeminister =
| party = Conservative
| caption = Official portrait, 2024
| alma_mater = University of Kent{{cite web| url=https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/development/2024/07/30/kent-alumni-elected-to-uk-parliament/ |title=Kent Alumni elected to UK Parliament |website = University of Kent}}
}}
Blake Stephenson is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Mid Bedfordshire since 2024.{{Cite web |title=Bedfordshire Mid {{!}} General Election 2024 {{!}} Sky News |url=https://election.news.sky.com/elections/general-election-2024/bedfordshire-mid-43 |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=election.news.sky.com |language=en}}{{Cite news |title=Mid Bedfordshire: 2024 general election results |url=https://www.biggleswadetoday.co.uk/news/politics/mid-bedfordshire-2024-general-election-results-4691733}}
Career
Stephenson is a Central Bedfordshire local councillor representing the villages of Gravenhurst and Shillington. He is a barrister by profession, specialising in ethics and compliance roles within wholesale financial markets.{{Cite web |title=About Blake Stephenson |url=https://www.blakestephenson.uk/about-blake-stephenson |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=Blake Stephenson |language=en}}
Stephenson studied Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management at the University of Kent and worked at Financial Services Authority, Nasdaq, and the London Stock Exchange before becoming an MP.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-30 |title=Kent Alumni elected to UK Parliament – Alumni News |url=https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/development/2024/07/30/kent-alumni-elected-to-uk-parliament/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |language=en-US}}
Electoral history
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| title=General election 2024: Mid Bedfordshire{{cite web| title=Election result for Mid Bedfordshire (Constituency) | url=https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/4174/election/422 }}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=Blake Stephenson
|votes= 16,912
|percentage= 34.1
|change= −26.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Labour Party (UK)
|candidate=Maahwish Mirza
|votes= 15,591
|percentage= 31.4
|change= +10.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Reform UK
|candidate=David Holland
|votes= 8,594
|percentage= 17.3
|change= N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate=Stuart Roberts
|votes= 4,068
|percentage= 8.2
|change= −4.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate=Cade Sibley
|votes= 2,584
|percentage= 5.2
|change= +1.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Independent
|candidate=Gareth Mackey
|votes= 1,700
|percentage= 3.4
|change= +3.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)
|candidate=Richard Brunning
|votes= 172
|percentage= 0.3
|change= +0.3}}
{{Election box majority||votes= 1,321|percentage= 2.7|change=−36.7}}
{{Election box turnout||votes= 49,621|percentage=65.1|change=−6.4}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 76,218
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = −18.6
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References
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External links
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{{UK MP links
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| publicwhip = Blake_Stephenson
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{{s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament for Mid Bedfordshire|years=2024–present}}
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Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:LGBTQ members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Category:English LGBTQ politicians
Category:Alumni of the University of Kent
Category:Conservative Party (UK) councillors
Category:Councillors in Bedfordshire
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